National affairs
6 November 2020
Is Labor right to be worried by Scott Morrison’s choice to head the Office of National Intelligence?
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
International
9 September 2020
The Japanese defence minister’s aspiration to join the Five Eyes agreement is seen as too far, too fast among members
Books & arts
12 August 2020
Books | We can never know the consequences of foreign policy, says the man who coined “soft power.” All we know are the means
Essays & reportage
3 August 2020
It’s the question confounding observers: is China lashing out from a sense of weakness or strength?
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
24 June 2020
Books | Is Beijing really waging a successful war against the West?
National affairs
20 May 2020
Has the press gallery forgotten we’re not at war with China?
International
25 March 2020
Pacific islands are building on knowledge gained in previous crises, but enormous challenges lie ahead
Books & arts
23 March 2020
Books | How the Asia-Pacific became the Indo-Pacific, with a brief stop-off in the Asian century
National affairs
19 March 2020
Neither Australia nor Timor-Leste is benefiting from a resource whose value seems greater than the petroleum gas that carries it
Books & arts
10 February 2020
Can Australia embrace a regional identity?
Correspondents
30 January 2020
The devastating bushfires are adding to the pressure for Scott Morrison to cooperate with Australia’s Pacific neighbours
Essays & reportage
15 October 2019
Is an opportunity being lost in the midst of the Chinese student boom?
National affairs
4 October 2019
Scott Morrison says China has graduated to the rich-countries club. The figures say something different
National affairs
3 September 2019
Xi Jinping’s strategy has become clearer, and it needs a more sophisticated response from the West
National affairs
20 August 2019
With careful thought and skilful diplomacy, Australia can navigate its way through the confrontation between Washington and Beijing
International
12 July 2019
The aftermath of the backdown in Hong Kong is being closely watched in Australia and among its allies
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?
Books & arts
31 May 2019
Books | Labor’s Ben Chifley played a key role in breaking down Australia’s fortress mentality
Essays & reportage
18 April 2019
The upsides and downsides of the organisation and its controversial founder
International
27 November 2018
“Hot peace” is a much better label for this period of competing powers within a single system
National affairs
19 October 2018
Did Scott Morrison have a different audience in mind when he floated the idea of shifting Australia’s embassy to Jerusalem?
Essays & reportage
30 August 2018
Where does the famed journalist fit into the American pantheon?
Books & arts
23 May 2018
Books | Two diplomats — one a restless innovator, the other “a master of benign neglect” — helped shape Australia’s opening up to the world
Essays & reportage
10 May 2018
Relations have been cool before, and will be cool again — though domestic issues are complicating the picture