Essays & reportage
25 February 2025
Just a month into the Trump presidency, America’s allies are being forced to think the once-unthinkable
International
25 February 2025
All bets are off as Europe comes to terms with the second Trump administration
Books & arts
21 February 2025
A chilling account of occupied southeastern Ukraine reveals a systematic program of Russification combined with chaos, brutality and corruption
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
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
Correspondents
14 March 2023
Our correspondent casts a critical eye over an emerging German peace movement
Correspondents
22 February 2023
A new normal has taken root in a city at war
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
Correspondents
3 December 2022
Our Hamburg-based correspondent scrutinises a much-used term, draws attention to deadly policies and practices, and ends on an optimistic note
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
International
27 March 2019
The post-Soviet country might be more chaotic than some of its neighbours, but at least its election results aren’t clear before the votes are in
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
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
23 September 2014
Although the Russian invasion of Ukraine is continuing, writes John Besemeres, many Western observers are surprisingly coy about naming it for what it is. Meanwhile,…
International
30 May 2014
Western coverage of Ukraine has suffered from deep misconceptions, writes John Besemeres. Meanwhile, Moscow might be looking for a compromise