Books & arts
14 December 2017
Books | Critics of Chris Masters’s account of special forces in Afghanistan have deflected attention from the book’s key message
Essays & reportage
6 December 2017
… and how they shared what they learned with the Americans
Books & arts
15 October 2017
Books | Sheila Fitzpatrick brilliantly illuminates her subject and his tumultuous times
Essays & reportage
10 October 2017
A gathering flow of news about the revolutionary movement in Russia reached Australian readers during 1917
International
25 September 2017
Foreign interference, however well-intentioned, could still prolong the conflict
Books & arts
4 September 2017
How did film-makers resolve the paradox of creating complex feature films during a period of total war?
International
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
24 June 2017
Islamic State’s destruction of the heritage of a great Islamic leader, Nur al-Din, signals a new desperation
Books & arts
14 June 2017
A rediscovered memoir and a multi-season French drama point to new ways of thinking about the second world war
International
29 May 2017
The terrorist attack in Manchester has focused attention on chronic instability in Libya. But there are signs of progress
Books & arts
18 May 2017
Exhibitions | An exhibition and an unveiling at the Australian War Memorial suggest a willingness to tell a deeper story about Australia’s frontier past
Essays & reportage
21 April 2017
When Robert Menzies’s pursuit of political ambitions annoyed key figures in the Melbourne establishment, they made their displeasure known through the city’s most exclusive…
Books & arts
18 April 2017
Books | A new history turns the conventional view on its head
International
10 April 2017
Signs that Bashar al-Assad is panicking could create an opportunity to re-engage the Syrian peace talks
International
10 April 2017
Without a clear strategy, the American strike on a Syrian airfield lacked both legality and effectiveness
Essays & reportage
6 April 2017
Extract | The wartime events of 24 April 1915 initiated more than a century of interaction reaching across the globe
National affairs
5 April 2017
The campaign to hide the full truth of Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war continues
International
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
Books & arts
26 January 2017
From the archive | Outside TV drama, “enhanced interrogation” fails the evidence test, writes Tom Hyland in this review first published in June 2016
National affairs
16 December 2016
Controversy over a statue in the city’s inner west has deep historical roots
Essays & reportage
15 November 2016
A wartime TV series that premiered forty years ago tapped into the mood of the mid seventies
Books & arts
10 November 2016
Books | A new account of the 1916 and 1917 conscription debates looks beyond the factional struggles that tore Labor apart
Books & arts
18 August 2016
Books | The army is better equipped and trained than ever before, says Tom Hyland, but is it in the right shape to fight a war close to home?
Essays & reportage
4 August 2016
We now know much about what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. But the earliest reliable news came from maverick journalists, writes Matthew Ricketson
Books & arts
18 July 2016
Television | Game of Thrones brings to the screen qualities we associate with Aeschylus and Sophocles, writes Jane Goodall
International
13 July 2016
Britain’s highest legal officer was under enormous pressure to give the legal okay for the war in Iraq, writes Gabrielle Appleby. Australia can learn from the fallout
National affairs
8 July 2016
Deft media management took the sting out of Australia’s first inquiry into the decision to go to war in Iraq
Books & arts
5 July 2016
How do we reconcile an artist’s views with her work?
Essays & reportage
1 July 2016
He might have been an ardent admirer of the United States, but Harold Holt also brought welcome changes to Australia’s relations with the rest of the world, writes Paul Rodan
From the archive
27 June 2016
The legendary dispatch failed its first test nearly a century ago in London