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Essays & reportage Harold Holt and the art of personal diplomacy Paul Rodan 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 The myth of Keith Murdoch’s Gallipoli letter Mark Baker 27 June 2016 How the legendary dispatch failed its first test International Strategic storm clouds Geoffrey Barker 3 June 2016 The federal election takes place against a background of complex and interacting global challenges, writes Geoffrey Barker Books & arts An “ordinary guy” in extraordinary times Tom Hyland 1 April 2016 Books | David Kilcullen helps us make sense of the madness unleashed by Islamic State, writes Tom Hyland. But he’s less convincing about what we should do next

International Beyond the spectacle of violence Matthew Gray 17 September 2015 The crisis in Syria could easily worsen, writes Matthew Gray, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Islamic State is in the ascendant Correspondents Europe’s, and Britain’s, migration fix David Hayes 8 September 2015 An influx of neighbours is testing Europe’s unity and values, and Britain’s instinct for semi-detachment, writes David Hayes in London International Reclaiming Japan’s peace narrative Carolyn S. Stevens and Tessa Morris-Suzuki 13 August 2015 If “normalisation” becomes Japan’s new national narrative, it will undermine the hopeful story that has been told since 1945, write Carolyn S. Stevens… Essays & reportage This glorious moment Stuart Macintyre 12 August 2015 Extract | Seventy years ago this week, prime minister Ben Chifley announced that the war in the Pacific was over. Planning for peace was already well under way, writes…

International Peace in our time John Besemeres 23 March 2015 Superficially, the Minsk Two agreement promises much. But, asks John Besemeres, can its European signatories counter Vladimir Putin’s long-run campaign to… International Tokyo, flickers of memory David Hayes 10 March 2015 The firebombing of March 1945 lives on the margins of public remembrance Books & arts How good went bad in Afghanistan Tom Hyland 4 March 2015 Books | A new account of a long war lays bare a series of miscalculations and misunderstandings, writes Tom Hyland Books & arts What happened next Richard Johnstone 23 February 2015 Photography | Unlike conventional war photography, aftermath photographs record consequences and allow us to explore the significance of what’s depicted, writes…