Books & Arts
30 March 2024
A major new series about the postwar world poses the inevitable question: has the cold war returned?
Books & Arts
27 March 2024
James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s war never ended
National Affairs
19 March 2024
There is an alternative, but the debate looks like taking some time to shift
Books & Arts
4 March 2024
A major new book revisits the moral and legal ambiguities of the Tokyo war crimes trial
Books & Arts
27 February 2024
A returned soldier’s belief in American virtue and progress is shaken
International
22 February 2024
With the full-scale invasion entering its third year, the stakes remain high
Essays & Reportage
8 February 2024
Communist or not, postwar refugees from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe attracted the attention of Australia’s security services
International
28 January 2024
The carnage in Israel and Gaza can’t be understood without tracing the realignments sparked by America’s war in Iraq
International
24 January 2024
“Keeping the sea lanes open” comes with rarely considered opportunity costs
Essays & Reportage
8 December 2023
Collective punishment won’t defeat Hamas
From the archive
1 December 2023
How does the former secretary of state feel about being called a war criminal?
Essays & Reportage
23 November 2023
Shaped by history, Sylvie Leber and her forebears have campaigned for social change
Books & Arts
21 November 2023
Russia’s war against Ukraine is generating a rich historiography
Books & Arts
9 November 2023
Calder Walton’s lively global survey takes in a century of espionage
International
1 November 2023
And what it means for Gaza’s future
International
25 October 2023
Preoccupied with other conflicts, the democratic world is passing up the chance to shift the dynamics in Myanmar
International
19 October 2023
Hamas’s appalling attack has exposed a government with no plan for resolving its country’s greatest challenges
Books & Arts
25 September 2023
An Iraqi journalist traces the creation of “one of the most corrupt nations on earth”
Essays & Reportage
17 September 2023
Sent to Australia as an “enemy alien” by Churchill’s government, Bern Brent spent decades challenging conventional accounts of the internees’ lives
Books & Arts
5 September 2023
The Great War brought the drive for international trade and cooperation to a disastrous end
International
23 August 2023
Non-Western powers are increasingly contributing to global pressure on Russia
Books & Arts
23 August 2023
A distinguished historian of France scrutinises the trial of Vichy leader Marshal Pétain and its aftermath
International
22 August 2023
Many predictions have proved wrong since Vladimir Putin sent in his troops in February last year
Books & Arts
10 August 2023
Two years after their return to power, the Taliban aren’t living up to many of their promises — and the West’s disengagement isn’t helping
Books & Arts
12 July 2023
Two new books go behind the scenes with the reporters who exposed Ben Roberts-Smith’s actions in Afghanistan
Books & Arts
4 July 2023
Underlying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are existential fears of democracy, diversity, sustainability and the decline of patriarchy
International
9 June 2023
The fate of a displaced people lies at the heart of the war in Ukraine — and how it might be resolved
National Affairs
2 June 2023
The judgement against Ben Roberts-Smith throws the spotlight onto the special war crimes investigator
National Affairs
2 June 2023
Ben Roberts-Smith might be the author of his own fall, but the implications extend to the highest levels of military decision-making
Books & Arts
16 May 2023
What happened when a diplomat teamed up with Sigmund Freud to analyse the president?