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Books & arts Glyn Davis 30 October 2025 Political dejection creates disengaged citizens, says a new synthesis of psychology, sociology and political science
Books & arts Graeme Dobell 29 October 2025 Southeast Asia has moved to the centre of China–US rivalry International Michael Jacobs 29 October 2025 The US administration has intensified its efforts to turn back the sustainability tide National affairs Mark Baker 27 October 2025 The ambassador proves easy prey for hacks in the hunt for headlines National affairs Graeme Dobell 21 October 2025 Wins for Australia at the White House and a wack for the ambassador
International Bill Scher 17 October 2025 Nothing in the American president’s record suggests he has any understanding of the complex, multifaceted effort needed to preserve peace
International Lesley Russell 17 October 2025 The US president’s erratic approach to pharmaceutical pricing won’t do much to help Americans. But what about Australians? International Peter Rodgers 17 October 2025 Can the gaps be filled in Donald Trump’s plan for the territory? Other Voices Paul Krugman 10 October 2025 This feels like another tech-fuelled sharemarket bubble, but there’s one big difference International Rodney Tiffen 7 October 2025 Have Rupert and Lachlan tied their own hands?
International Tony Walker 19 September 2025 The two-state solution will be mentioned many times at the UN next week, but it has become no more than a slogan
Other Voices Bill Scher 16 September 2025 The Biden White House might not have been setting up the vice-president for failure, but it didn’t do much to help her International Graeme Dobell 9 September 2025 Gore Vidal’s message for Americans: “We are Trump; he is us” Other Voices Henry Farrell 30 August 2025 Coined by the political scientist Xavier Marquez, the term is especially useful right now Books & arts David Goodman 28 August 2025 Paul and Eslanda Robeson fused politics and music on their acclaimed Australasian tour
Essays & reportage Hamish McDonald 19 August 2025 Donald Trump’s contemptuous treatment of much of Asia and the Pacific has created opportunities for China — and Australia
Books & arts Mark Edele 12 August 2025 Zbigniew Brzezinski came to resist the great-power thinking that would later play out so tragically in Ukraine International Robin Jeffrey 7 August 2025 Canadians are eyeing their southern neighbour with a mixture of wariness and irreverence International Nic Maclellan 4 August 2025 Eighty years on, America is intensifying its military presence in the Pacific International Rodney Tiffen 1 August 2025 Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal has brought to a head the media mogul’s uneasy relationship with Donald Trump
International Melissa Conley Tyler and Lanni Hamblin 25 July 2025 The erosion of American foreign policy capacity continues in Washington
Books & arts Graeme Dobell 22 July 2025 The Australian flag faces the American eagle in the new world disorder International Lesley Russell 16 July 2025 Donald Trump’s signature legislation will come back to bite the Republicans National affairs Graeme Dobell 23 June 2025 How Australia viewed the weekend bombing National affairs Karen Middleton 13 June 2025 Anthony Albanese heads to Canada for an uncertain meeting with an unpredictable president
Books & arts Paddy Gourley 12 June 2025 Celebrated American author Michael Lewis brings together an emblematic group of public servants
Other Voices Paul Krugman 12 June 2025 Behind the sadism lies an attack on democracy International Lesley Russell 4 June 2025 Like his erratic tariff decisions, Donald Trump’s attack on universities will damage America itself Essays & reportage Graeme Dobell 29 May 2025 He achieved his goal, but Australia’s alliance-led march to Iraq lacked a vital ingredient National affairs Hamish McDonald 7 May 2025 A big election win gives Labor a chance to rethink this Morrison-era scheme