Yesterday
- Analysis
- AUKUS
AUKUS future is resting on belief alone
Defence and government figures brim with confidence over Australia’s nuclear submarine program, but there’s no Plan B and – to some – an air of desperation.
This Month
- Exclusive
- AUKUS
‘A cruel joke’: Why AUKUS might leave Australia stranded
A group of defence experts says that the Albanese government is on course for a financial and strategic AUKUS disaster, in the final part of an exclusive series.
- Opinion
- AUKUS
AUKUS ‘moonshot’ may be a tragically expensive failure
It is alarming that both Coalition and Labor politicians fail to acknowledge the risk that Australia could be left with no submarine capability by the end of the 2030s.
- Investigation
- AUKUS
Morrison’s ‘longest night’: Inside the making of AUKUS
The military agreement is a mess and risks leaving Australia with no submarine capability at all by the late 2030s. The cloak of secrecy that secured the deal could now be its undoing.
June
- Opinion
- UK
Will Keir Starmer go wobbly on AUKUS?
The fantasy of a post-Brexit “global Britain” is gone, but British Labour says it will be everywhere around the world, and all at once.
- Analysis
- US election
Only one question for Democrats after Biden’s debate
Joe Biden faltered early. At one point, the words simply failed him. He appeared momentarily lost and Donald Trump went for the jugular.
- Opinion
- Putin's Russia
Putin to Xi: I have options in East Asia
The Russian President’s visits last week to North Korea and Vietnam shows Russia’s residual capacity to stir trouble in East Asia.
- Opinion
- China relations
Albanese elevates diplomacy over the drum beat of war
Few can doubt the success of ‘stabilisation’ for the Australia-China relationship, but how might it work when applied to the region?
- Updated
- Analysis
- China relations
Li’s visit shows Australia and China are trying to move on
The first visit of a Chinese Premier to Australia since 2017 revealed two countries straining to have a normal diplomatic relationship.
- Opinion
- China relations
‘Stabilisation’ shouldn’t straitjacket deeper economic ties with China
Anthony Albanese’s date with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Canberra is an opportunity to work on a trade-based agenda for the future between two deeply complementary economies.
Who were the 15 greatest Wallabies of all time?
In a new book, author and indispensable rugby commentator Gordon Bray had a brutal task picking from the 900 players who have represented Australia over 125 years.
May
France grapples with cold, hard truths of its place in the world
Macron’s government continues to read from a free trade hymnal. But in foreign policy, as the bloodshed in New Caledonia shows, the stubborn edifice of its colonial past refuses to budge.
- Opinion
- Narendra Modi
As India votes, doubt grows about Modi’s intentions
India’s prime minister is set to extend his power once the election results are known. That is likely to bring further tests for Australia and the world.
- Opinion
- Trump's America
How Trump’s ‘imperial presidency’ will reshape the world
If Donald Trump wins in November, expect even greater strain on American institutions. But he’s unlikely to be an “imperial president” abroad.
- Analysis
- China relations
Why Australia could benefit from engaging with China on clean energy
A new report provides the framework for a forward-looking Australia-China relationship, identifying vast potential for economic co-operation.
April
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Fight to the last Ukrainian
More aid is clearly a relief for Kyiv, but will it be enough to reverse the tide of the war?
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
America’s Superman foreign policy flies again
The hard realism of Asian allies about America’s direction must jostle with the return of uncompromising American unilateralism.
- Analysis
- Defence
Marles forced to revise Canberra’s take on far away wars
The Defence Minister has made it clear the government is going to stare down critics who want our troops turning up at every world trouble spot.
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Once more to the brink in the Middle East
As the tinder in the Middle East smoulders once more, much will depend on whether Netanyahu lights another match or follows Washington’s calls for restraint.
- Analysis
- Fumio Kishida
US and Japan build new Asia-Pacific defence ‘latticework’
With an eye to both China and a possible Trump presidency, Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida are writing another chapter in America’s Asian alliance architecture.