This Month
- Opinion
- Opinion
Independent posturing outside the US alliance would endanger Australia
The more important and integral we are to American regional interests, the more likely it is that our powerful ally will come to our aid, under any administration.
- John Lee
Gareth Evans: Can we rely on America to defend Australia?
The former Labor foreign minister does not hold back in an incisive analysis of the current co-ordinates of Australian foreign policy
- James Curran
Sub snub forgiven as Australia, France step up defence ties
Australian warships will gain access to French navy bases in the Pacific as the two countries put AUKUS tensions aside and counter Chinese influence.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Opinion
Henry Kissinger was an inconsistent opportunist
America’s 20th century foreign policy giant and statesman was driven more by domestic considerations than he would ever have admitted.
- Tom Switzer
When ‘peacenik’ Whitlam met hardline Kissinger
Henry Kissinger was at the very centre of a diplomatic crisis with Australia in the 1970s – one that nearly ended the alliance.
- James Curran
November
Albanese accused of hypocrisy on India after US foiled plot to kill
Sikh’s say Australia has failed to criticise India’s Modi government for human rights abuses, amid allegations of a campaign to kill Sikh separatists abroad.
- Andrew Tillett
The Chinese students primed to deliver soft power
Thirty high-achieving international students are being given an insight into how Australia’s democracy works.
- Julie Hare
- Investigation
- AFR Magazine
The bizarre group of politicians who flew economy to free Assange
Barnaby Joyce, who says he doesn’t “terribly like” Julian Assange, is in an alliance of odd political bedfellows campaigning for the WikiLeaks editor’s release.
- James Curran
Eighth time lucky. North Korea finally launches spy satellite
Before the latest launch, North Korea had tried seven times over 25 years to deploy a satellite. Kim Jong-un is determined to spy on US forces in the region.
- Jon Herskovitz and Ryotaro Nakamaru
- Opinion
- Opinion
We need cohesion to compete in a contested region
Australia’s self-image at home has always weighed heavily on our foreign policy and our national security stance.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Opinion
APEC shows why business diplomacy matters in fragmented world
The private sector will need to play an oversized role to enable the growth of the region and propel it at scale and speed.
- Georgie Skipper
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Activists should know they are marching to destroy Israel
No Palestinian leader would survive conceding to a two-state solution. Most Palestinians want Israel eliminated.
- Alexander Downer
APEC leaders divided on Ukraine, Gaza wars
The 21 forum members went into the meetings at odds over Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Hamas-Israel war, and that is how they left them.
- David Lawder and David Brunnstrom
- Opinion
- Xi Jinping
Biden-Xi talks can’t overcome the trust deficit
The sobering reality from the leaders’ meeting is the lack of a binding arrangement that anything they agreed would survive the next American presidency.
- James Curran
Farrell welcomes Chinese investment in critical minerals
The US is chasing Australian critical minerals, but Trade Minister Don Farrell says that shouldn’t stop China from competing.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Albanese opens borders in landmark ‘climate refuge’ deal with Tuvalu
The prime minister has unveiled Australia’s most significant treaty with a Pacific nation that encompasses a climate visa as well as a security guarantee.
- Andrew Tillett
Australia to offer Tuvalu citizens climate visa
Anthony Albanese says up to 280 people will be offered visas annually; Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel does not seek to conquer, occupy or govern Gaza. Follow updates live.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Albanese’s China visit was a whole different calibre
Despite the views expressed by some hawks, the prime minister was not kowtowing in China.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- China relations
In his most important trip yet, PM’s simple mantra gets results
If the trip results in a resumption of annual talks and the end of coercive trade sanctions, while giving up little in return, that’s a pretty good outcome.
- Phillip Coorey
Chinese premier calls PM ‘handsome’ as talks to resume
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has announced that annual leadership talks between Australia and China will resume; death toll surpasses 10,000 in Israel-Palestine conflict. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing and Timothy Moore
