Yesterday
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
The case for comprehensive statecraft
Closer co-operation between government, business and civil society organisations would support more ‘whole-of-nation’ approaches to geopolitical competition.
- Anthony Bubalo
This Month
Former Border Force boss rattles the tin, eyes the ASX
The former face of the Coalition’s Stop the Boats campaign wants $20 million to fund his private security outfit’s roll-up of three other companies.
- Updated
- Max Mason
Joe Hockey must be minting money
The former treasurer’s shop has added ex-defence minister Marise Payne and a Japanese diplomat to its roster.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Analysis
- Fumio Kishida
US and Japan build new Asia-Pacific defence ‘latticework’
With an eye to both China and a possible Trump presidency, Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida are writing another chapter in America’s Asian alliance architecture.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Like Biden, Labor is on its own Israel journey
Penny Wong wants a two-state solution, but the reality is Gaza is looking more like the US quagmire in Iraq
- Updated
- James Curran
Two years to fix Defence: New military chief’s mission
Bedding down AUKUS and recruiting new personnel are key challenges for the new Defence chief amid warnings China will be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- AUKUS
Why Japan is a good business partner for AUKUS
Beyond its technical capabilities, Tokyo’s strategic seriousness about the China threat is the biggest asset it will bring to the strategic agreement.
- John Lee
- Opinion
- The AFR View
JAUKUS shows Australia is seeking security in Asia
Ironically, turning AUKUS into JAUKUS would move the pact closer to satisfying the national strategic interest test formulated by its chief Australian critic, Paul Keating.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Australia should demand accountability for deaths of Zomi and Galit
Consistency calls for Iran and Qatar to be held to account for the first Australian to be tragically killed in the Israel-Hamas war on October 7.
- Alex Ryvchin
- Analysis
- AUKUS
Senior US diplomat lets the AUKUS cat out of the bag
US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has spelt out publicly the expectations Washington has of Australia to fight alongside it in the Taiwan straits.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Albanese and Biden’s opportunism on aid deaths is contemptible
The confected outrage over the deaths of Australian Zomi Frankcom and her fellow Gaza aid workers goes way beyond the reaction to earlier wartime tragedies.
- Alexander Downer
Its leader is dead, but Wagner Group is thriving in Africa
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s son, Pavel, and Vladimir Putin have rebranded the mercenary group as its influence in the Sahel region spreads.
- Lisa Klaassen
- Opinion
- Russia-Ukraine war
‘Cartel of aggression’ trades on timidity and self-interest
The West has enormous economic leverage over China and Russia. But fear of their own consumers prevents governments from using it.
- Simon Johnson and Oleg Ustenko
- Opinion
- Middle East tensions
Four reasons why Joe Biden can’t force a truce on Israel, or won’t
The United States has intervened in past Middle East wars, but for the current president, this one is different.
- Aaron David Miller and Adam Israelevitz
March
‘His health is very risky’: Assange’s brother fears for his life
After returning from London and Washington, where he fought for US political support, the brother of Julian Assange warned the health of the imprisoned Wikileaks founder is declining.
- Updated
- Tom Richardson
- Opinion
- Foreign aid
What China gets right in PNG and Australia gets wrong
This former leader of PNG’s state energy supplier says we should take a leaf from the China playbook by using a “tied aid” model.
- Carolyn Blacklock
US, UK, NZ accuse China of ‘prolific’ cyber spying
US and UK officials have filed charges, imposed sanctions and accused Beijing of a cyber-espionage campaign that hit millions of people as well as companies.
- Updated
- David Sanger and Mark Landler
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
Australia can’t muddle through Trump 2.0 – we need to plan now
A re-elected Donald Trump will be better prepared to reshape America’s place in the world. Australia and its allies must be ready too.
- Richard Maude
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
A British friend with important lessons for Australia
The UK is a good strategic partner for us. It is also a public policy laboratory for what works – and what does not.
- Alexander Downer
China turns on the charm with Australia. What’s behind the change?
Whether the new “balance” is truly bipartisan remains to be seen, as Canberra and Beijing still have serious questions to discuss.
- Updated
- James Curran