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International Peace in our time John Besemeres 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 Fifty shades of power Kerry Brown 13 March 2015 Xi Jinping’s immense power is looking for a focus, writes Kerry Brown. That provides opportunities for China’s neighbours and the rest of the world Correspondents Retreat, Britannia? David Hayes 5 March 2015 No foreign policy, mute diplomacy and a weak military, goes the mantra. In London, David Hayes tests the alarm Books & arts True stories Sylvia Lawson 27 February 2015 Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews the Oscar-winning Citizenfour

International Will today’s allies become, yet again, tomorrow’s enemies? John Quiggin 6 October 2014 When a militarily powerful country tries to govern the affairs of millions of people on the other side of the planet, we shouldn’t be surprised that chaos results, writes… National affairs Real threats to the life of the nation Jessie Blackbourn 2 October 2014 Rushed legislation and hastily extended sunset clauses make for bad anti-terrorism policy, argues Jessie Blackbourn Essays & reportage “We must be careful to avoid seeking intelligence simply for its own sake” Alan Fewster 1 August 2014 Newly released documents reveal the intelligence community in the early 1970s through the eyes of a former senior bureaucrat, writes Alan Fewster Books & arts China wakes, Asia quakes, Australia shivers Graeme Dobell 25 July 2014 A contest is under way, writes Graeme Dobell, but it will be more like a nineteenth-century battle than a twentieth-century clash

Essays & reportage Cold war, soft diplomacy Alan Fewster 14 January 2014 As the Cold War intensified in the mid fifties, Australia saw a special role for itself in disseminating information and propaganda in Southeast Asia, writes Alan Fewster National affairs Australia’s Jakarta phone-tapping: was it illegal? Alison Pert 27 November 2013 Alison Pert looks at the domestic and international legality of phone-tapping and espionage International Same bed, different dreams John Fitzgerald 31 October 2013 China’s approach to science research could advance the country’s strategic objectives while doing little to advance science, writes John Fitzgerald. This… Essays & reportage My cold war: from Brunswick to Berlin (via the Labor split) Geoffrey Barker 27 September 2013 Within months of the end of the second world war, an iron curtain had fallen across Europe. Its impact reached into the inner suburbs of Melbourne, writes Geoffrey Barker