Correspondents
15 November 2024
France has delayed elections in New Caledonia to enable negotiations on a new political statute. But what happens if a deal can’t be struck?
Books & arts
12 October 2024
How Paris’s “Terrible Year” shaped impressionist art
Correspondents
23 July 2024
As protests continue across New Caledonia, a high-profile Loyalist politician claims indigenous Kanak and the West are divided by “insurmountable antagonisms”
International
25 May 2024
Emmanuel Macron flew halfway around the world but failed to achieve a breakthrough in a crisis that’s damaging French diplomacy in the Pacific
Books & arts
22 December 2023
Newly translated, Azerbaijan-born Banine’s memoirs chronicle her extraordinary early years
Essays & reportage
5 October 2023
While the French president risks a new civil war just three hours’ flight from Australia, Canberra’s diplomacy remains muted
Books & arts
23 August 2023
A distinguished historian of France scrutinises the trial of Vichy leader Marshal Pétain and its aftermath
Correspondents
8 May 2023
The closing of New Caledonia’s only daily comes at a delicate point in the debate over the French territory’s future
International
8 December 2021
By forcing the pace of New Caledonia’s self-determination process, France’s overseas minister risks an illegitimate vote this weekend
National affairs
23 September 2021
The AUKUS alliance represents a dramatic step away from multilateral diplomacy. Or is it a first step towards an independent nuclear deterrent?
Books & arts
25 July 2021
Why did French culture matter not only to French migrants but also to colonial Australians?
International
21 July 2021
The French president won’t be able to avoid the legacies of nuclear testing when he visits Tahiti this week
International
15 June 2021
France’s unilateral decision to bring forward a third independence vote might end in tears
From the archive
19 March 2021
Two new books illuminate France’s #MeToo moment with more than a Gallic shrug
International
10 December 2020
After weeks of protests, the Goro nickel smelter is up for grabs. Independence groups see the outcome as vital for the French dependency’s future
International
2 October 2020
A vote against independence in New Caledonia this weekend won’t end the quest for nationhood
Essays & reportage
18 September 2020
Eighty years after helping defend New Caledonia against Japan, Australia is mobilising to counter another rising Asian power
International
11 September 2020
As the Pacific nation heads for a fresh independence referendum in October, many loyalists are clinging to the flag of the French Republic
International
27 July 2020
As the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings approaches, the legacy of cold war–era French nuclear testing is still in dispute
Correspondents
7 February 2020
In the South Pacific, France is the likely beneficiary of Brexit
Books & arts
17 April 2019
Books | Was the Vietnam war a failed but noble bid to save a free nation, or a stubborn attempt to thwart self-determination?
Correspondents
26 October 2018
With New Caledonia’s self-determination vote looming, our correspondent visits the scene of a turning point in the independence struggle
National affairs
3 May 2018
Macronmania came to Australia this week, but back in France the president might be facing his “Thatcher moment”
National affairs
4 August 2017
After a three-decade gap, George W. Bush initiated a new phase of nuclear reactor construction in 2002. Then economic reality got in the way
Correspondents
8 May 2017
Letter from Brussels | Is Emmanuel Macron’s victory – just days after Matteo Renzi resumed the leadership of Italy’s Democratic Party – a turning…
International
27 April 2017
With only lukewarm support from progressives, could Emmanuel Macron lose the French presidential election?
International
1 December 2016
In their different ways, the trajectories of François Fillon and Theresa May highlight the challenges facing Europe
International
13 October 2016
France’s Pacific dependencies, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, have joined the Pacific Islands Forum as full members. Has French colonialism become entrenched in the…
International
18 July 2016
The attack in Nice reflects a shift in the dynamics of the Islamic State, writes Greg Barton. And the attempted coup in Turkey has complicated the task of responding effectively
International
8 December 2015
The National Front’s surge could deliver the French presidency to Marine Le Pen in 2017, writes Tim Colebatch. But the electoral arithmetic might change after…