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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 Getting a seat at the big table Kerry Brown 3 February 2015 Although China and the United States can seem absorbed in themselves and one another, countries like Australia can still contribute to the conversation, writes Kerry Brown International How should we respond? Greg Barton 11 January 2015 We must avoid the cycle of recrimination that strengthens the extremist narrative, argues Greg Barton

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 National affairs How reactive law-making will limit the accountability of ASIO Jessie Blackbourn & Nicola Mcgarrity 24 July 2014 The Coalition’s new security legislation shows that it hasn’t learnt the lessons of twelve years of terrorism law-making, write Jessie Blackbourn and Nicola McGarrity Books & arts Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you Emily Crawford 6 June 2014 Emily Crawford reviews Glenn Greenwald’s account of the Snowden affair

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 Essays & reportage Casey, the dirt boys and the grey material Alan Fewster 2 September 2013 A cross-dressing MI6 agent and a shadowy British anti-communist propaganda outfit were key players in the development of Australia’s cold war “soft diplomacy”… National affairs Whistleblower protection: the larger, more difficult, conversation Gabrielle Appleby 30 July 2013 Would Australia’s new whistleblower laws protect Edward Snowden, asks Gabrielle Appleby