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National affairs How, and why, do we go to war? Paul Barratt 17 August 2018 Special Forces should not be exempt from the rules of warfare, says a former head of the defence department. But there’s also a deeper question: how do we make the decision to… Essays & reportage Fighting words Peter Cochrane 2 August 2018 Extract | As the first world war approached, anxiety grew about the vulnerability of Australia to attack from the north. A key role was played by the man who would be the… Books & arts Remembering the Dunera Peter Mares 13 July 2018 Books | A shared experience of wartime internment created an enduring “fictive kinship” International Russia’s war on history David Hayes 30 March 2018 How a poison attack in an English cathedral city became an international diplomatic crisis

International How close is the end of the war in Syria? Ross Burns 25 September 2017 Foreign interference, however well-intentioned, could still prolong the conflict Books & arts Cinema in a time of war Brian McFarlane 4 September 2017 How did film-makers resolve the paradox of creating complex feature films during a period of total war? International Territory trouble Louise Merrington 12 July 2017 Despite more than a century of negotiations, the China–India border dispute has flared again, this time under two strongly nationalist leaders International A turning point in Syria? Ross Burns 24 June 2017 Islamic State’s destruction of the heritage of a great Islamic leader, Nur al-Din, signals a new desperation

International Hard cases make bad international law Kevin Boreham 10 April 2017 Without a clear strategy, the American strike on a Syrian airfield lacked both legality and effectiveness Essays & reportage Australia’s Armenian story Vicken Babkenian and Judith Crispin 6 April 2017 Extract | The wartime events of 24 April 1915 initiated more than a century of interaction reaching across the globe National affairs A dangerous game Tom Hyland 5 April 2017 The campaign to hide the full truth of Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war continues International Back to Bikini, forward to disarmament Nic Maclellan 27 March 2017 As governments begin negotiating a treaty to ban nuclear weapons, the Marshall Islands is still seeking justice for years of cold war testing