Of course North Korea wants nukes. We should learn to live with it
The cold hard reality is there is no viable military option against North Korea.
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Tom Switzer
Tom Switzer is a senior fellow at the University of Sydney's United States Studies Centre and a host at the ABC's Radio National.
The only plausible candidate to fill the void
The scene is now set for a merciless and bloodthirsty civil war. It will be very hard for Turnbull to survive the carnage.
Shorten should be on a roll, but he's manifestly divorced from reality
Bill Shorten has never been more dominant than this February. His Australian Labor Party leads the Coalition convincingly in many polls, while the public has seen a petulant side to Malcolm Turnbull in question time that is rather unattractive. So the Opposition Leader's performance during the past fortnight should have been a success.
Why Turnbull will be lucky to last the year
The parliamentary year resumes this week and, unless Malcolm Turnbull is lucky, it will be his final one as Prime Minister. There are regrets, doubts and, worst of all, dark forebodings. Having sacked a PM only two years into the job, the Liberal Party now finds itself in political trouble.
Russia isn't the bad guy you've been led to believe it is
What is it about Russia that winds everyone up so much? Why all the anger, the endless barrage of alarmist rhetoric and ruthless drive to isolate a great power with a vast arsenal of nuclear weapons?
The Christmas coup that ended the Cold War
It is timely to remember the prudent and cautious response of George H. W. Bush to the Soviet Empire's collapse.
How Samantha Armytage left the experts for dead
It is a reminder of the folly of the conventional wisdom. It's a good thing we experts don't make our living playing the stock market.
How Trump will save us from a 21st century Cuban Missile Crisis
For all his flaws, the US President-elect recognises his goal is to work out a modus vivendi based on the sober reality of power politics.
Why Trump has fans in the Liberal Party
The kind of populism that is on the rise across the US and Europe is unlikely to shake up the political establishment in Canberra.
Forget about Trump, look closer to home
Australians are not so focused on our neighbourhood, perhaps because we're besotted by American affairs.
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