International
11 March 2024
In the tortured history of America’s relationship with Israel there has scarcely been a more fraught moment
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
13 December 2023
This week’s vote could be one of the General Assembly’s more momentous
Correspondents
1 December 2023
UAE deal-maker Ahmed Al Jaber has kicked off this year’s climate talks with a historic coup
International
17 November 2023
What might a postwar scenario look like in Israel and Palestine?
International
1 November 2023
And what it means for Gaza’s future
International
19 October 2023
Hamas’s appalling attack has exposed a government with no plan for resolving its country’s greatest challenges
Books & Arts
12 July 2023
A summing up by an Australian diplomat who loved the Arab world
From the archive
22 October 2021
In search of his forebears, a writer finds an era of “constructive cosmopolitan complexity”
Books & Arts
19 May 2021
Stan Grant distils his travels into an argument about the future
International
16 May 2021
Why Netanyahu and Hamas both risk losing control of the conflict in Gaza
National Affairs
4 June 2020
A new voice in the Australian Jewish community retains hopes of a two-state solution to the Israel–Palestine conflict
International
25 June 2019
Whether he knows it or not, Donald Trump is doing the crown prince’s bidding
National Affairs
19 October 2018
Did Scott Morrison have a different audience in mind when he floated the idea of shifting Australia’s embassy to Jerusalem?
International
20 July 2018
Syria’s seven-year conflict is favouring those who play the long game
International
17 April 2018
Chemical weapons have been a feature of the Syrian conflict since 2011. Are we any closer to a strategy to deal with their use — and with the forces fuelling the wider conflict?
International
16 October 2017
White House decisions are making life harder for America’s allies, and not just in the Middle East
International
25 September 2017
Foreign interference, however well-intentioned, could still prolong the conflict
Correspondents
7 July 2017
Despite the tough Middle Eastern neighborhood and internal resistance, Iranians continue to seek greater freedom and equality
International
24 June 2017
Islamic State’s destruction of the heritage of a great Islamic leader, Nur al-Din, signals a new desperation
International
10 April 2017
Signs that Bashar al-Assad is panicking could create an opportunity to re-engage the Syrian peace talks
National Affairs
5 April 2017
The campaign to hide the full truth of Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war continues
International
9 March 2017
Character and content can be hard to disentangle in assessing Donald Trump’s international security policies
Books & Arts
2 December 2016
Books | Can the Ottoman Empire offer a guide to the future of the Middle East?
National Affairs
8 July 2016
Deft media management took the sting out of Australia’s first inquiry into the decision to go to war in Iraq
Books & Arts
1 April 2016
Books | David Kilcullen helps us make sense of the madness unleashed by Islamic State, writes Tom Hyland. But he’s less convincing about what we should do next
Correspondents
1 March 2016
Six years after his death, the work of a protean internationalist scholar has never been more relevant, writes David Hayes
International
15 January 2016
The West’s failures have combined with bad national leadership to open the way for the wrong kind of anticipation
International
10 December 2015
Vladimir Putin’s actions in the Middle East reflect his view that all relationships are zero-sum games, writes John Besemeres
International
23 November 2015
The strategy against ISIS must recognise that this fourteen-year conflict hasn’t played out anywhere near as expected, writes Paul Rogers