This Month
- Opinion
- World politics
Why the world’s leading democracies are in crisis
The majority of G7 governments are now so burdened with domestic political problems that they are incapable of steering their own countries – let alone the free world.
- Gideon Rachman
- Opinion
- Global economy
Inflation risk crashes into political risk
Market tantrums and the fall in the Australian dollar in response to the US Fed show that next year is likely to be even more volatile.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
How markets can get used to Trump’s bullying shock therapy
Markets need to quickly understand that the next US president and his team see trade in political, rather than narrowly economic, terms.
- Gillian Tett
- Updated
- Trump's White House
Trump threatens BRICS nations with 100pc tariffs
In his latest trade threat, the president-elect warned the group of nine nations with emerging economies against undermining the US dollar.
- Updated
- Josh Wingrove and Maegan Vazquez
Trump stands by US dollar with 100pc tariff threat
The US president-elect turned his attention to the BRICs; the new FBI nominee wants to turn the Hoover building into a museum of the deep state; Anthony Albanese says Elon Musk’s criticisms reflect his agenda. See how the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Andrew Hobbs
November
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Trump’s tariff war won’t spare America’s allies
Donald Trump is promising 25 per cent tariffs on supposedly close allies like Canada and Mexico as well as China. Where does that leave Australia?
- Jennifer Hewett
October
Canada accuses Indian minister over Sikh murder plot
The Canadian government has accused Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah over a campaign targeting Sikh separatists on Canadian soil.
- Kanishka Singh
Trudeau describes failed bid at quiet diplomacy with Modi over murder
The Canadian prime minister told a judicial inquiry into foreign interference that he tried to avoid a diplomatic blow-up over the killing of a Sikh activist last year.
- Brian Platt
August
- Opinion
- Trade wars
China’s EVs good for Aussie drivers, bad for global trade war
Inside Australia’s national security and economic agencies, a new vexing issue about China is being discussed.
- John Kehoe
Canada tries to halt China’s EV flood with 100pc tariffs
The move replicates US and EU measures as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says China “is not playing by the same rules” as everyone else over electric vehicles.
- Promit Mukherjee and Akash Sriram
July
Australia, Canada and NZ urge immediate Gaza ceasefire
An escalation of hostilities and rhetoric between the militant anti-Israeli group Hezbollah and Israel was flagged as a concern by the leaders of the three countries.
- Holly Hales
May
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
Why tariffs won’t stop China’s dominance in EVs
Chinese EVs are facing higher tariffs in Europe and the US, raising the likelihood of a broader trade war. Australia may be caught in the middle.
- Jennifer Hewett
April
AUKUS partners eye adding ‘like-minded’ Japan to counter China
The announcement from the AUKUS defence ministers came as Canada said it was considering joining the pact, signalling concern over threats from China.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
February
PM warns Israel against ‘catastrophic’ attack on Rafah
Australia has joined Canada and New Zealand to express “grave concerns” over the looming attack on the city, now home to 1.5 million Palestinians.
- Andrew Tillett
December 2023
- Updated
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Labor backing for UN ceasefire incenses Israel
Israel has rounded on the Albanese government after Australia backed a UN demand for a ceasefire that did not mention the October 7 attacks.
- Phillip Coorey
Australia votes ‘with world’ at UN for Gaza ceasefire
The UN resolution came as Anthony Albanese joined his Canadian and New Zealand counterparts in criticising both Israel and Hamas amid the escalating war in Gaza.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
October 2023
Biden urges Israel to delay Gaza ground invasion
Israel argues a ‘Holocaust-denial-like phenomenon’ is evolving against the October 7 massacres that sparked its brutal response in Gaza.
- Phillip Coorey
September 2023
- Opinion
- India
Why India worries about the push for a separate Sikh state
The anger among young Sikhs inside and outside the country will keep growing unless the government addresses the economic issues in Punjab.
- Karishma Vaswani
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Trudeau’s India blow-up is really about domestic politics
Justin Trudeau’s pandering to pro-Khalistan Sikhh “vote bank” politics is putting electoral success ahead of foreign policy priorities.
- Ramesh Thakur
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Call out Putinesque India
It should go without saying, but Narendra Modi’s mystical one-world vision of India’s global leadership should not include extra-judicial killings of members of the Indian diaspora living in foreign lands.
- The AFR View