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International Lesley Russell 19 October 2018 With the US midterm elections less than three weeks away, how likely is a Democratic triumph?
National Affairs Saul Eslake 15 October 2018 With the US–China trade war escalating, the risks of a downturn are starting to overshadow the positive economic news Books & Arts Stephen Mills 12 October 2018 Books | Like Martin Luther King, philosopher Martha Nussbaum wants to take the anger out of democracy International Lesley Russell 5 October 2018 Donald Trump has launched an all-fronts attack on science and environmental protection Books & Arts Susan Lever 25 September 2018 Books | Critics and readers in the United States played a little-known role in the history of Australian fiction
Correspondents Graeme Dobell 13 September 2018 Are America and Australia two allies separated by a common language?
International Lesley Russell 17 August 2018 The Trump administration says the decades-old effort to reduce poverty is over, for all the wrong reasons Correspondents Lesley Russell 28 July 2018 A frenetic White House reflects growing fears about the Republicans’ fate in November National Affairs Tim Colebatch 23 July 2018 Experts gathered in Canberra last week to pool their views about China’s forty-year record of economic reform, but Donald Trump’s trade war pushed its way to centrestage Correspondents Jonathan Malloy 13 July 2018 Canadians find themselves caught in an uncomfortably close relationship with Donald Trump’s America
National Affairs Sophie Black 3 July 2018 Donald Trump forgot the most basic lesson of Australia’s detention regime: don’t mention the children
International Lesley Russell 2 July 2018 And what it means for the midterm elections International John Quiggin 29 June 2018 Amid more bad news from Washington come signs that attitudes are hardening against much of what the Trump presidency stands for International Justin Hastings 19 June 2018 With an economy in transition, the regime is under greater pressure to reach a deal International Lesley Russell 28 May 2018 Maternal and infant mortality rates in the United States are already shamefully high, and the Trump administration’s policies are making them worse. But California is…
Essays & Reportage Graeme Dobell 10 May 2018 Relations have been cool before, and will be cool again — though domestic issues are complicating the picture
International John Tilemann 9 May 2018 Just weeks before his meeting with Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear agreement. What is likely to happen next? International Lesley Russell 13 April 2018 America’s opioid crisis won’t be solved by the Mexican wall and capital punishment. Meanwhile, deaths keep rising, and Australia isn’t immune National Affairs Mike Steketee 6 April 2018 Automated welfare didn’t end with the robo-debt controversy. Here and overseas, governments are turning vital decisions over to computers International John Besemeres 4 April 2018 The Russian president faces uncharacteristically united international opposition at the beginning of a potentially unstable final term in office
National Affairs Michael Gill 22 March 2018 Finance’s share of the Australian economy is higher than ever, leaving us vulnerable to a growing global liquidity bubble
Correspondents Antonio Castillo 22 March 2018 Cuba’s namesake town sits uncomfortably close to the US military base Correspondents Lesley Russell 19 March 2018 The Republican Party is heading for the midterm elections with no plan B Correspondents Lesley Russell 15 March 2018 As US gun-control efforts continue, there are signs of a shift in opinion and resolve Essays & Reportage Tony Blackshield 12 March 2018 Efforts to water down gun control in the United States have relied on a shift in how a majority of Supreme Court justices view two thorny constitutional issues
Essays & Reportage Matthew Ricketson & Rodney Tiffen 22 February 2018 Michael Wolff’s book owes a large debt to the ethically grounded work of the journalists he professes to disdain
National Affairs Brett Evans 16 February 2018 Barnaby Joyce isn’t the only political figure in a spot of personal bother International Lesley Russell 16 February 2018 Can the Democrats break Republican partisanship in the run-up to the November elections? Books & Arts Graeme Dobell 15 February 2018 Review essay | As the regional balance continues to shift, resolving the tension between history and geography is becoming more urgent for Australia National Affairs Saul Eslake 13 February 2018 The impact of America’s badly timed stimulus will ripple across the world