Books & arts
25 September 2023
An Iraqi journalist traces the creation of “one of the most corrupt nations on earth”
Essays & reportage
4 September 2023
With monuments to Alexander Pushkin being removed all over Ukraine, the arrival of a bust of the poet in Canberra gains extra resonance
National affairs
27 June 2023
Signs suggest the warming of Australia–China relations has slowed to a glacial pace
National affairs
4 May 2023
The government’s strategic review has left the commentariat puzzled
Books & arts
3 April 2023
Australia’s impassioned worries about China are in tension with better relations in the Pacific
International
31 March 2023
Let’s start with the good news about Australia–India relations
National affairs
19 January 2023
Of all Scott Morrison’s poorly conceived initiatives, why has Labor stuck with AUKUS and its nuclear-powered submarines?
Essays & reportage
1 November 2022
Penny Wong wants an Australia that’s more than just a supporting player in the grand drama of global geopolitics
Books & arts
20 October 2022
Did Beijing set out to mislead the West about its intentions — and did it succeed?
Books & arts
3 October 2022
Two daughters profile a controversial father and an enigmatic mother against the backdrop of the growing bush capital
Books & arts
26 October 2021
How a boy from the bush was seduced by the Asian giant
International
14 October 2021
With anti-nuclear sentiment on the rise across the islands, the Morrison government’s nuclear submarine ambitions have undercut the prime minister’s claim to be part of the…
International
15 September 2021
Japan’s Liberal Democrats face a choice between the past and the future
Essays & reportage
29 July 2021
Marise Payne has much to contend with as foreign minister in the Morrison government
Books & arts
21 May 2021
The departure of Australia’s last correspondents from Beijing has made a volatile situation worse
Books & arts
2 May 2021
How can Southeast Asian countries embrace China without being crushed?
National affairs
23 November 2020
Years of progress in reducing poverty will be wasted if we don’t change how financial markets treat developing countries during the pandemic
National affairs
20 November 2020
Who is being helped by the continuing pressure on Bernard Collaery and Witness K?
National affairs
6 November 2020
Is Labor right to be worried by Scott Morrison’s choice to head the Office of National Intelligence?
International
27 October 2020
With the Taiwan dilemma deepening, Australia might be forced to take a stand
Books & arts
27 October 2020
Books | Silence may be golden, says Madeleine Albright, but it won’t win many arguments
National affairs
20 October 2020
Chinese Australians are being singled out by overwrought politicians
Essays & reportage
14 October 2020
Australia was pursuing an independent approach well before the US president upended the strategic order
Books & arts
14 August 2020
Books | History reveals an often-fraught relationship between two parts of the British Empire
National affairs
21 July 2020
Covid-19 has accelerated the emergence of “minilateralism” — but how new is this style of diplomacy?
National affairs
2 July 2020
The launch of two new defence reports highlights the government’s preoccupation with military force and the American alliance
Books & arts
23 March 2020
Books | How the Asia-Pacific became the Indo-Pacific, with a brief stop-off in the Asian century
International
11 September 2019
Experts gather in Canberra to analyse a thriving democracy that could take an authoritarian turn
Books & arts
9 July 2019
Books | Hugh White draws on his insider knowledge to pose all the right questions
Essays & reportage
5 July 2019
Australia’s diplomatic language has evolved during a period of instability and risk, but is practice following?