Peter Hartcher
Peter Hartcher is political editor and international editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
Rudd operates as ‘foreign minister’ in DC: Top Biden adviser
US President Joe Biden’s top adviser on Asia has strongly backed Kevin Rudd, after the former PM made his first public comments since Donald Trump’s election victory.
- by Matthew Knott and Peter Hartcher
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Opinion
International affairs
The age of the carnivores is upon us: China, Russia and their war machine
The world is made up of herbivores and carnivores, Emmanuel Macron says. The meat-eaters are circling for a carnivores’ picnic of territorial conquest.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Foreign relations
Murdoch’s Ruddicide will fail. Here’s why Trump will warm to our Kevin
News Corp wants Kevin Rudd removed from his Washington post, but the envoy has already built a network within the Trump 2.0 White House.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
US Votes 2024
How the deluded Democrats were trumped. It’s the democracy, stupid
It turns out that Democrat voters’ definition of the threat to democracy was completely different to Republicans’. But voters preferred Trump’s version.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Can Trump 2.0 defuse the nuclear threat? These Washington heavyweights fear not
A president given to simplistic plans and impulses must now deal with a whole new level of nuclear complexity for which neither he nor the US system is yet equipped.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
US Votes 2024
If George Washington was the father of America’s democracy, Donald Trump is its undertaker
When Joe Biden took power, he said he would try to save American democracy. He and Kamala Harris have failed.
- by Peter Hartcher
Exclusive
US Votes 2024
‘We have no choice’: Trump ally Bannon says US must defend Taiwan
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has previously implied that the United States could not protect Taiwan from a military operation.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
US Votes 2024
‘You haven’t seen anything’: Trump loyalist Bannon prepared for new levels of hostility
Fresh out of prison, Donald Trump’s former chief strategist warns “it will be Stalingrad every day” if the Democrats try to “steal” the US election.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
US Votes 2024
If America buckles to a rampant Trump, it may be the end of history
The US Constitution was designed to guard against the rise of a despot. A second Trump presidency would sorely test its safeguards.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
China relations
Xi’s grandiose plan for the Asia-Pacific is not working. Kevin Rudd knows why
China’s foreign policy, particularly in this region, often appears contradictory. But according to the former PM, it’s part of a broader but so far unsuccessful strategy.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
US Votes 2024
How a Trump win would embolden China, and isolate Australia
Donald Trump’s restrained world view would, if he wins the US election, offer an effective thumbs-up to China’s military ambitions. The consequences for the region could be catastrophic.
- by Peter Hartcher
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