International
6 November 2025
Is the US president coming round to a power-sharing arrangement with China, as long predicted by Australian strategist Hugh White?
International
3 November 2025
The meaning — let alone significance — of Donald Trump’s pledge to restart nuclear testing still isn’t clear
Books & arts
29 October 2025
Southeast Asia has moved to the centre of China–US rivalry
Books & arts
28 October 2025
Why write a book about the Battle of Shah Wali Kot, and why now?
National affairs
27 October 2025
The ambassador proves easy prey for hacks in the hunt for headlines
National affairs
22 October 2025
Australia must be careful its rare-earth ambitions don’t force a choice between China and America
National affairs
21 October 2025
Wins for Australia at the White House and a wack for the ambassador
National affairs
3 October 2025
With an eye on Indonesia and then on China, Australia finally strikes a defence deal with our nearest neightbour
Books & arts
24 September 2025
A “realist capable of idealism” offers a bracing analysis of a world gripped by emotion
Books & arts
17 September 2025
A former insider weighs into the debate about Canberra’s strategy
Essays & reportage
19 August 2025
Donald Trump’s contemptuous treatment of much of Asia and the Pacific has created opportunities for China — and Australia
Books & arts
12 August 2025
Zbigniew Brzezinski came to resist the great-power thinking that would later play out so tragically in Ukraine
Other Voices
10 August 2025
A humanitarian disaster with no end in sight is fuelling international support for Palestinian recognition
Books & arts
8 August 2025
An indispensable seventy-year record of foreign policy reaches its thirteenth volume
International
7 August 2025
Canadians are eyeing their southern neighbour with a mixture of wariness and irreverence
International
25 July 2025
The erosion of American foreign policy capacity continues in Washington
Books & arts
23 July 2025
Australia’s latest book by a former political prisoner paints a vivid picture of survival inside one of China’s state security jails
Books & arts
22 July 2025
The Australian flag faces the American eagle in the new world disorder
National affairs
23 June 2025
How Australia viewed the weekend bombing
National affairs
19 June 2025
As Iran and Israel wage war, big military parades are held in the United States and Britain
International
14 May 2025
The benefits of thawing relations between Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government and the West could be undone by Israeli interference
National affairs
28 April 2025
What history tells Australia about the US alliance
National affairs
14 March 2025
Governments across the West are trying to come to terms with Donald Trump’s erratic hostility
International
13 March 2025
At least one of its rivals will be rubbing its hands at Washington’s retreat from foreign aid and international institutions
Essays & reportage
25 February 2025
Just a month into the Trump presidency, America’s allies are being forced to think the once-unthinkable
International
25 February 2025
All bets are off as Europe comes to terms with the second Trump administration
International
21 February 2025
In an anniversary year, Timor-Leste is clocking up foreign policy successes but facing domestic challenges
Books & arts
21 February 2025
A chilling account of occupied southeastern Ukraine reveals a systematic program of Russification combined with chaos, brutality and corruption
National affairs
7 February 2025
A Darwin school’s decision to drop Indonesian points to a broader failure
International
13 January 2025
Behind a veneer of optimism, Australia’s strategic establishment is watching Donald Trump nervously