Essays & reportage
18 December 2024
Whether comical or conceptual, political or geographic, Saul Steinberg’s drawings extend the viewer’s horizons
Books & arts
2 December 2024
Strategies and the battlefield take centre-stage in an often gripping history of the First World War’s eastern front
National affairs
12 November 2024
Fifty-six years later, a soldier finally receives his Victoria Cross. Was it all a matter of timing?
Books & arts
11 November 2024
Footage of the sinking of the German battleship filmed by an Australian crew reverberated around the world
Essays & reportage
13 September 2024
What the International Court of Justice says about Israel’s treatment of the occupied territories and what it means for Australia
International
2 September 2024
As Israeli protesters take to the streets, news emerges that defence minister Yoav Gallant has clashed again with Benjamin Netanyahu
International
30 August 2024
A military analyst and an economist see Myanmar’s junta heading towards a desperate fight for survival
Essays & reportage
8 August 2024
The military hierarchy took a dim view of aircrew traumatised by their experiences over Nazi Germany
International
2 August 2024
While the United States fumbles, more provocations have lifted the risks of a region-wide conflict in the Middle East
Books & arts
25 July 2024
Can six soldier poets help us understand the first world war anew?
International
21 June 2024
As the merciless bombings continue in Gaza, developments on the Lebanon–Israel border are adding to the risk of yet more warfare
Books & arts
20 May 2024
The extraordinary life — and death — of Roger Casement, humanitarian and Irish patriot
Books & arts
10 May 2024
How a shape-shifting journalist turned the Germans’ techniques back on them
Correspondents
10 May 2024
As the United States prepares for conflict with China, its military build-up in Micronesia is intensifying
Essays & reportage
23 April 2024
A chance find reveals a trove of wartime letters and other memorabilia
International
10 April 2024
Pressure is mounting among Israel’s allies for a long-term settlement
Books & arts
9 April 2024
How Vladimir Putin’s empire dream became Ukraine’s war and an international nightmare
Books & arts
2 April 2024
In the wake of a war and the Holocaust, how should music commemorate?
Books & arts
30 March 2024
A major new series about the postwar world poses the inevitable question: has the cold war returned?
Books & arts
27 March 2024
James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s war never ended
National affairs
19 March 2024
There is an alternative, but the debate looks like taking some time to shift
Books & arts
4 March 2024
A major new book revisits the moral and legal ambiguities of the Tokyo war crimes trial
Books & arts
27 February 2024
A returned soldier’s belief in American virtue and progress is shaken
International
22 February 2024
With the full-scale invasion entering its third year, the stakes remain high
Essays & reportage
8 February 2024
Communist or not, postwar refugees from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe attracted the attention of Australia’s security services
International
28 January 2024
The carnage in Israel and Gaza can’t be understood without tracing the realignments sparked by America’s war in Iraq
International
24 January 2024
“Keeping the sea lanes open” comes with rarely considered opportunity costs
Essays & reportage
8 December 2023
Collective punishment won’t defeat Hamas
From the archive
1 December 2023
How does the former secretary of state feel about being called a war criminal?
Essays & reportage
23 November 2023
Shaped by history, Sylvie Leber and her forebears have campaigned for social change