Yesterday
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Ukraine and the perils of land for peace
Forcing Ukraine to trade its independent and undisputed territory for a peace settlement would set a terrible precedent in post-1945 international relations.
- Jon Richardson
China readies supersonic spy drone for region: US intelligence
The drone will primarily be used to monitor the entire Indo-Pacific region, not just Taiwan, experts say.
- Christian Shepherd, Vic Chiang, Pei-Lin Wu and Ellen Nakashima
This Month
TikTok’s lobbyists not getting anywhere fast
TikTok – the social media sensation/Beijing’s data harvesting app of choice – desperately needs a win.
- Lucas Baird
US dumps free market ideals to contain China
Washington’s goal in previous decades of integrating China has been replaced with a debate about how to dis-integrate China.
- Edward Luce
How gamers eclipsed spies as an intelligence threat
Forget everything you know about old school espionage – the trafficking of classified documents is now the domain of young people chasing clout on the internet.
- Jonathan Askonas
- Opinion
- China relations
Penny Wong and Paul Keating need to have this vital debate
Australia now has an adventurous and activist foreign policy once again. But it has not answered the questions that the former prime minister raises.
- Geoff Raby
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Wong’s way through a contested Indo-Pacific region
China will always maximise its military, economic, and diplomatic advantages. It is up to middle powers to work out how to maximise theirs, too.
- The AFR View
G7 warns China against military intimidation
Group of Seven diplomats also pledged a tough stance against Russia’s war in Ukraine, vowing “no impunity” for atrocities committed.
- Foster Klug, Matthew Lee and Mari Yamaguchi
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Penny Wong has joined up defence, foreign policy and trade
The foreign minister rightly says that defence underpins our foreign policy. That gives our diplomats more space to do their jobs.
- Joel Fitzgibbon
Man accused of foreign interference used public documents, court hears
Alexander Csergo was denied bail due to his strong ties to China and being at risk of leaving the country if set free.
- Max Mason
China tensions top agenda as G7 diplomats meet
Geopolitical challenges in Asia are set to come into greater focus now that Japan holds the rotating G7 presidency.
- Iain Marlow
Russia master controllers of internet: US intelligence leaks
An analysis of Russia’s effectiveness at boosting propaganda on social media platforms is part of new trove of recently leaked US documents.
- Joseph Menn
Wong urges Australia to look past ‘binary’ view of US-China rivalry
Penny Wong will warn regional neighbours must deepen diplomatic and defence cooperation as they build up their militaries to contribute to a “strategic balance”.
- Michael Read and Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Groupthink means no one’s thinking about China
It bears paying close attention when a distinguished former Australian diplomat warns Australia risks sliding into war alongside the US over Taiwan with no proper debate.
- James Curran
FBI arrests Pentagon papers leaker
The US Attorney General named the low-ranking member of the Air National Guard as Jack Teixeira, who will be charged under the Espionage Act.
- Updated
- Shane Harris, Samuel Oakford and Devlin Barrett
Military secrets leak marks a new step for social media
The latest devastating leak of US intelligence, in a chat room of irreverent young misfits, highlights the challenge in guarding documents the US shares with the roughly 3 million people with security clearances nationwide, writes Drew Harwell in Washington.
- Drew Harwell
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Why China relations need the guardrails on them
Beijing chafes at any constraints on its power. But it is important that other countries keep trying to persuade China to accept some rules of engagement.
- Richard Maude
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
On Taiwan, Macron is this generation’s Neville Chamberlain
The French president’s vision for so-called European “strategic independence” simply invites Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to continue dividing and conquering democracies.
- Misha Zelinsky
‘Beasts’: Soldier beheading video sparks Ukraine fury
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a strong international response, but Moscow said the video needed to be verified.
- David L. Stern, Robyn Dixon and Dalton Bennett
How AI will revolutionise warfare
The new arms race in technology has no rules and few guardrails.
- Michael Hirsh
