Western alliance
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Putin sprints to his imagined finish line in Ukraine war
Putin is mobilising troops and stepping up collaboration with allies ahead of Trump’s inauguration on January 20, hoping the West tires of the conflict.
- Mick Ryan
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- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Telling Israel the killing must stop in Gaza is not antisemitic
Israel had every right respond to Hamas, but some of its supporters ignore a critical constraint under international law.
- Rodger Shanahan
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
Putin’s chilling nuclear threat has one strategic target
Vladimir Putin’s nuclear sabre-rattling is spooking many in the West, but its main purpose may be to shape the approach of the incoming US president.
- Mick Ryan
‘Small dogs on a leash’: Putin takes aim at Australia’s NATO links
Vladimir Putin has lashed Australia in a speech that praised China and castigated the West in another sign of deepening ties between Russia and China.
- Rob Harris
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
The US wants to avoid World War III, so Ukraine has no choice but attack
Since the end of the Cold War, Western nations have largely been able to assume a posture of strategic timidity. Ukraine doesn’t have that choice.
- Mick Ryan
- Updated
- NATO
Dutton tells MPs to ‘be ready’ for early election after PM scraps Washington visit
Anthony Albanese was expected to attend next week’s summit marking NATO’s 75th anniversary but Defence Minister Richard Marles will now travel to the US in his place.
- Rob Harris, Angus Thompson and James Massola
- Opinion
- National security
Treasury steps up to limit ‘strategic’ security overreach
The risk of foreign disruption has to be balanced in such a way that economic activity is not unnecessarily curtailed.
- Ross Gittins
Ashes hero Monty Panesar wants to be an MP, but he’s already got himself in a spin
The former England left-arm spinner conducted a series of awkward interviews after declaring he would stand as a candidate at the next general election.
- Rob Harris
David Cameron blasts Trump’s NATO stance as ‘not sensible’
The comments come after Trump bragged he once told a NATO member that he would “encourage” Russia to do as it wishes to “delinquent” allies.
- Rob Harris
- Opinion
- UK
What a UK Labour government will mean for Australia’s global interests
Britain’s “Indo-Pacific tilt” is likely to tilt back towards concerns closer to home when Labour takes the reins.
- George Brandis
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