The view from elsewhere
13 September 2024
Myths about the collapse of the Soviet Union are encouraging mistaken policies towards China
Books & arts
12 September 2024
A fine-grained and often funny new history of the Soviet cold war reveals an imperial power promoting itself as a friend of the global liberation struggle
International
27 April 2024
March’s terrorist attack in Moscow highlights Russia’s often-fraught dealings with Muslim peoples and states
Books & arts
9 April 2024
How Vladimir Putin’s empire dream became Ukraine’s war and an international nightmare
Books & arts
8 April 2024
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek engages with “pre-apocalyptic” times
International
22 February 2024
With the full-scale invasion entering its third year, the stakes remain high
Books & arts
21 November 2023
Russia’s war against Ukraine is generating a rich historiography
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
Essays & reportage
28 August 2023
Despite a series of obstacles, post-Soviet Ukraine has been moving in the right direction
International
23 August 2023
Non-Western powers are increasingly contributing to global pressure on Russia
International
22 August 2023
Many predictions have proved wrong since Vladimir Putin sent in his troops in February last year
Books & arts
4 July 2023
Underlying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are existential fears of democracy, diversity, sustainability and the decline of patriarchy
International
9 June 2023
The fate of a displaced people lies at the heart of the war in Ukraine — and how it might be resolved
Books & arts
21 March 2023
A distinguished historian uses one family’s story to illuminate the borderland between Europe and Russia
International
22 February 2023
Will the West’s delicate balancing act accidentally trigger a chain reaction?
National affairs
6 February 2023
Australia’s fringe Russian nationalist movement has worrying international links
Books & arts
23 November 2022
The author of Russia’s Road to War with Ukraine responds to Mark Edele’s review of his book
Books & arts
22 November 2022
Two new books disagree about the origins of Russia’s war against Ukraine
International
17 October 2022
A false equivalence is compromising reactions to the war among some on the left
International
19 September 2022
The war in Ukraine is part of a long-simmering conflict across post-Soviet Europe and Asia
National affairs
14 September 2022
Russia’s disastrous miscalculations in Ukraine show why an invasion of Taiwan would be a grave mistake
Books & arts
9 September 2021
The Russian president’s party might be in trouble — but so is the opposition
Books & arts
25 May 2021
Sean McMeekin’s new account of Stalin’s war will suit Vladimir Putin very well
International
2 February 2021
January’s protests might be less damaging to Putin than a slow leaching away of legitimacy
International
1 February 2021
A modified version of the old normal might be the best the new president can deliver
Essays & reportage
12 August 2020
A small but energetic group of “Australian Cossacks” has support in high places in Moscow
International
16 March 2020
Could there be a less sinister reason why the Russian president wants the way open for a longer tenure?
Books & arts
16 February 2020
What explains the apparent success of populist politics?
Books & arts
25 June 2019
Television | Four decades on, Soviet scientist Valery Legasov is an unlikely figure for our times
International
6 February 2019
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin seem set on undoing the historic achievement of their 1980s predecessors