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
International
4 April 2018
The Russian president faces uncharacteristically united international opposition at the beginning of a potentially unstable final term in office
Correspondents
30 March 2018
How a poison attack in an English cathedral city became an international diplomatic crisis
International
11 February 2018
A compromising relationship continues to define the US presidency
Essays & Reportage
10 October 2017
A gathering flow of news about the revolutionary movement in Russia reached Australian readers during 1917
International
10 April 2017
Signs that Bashar al-Assad is panicking could create an opportunity to re-engage the Syrian peace talks
Books & Arts
21 March 2017
Books | Coinciding with the centenary of the Russian revolution, a compelling biography of the communist revolutionary plays down politics in favour of the personal
International
21 December 2015
Hit by low energy prices and Western sanctions, Vladimir Putin has been exerting less obvious pressure in Ukraine, writes John Besemeres
International
10 December 2015
Vladimir Putin’s actions in the Middle East reflect his view that all relationships are zero-sum games, writes John Besemeres
Books & Arts
15 June 2015
Books | The excesses of Vladimir Putin’s first eight years as president are vividly brought to life by journalist Peter Pomerantsev, writes John Besemeres
Books & Arts
2 April 2015
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Leviathan and Selma
International
23 March 2015
Superficially, the Minsk Two agreement promises much. But, asks John Besemeres, can its European signatories counter Vladimir Putin’s long-run campaign to…
International
17 December 2014
The Russian president wants to restore the old empire. John Besemeres looks at the former Soviet republics he is pressuring to see the world his way
International
11 December 2014
Supporters of the Russian president have been busy rewriting what happened at the G20 meeting in Brisbane, writes Robert Horvath. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin’s…