A new Cold War arrives with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The mistake the West has made for more than a decade is to think Putin can be a reasonable geopolitical partner. He doesn’t want to be part of the global order. He wants to blow it up.
Russia And Ukraine Conflict
How war in Ukraine hits your hip pocket
Surging petrol prices could go even higher as the Ukraine crisis intensifies, but other household costs are also in the firing line.
Putin’s move: what it means for Australia
Those who think the Ukraine crisis is a distant conflict with limited relevance to Australia should think again. We face a daunting array of consequences.
How the US and Europe lost the post-Cold War
Victory bred complacency, neglect of fellow citizens, and a failure to preserve our civilisational values. Now, the crisis over Ukraine has become a pivot in history.
Payne’s shock warning as Russia’s Ukraine ‘kill list’ revealed
Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne has issued a new warning for Europe, as Russia revealed its “kill list” being tracked by the Five Eyes.
Ukraine families evacuated into Russia far from home
Thousands of Ukrainians are being evacuated to Russia but they have no idea where they are going.
Frydenberg aims G20 war salvo at Russians
Josh Frydenberg has warned Russia that an invasion of Ukraine would deliver not only a human disaster but a devastating second shock to the global economy.
How the West can confront the Xi-Putin axis
A new phase of history has begun. The liberal world order faces its greatest challenge since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Russian invasion ‘only days away’, world warned
Full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine will start ‘within days’, Joe Biden says.
Beijing weighs how far to go in backing Putin
Behind closed doors, China’s top leaders have debated how to respond to the Russia-Ukraine crisis without hurting China’s own interests.
Dutton does not want to reveal another defence error
The recent rise in tensions in Ukraine and Taiwan come as two of our three major defence equipment blunder dominoes threaten to topple.
Putin’s games of war and peace
Russia has claimed it is winding down some of its military exercises and has raised the possibility of further talks, signalling a possible easing of the crisis over Ukraine.
Not in interested in war? War is interested in you
The choice isn’t whether to start World War III or surrender to Russian demands. It’s about signalling to Putin the US and its allies will resist his ambition to extend Russia’s ambit across Europe.
West draws up ‘the mother of all sanctions’
US foreign relations committee chairman Bob Menendez has told Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine would trigger ‘the mother of all sanctions’.
Biden warns Putin in phone call of ‘swift and severe costs’
In an hour long call, Joe Biden told his Russian counterpart the response by the US and its allies to an invasion of Ukraine will be decisive.
Biden tells Americans to get out of Ukraine
US President Jo Biden has urged Americans to leave Ukraine, as Russian live-fire drills and a troop build-up deepen fears of an invasion.
Ukraine invasion would cost Putin too much
Vladimir Putin must be made to understand that invading Ukraine would be an act of fundamental self-harm for Russia.
America must get serious again about defence spending
For 30 years the establishment mocked Russia, fantasised about China, and frittered resources away on ill-judged diversions. But the world’s holiday from history has come to an end.
Putin targets NATO’s weakest link – Germany
Biden should encourage Berlin to come off the sidelines and stop giving Moscow a pass. By escalating over Ukraine, Putin has driven a wedge between Germany and the rest of NATO.
Will the Putin-Xi alliance mean twilight of the West?
Putin has played a weak geo-hand brilliantly, and in one avenue of hard power, is even more formidable than Xi. The West has only itself to blame for allowing this fight to get out of control.
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