Inside Story

International Imperial echoes Jon Richardson 27 April 2024 March’s terrorist attack in Moscow highlights Russia’s often-fraught dealings with Muslim peoples and states Books & arts Long war Graeme Dobell 9 April 2024 How Vladimir Putin’s empire dream became Ukraine’s war and an international nightmare Books & arts The end of the future Frank Yuan 8 April 2024 Philosopher Slavoj Žižek engages with “pre-apocalyptic” times Essays & reportage Red flags Ebony Nilsson 8 February 2024 Communist or not, postwar refugees from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe attracted the attention of Australia’s security services

Books & arts Eastern Europe’s faultline Mark Edele 21 March 2023 A distinguished historian uses one family’s story to illuminate the borderland between Europe and Russia Correspondents Kyiv, one year on Alexandra Biggs 22 February 2023 A new normal has taken root in a city at war International Pushing the nuclear envelope Andy Butfoy 22 February 2023 Will the West’s delicate balancing act accidentally trigger a chain reaction? Correspondents Getting Brexit undone Sam Freedman 20 February 2023 Voter sentiment has shifted decisively, leaving the major parties in a quandary

Books & arts Portraying the age Geoff Wilkes 4 October 2022 Joseph Roth’s restless journeying produced an idiosyncratic depiction of central Europe in the twenties and thirties International The long war of Soviet succession Mark Edele 19 September 2022 The war in Ukraine is part of a long-simmering conflict across post-Soviet Europe and Asia National affairs Why an invasion of Taiwan would fail John Quiggin 14 September 2022 Russia’s disastrous miscalculations in Ukraine show why an invasion of Taiwan would be a grave mistake National affairs When sharing isn’t caring Adam Triggs 27 October 2021 Sovereign countries sharing the same currency, euro-style, have been a recipe for disaster. So why has the idea endured?