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United States
Correspondents
Bruised but not yet beaten
Andrew Dodd
21 April 2023
A hundred million here, a hundred million there: is it just the cost of doing business for News Corp?
International
Is Donald Trump losing his grip?
Lesley Russell
20 April 2023
Regardless of his legal problems, the former president’s self-obsession is increasingly alienating middle-of-the-road voters
Correspondents
Mayo Joe, son of Ballina
Stuart Ward
15 April 2023
Did the American president’s deeply personal sense of Irish history meet the moment?
Books & arts
Ambiguous embrace
Hamish McDonald
3 April 2023
Australia’s impassioned worries about China are in tension with better relations in the Pacific
National affairs
Torpedoes ahead!
Hamish McDonald
14 March 2023
The AUKUS submarine announcement has immediately raised thorny questions about cost, timing and design
International
Before the deluge
Lesley Russell
13 March 2023
A series of long-awaited legal proceedings against Donald Trump could start as early as this week
Essays & reportage
Damaging the brand
Rodney Tiffen
7 March 2023
The Dominion Voting Systems legal suit against Fox News has already unearthed damning evidence from within the Murdoch-owned network
Books & arts
The war for the soul of America
Rodney Tiffen
27 January 2023
The dire state of the Republican Party has decades-old roots
National affairs
Time to rethink the Morrison doctrine
Hamish McDonald
19 January 2023
Of all Scott Morrison’s poorly conceived initiatives, why has Labor stuck with AUKUS and its nuclear-powered submarines?
International
What next for China?
Rana Mitter
23 December 2022
Challenges at home are contributing to a tentative shift in relations with the West
International
Game changers
Lesley Russell
16 November 2022
After last week’s midterm results, Donald Trump’s new run for president seems to come from a different era
International
A betrayal of Ukraine and the left
Anthony Barnett
17 October 2022
A false equivalence is compromising reactions to the war among some on the left
Books & arts
Bearing the unbearable
Matthew Ricketson
10 October 2022
Parents of the Sandy Hook victims took on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones with stunning results
International
American democracy at its best?
Lesley Russell
7 October 2022
Our correspondent votes early for Colorado’s candidates in the US midterm elections
International
Democrats resurgent?
Lesley Russell
7 September 2022
Has the battle for the US midterm elections reached an inflection point?
International
Jostling giants
John Edwards
30 November 2021
Does America really need a novel strategy to counter China’s rise?
National affairs
An intersection society no more?
Carol Johnson
4 October 2021
Australia’s retreat to the Anglosphere has implications beyond defence and trade
International
Joe Biden peers into the abyss
Lesley Russell
3 October 2021
The US president knows very well what history says about protracted and acrimonious legislative disputes
National affairs
Going nuclear
Nicholas Stuart
23 September 2021
The AUKUS alliance represents a dramatic step away from multilateral diplomacy. Or is it a first step towards an independent nuclear deterrent?
Essays & reportage
Why the New Deal still matters
Eric Rauchway
13 September 2021
In ways that still resonate, the program to drag the economy out of the Great Depression changed Americans’ relationships with politics, economics and each other
International
Our enemy’s enemy
Hamish McDonald
27 August 2021
Yesterday’s bombings in Kabul underline the choices facing Western countries
International
From Korea to Kabul, and beyond
Andy Butfoy
23 August 2021
If the past is any guide, failure in Afghanistan won’t end Washington’s military activism
International
Lost in translation
Emma Shortis
18 August 2021
Will the chaotic withdrawal from another war zone finally change how the United States and Australia deal with conflict?
International
Mission unaccomplished
Mark Baker
18 August 2021
Another round of foreign interference in Afghanistan has been dealt a thoroughly predictable blow
International
Home front victories
Lesley Russell
17 August 2021
Autumn approaches with Joe Biden on a domestic high
International
Roe v Wade v Trump
Lesley Russell
1 June 2021
The one-term president and his allies have had an outsized impact on abortion rights
Books & arts
Spy versus spies
Stephen Mills
24 May 2021
Weapons inspector Rod Barton assigns to the CIA a large share of the blame for the invasion of Iraq
From the archive
Lonely evenings at the photocopier
Rodney Tiffen
17 May 2021
Two leaks, two contrasting sequences of events — how Daniel Ellsberg and Chelsea Manning changed the course of history
International
Building Obamacare back better
Lesley Russell
10 May 2021
Joe Biden’s prioritisation of healthcare has been evident from day one
National affairs
Is China’s claim to Taiwan approaching its end game?
Hamish McDonald
30 April 2021
And what would that mean for Australia?
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