Yesterday
Anti-Jewish attitudes are ‘baked into the Western inheritance’
Many of us are advocates for much of what the West has brought to the world, but the portion of its foundations that are anti-Jewish and antisemitic have to be removed and replaced, warns Rabbi Benjamin Elton.
Three questions about higher defence spending
If the Defence Department is to receive more taxpayer money, it should not be treated as a sacred cow.
Trump’s MAGA dreams conjure a world nightmare
Donald Trump values his relationship with dictators far more than that with democratic allies, making the global economic and national security interests a combustible mix.
This Month
Australia’s allies must step up in the Indo-Pacific
Readers’ letters on dealing with Donald Trump’s isolationism, looking to Congress for tariff relief, Rio’s clean energy move, Peter Dutton’s track record, and a CANZUK alliance.
PM to join world leaders’ talks on Ukraine peacekeepers
Anthony Albanese will take part in a hook-up of dozens of world leaders to discuss ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
What I learnt about the future of war in Ukraine this week
The head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, perhaps the best-known military intelligence leader in the world, has three lessons from this war.
Australia should take a leaf out of China playbook to handle Trump
Instead of dealing with Washington alone, the new administration should be dealt with as a collective challenge together with our partners and allies.
Greenland election shows it’s global capitalism coming to the rescue
In a political climate that has looked to the far right, it is not the progressive voice that is being sought to counter that.
Khaki election: Trump’s ‘Mean Girls’ diplomacy prompts defence rethink
This week on The Fin podcast, Andrew Tillett and James Curran on how Donald Trump has disrupted the world order.
Speaking truth to Trump not as easy as Turnbull says
Australia’s leaders simply cannot ignore the possible implications for the US alliance when crafting their public rhetoric about the serving commander-in-chief.
Jewish community queries police on ‘bizarre’ antisemitic incidents
NSW Premier Chris Minns has defended labelling discovery of explosives at Dural terrorism, after accusations of “hyperbolic” and “kneejerk” response.
Organised crime not antisemitism behind explosives, graffiti: police
Police believe one organised criminal was behind both the discovery of explosives in a caravan at Dural and multiple crimes directed at Sydney’s Jewish community.
China really is the biggest trade cheat. The data shows it
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has developed a forensic approach to counting industrial subsidies in all their forms. The Chinese results are illuminating.
![Elbridge Colby, pictured with US Vice President JD Vance, dished out a back-handed compliment to Canberra, telling his senatorial inquisitors that “our Australian ally … [has] been with us even in our less advisable wars”.](https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5346%2C$multiply_2%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_63/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_280%2Cq_52%2Cf_auto/ec35650bb6444c3766b62f671faea1161a55ffa7)
Richard Marles’ mindless talking points ignore Trumpian change
Elsewhere, Donald Trump’s return is being noticed, and acted upon with decisive swiftness. But it is not happening in Australia yet.
The Trump and Xi shows could not be more stark
For many observers, the contrast between China’s orderly political gathering at the Great Hall of the People this week and the White House chaos was stark.
ANZUS and AUKUS will never be the same
It is time to reassess the nature of our relationship with the United States and where it fits within our wider national interest.
Yes, America is fickle – but it’s also our best ally
The only difference between Donald Trump and his Republican and Democrat predecessors is that he is nakedly honest about America’s interests.
Trump’s glory moment upstages the world
The US president’s address to congress was Donald Trump’s favourite version of reality TV, featuring himself as the star.
Labor says supporting Ukraine an easy choice, but what about Taiwan?
The Chinese live-fire fiasco showed the government’s short-term domestic political considerations are hampering our ability to deter and damaging our credibility as an alliance partner.
Arrests in NSW, WA over alleged antisemitic and Islamophobic threats
Police have charged a nurse who allegedly threatened Jewish patients, while in WA a 16-year-old who allegedly threatened a mosque was charged for false alarm.
Zelensky ‘strongly thanks’ Albanese for backing Ukraine
The PM’s willingness to consider Australian involvement in peacekeeping is very welcome, very timely and very significant.
‘Do we just keep fighting?’ Morrison’s advice to Zelensky
The former prime minister told a room of executives and business leaders to look past the US president’s “sound and fury” to his aim – peace in Europe.
Boy, 16 arrested after ‘abhorrent’ Sydney mosque threat
NSW Police say there is no “ongoing threat” to the community after a same-day arrest over an alleged threat against a religious centre at Edmondson Park in Sydney.
Why Trump is still business gold
Major US financial executives are confident about the strength of the US economy and the benefits of the president’s deregulatory agenda. How all the rest will play out is less certain.
Trump marches on regardless of US allies
The frantic manoeuvring over Ukraine is one more aspect of the revolution the US president is imposing on a deeply worried world. What happens next?