November 2023
Who killed neoliberalism?
Neoliberalist theory and practice went so horribly wrong because governments that put their faith in markets forgot one word – competition.
September 2022
How and when the Ukraine war ends
Democracies have given Ukraine just enough weapons not to lose. If free societies are serious about victory, it’s time to arm it to the teeth.
April 2022
The window is closing on China’s bid for world mastery
President Xi will pay the price of ignoring warnings about his hopes for a new totalitarian world order.
March 2022
Ukraine war spells the end of the Golden Arches peace theory
With hundreds of McDonald’s outlets in both Russia and Ukraine, the war in Europe may mark the final break in theories about the process of perpetual globalisation.
July 2021
Why is a country as wealthy as the US tearing itself apart?
Whatever its cause, America’s economic and civic decoupling is easy to spin favourably. The story is not that a rich country is so politically broken but that a politically broken country is so rich.
November 2020
Francis Fukuyama on fame, grand postulations and woodwork
The political philosopher, who has published ten books and teaches at Stanford University, spends his free time making furniture.
July 2020
Owen Harries, foreign policy giant, laid to rest
He was one of Australia's most influential conservatives and foreign policy makers but because of coronavirus restrictions only 30 people could attend his funeral.
The world falls apart as the US withdraws
The Western-led world order is in crisis. If the US re-elects Donald Trump, this will be terminal.
June 2020
Coronavirus could kill off populism
Populists hate to be unpopular. That is why Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro have proved so bad at handling COVID-19, a crisis that brings nothing but grim news.