A new phase of desperation for extremists
Everything about terrorism is desperate, and the latest wave of attacks represents a new phase of great desperation.
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Peter Hartcher
Peter Hartcher is the political editor and international editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. He is a Gold Walkley award winner, a former foreign correspondent in Tokyo and Washington, and a visiting fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. His latest book is The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made its Own Luck and Could Now Throw it All Away. His 2005 book, Bubble Man: Alan Greenspan and the Missing Seven Trillion Dollars, foresaw the collapse of the US housing market and the economic slump that followed.
China has defied the rules with impunity
We hear a great gush of affirmations of the "rules-based order" that keeps the peace in the Asia-Pacific region. But whose rules? They must be Tinkerbell's rules – clap if you believe.
Is the right-wing populist monster dying?
Has the movement stalled, or is it just pausing to digest the first course?
How China's real estate bubble pushes up prices in Australia
One of the reasons real estate in Sydney has become so costly is that top-tier cities in Australia are cheap compared to the equivalents in China.
How will Trump chaos affect Australia's alliance with the US?
What does a country like Australia do when the leader of its great ally becomes such a great liability.
Has the mantle of global leadership passed from the US to China?
Global leadership, quite suddenly, is up for grabs.
A budget designed to fend off Trumpism
Is Turnbull vaccinating Australian politics against rampant populism by giving us a small shot of it?
There's only one workable solution to the North Korea problem
Donald Trump didn't create this problem. But the world now depends on him as its best chance of solving it. God help us all.
China took a very different message from Trump's Syria attack
A theme echoing through US media in the last few days was that Donald Trump's decision to attack Syria during dinner with China's president was sending a message to Beijing. But what was the message?
What do Trump's pyrotechnics tell us about US strategy under a new president?
The US missile attack on Syria's Al-Shayrat air base was a tactic, but is it part of an overarching plan or just an isolated convulsion?
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