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Russia’s war against Ukraine: a longer view
Mark Edele
22 February 2024
With the full-scale invasion entering its third year, the stakes remain high
Books & Arts
Writing the history of the present
Mark Edele
21 November 2023
Russia’s war against Ukraine is generating a rich historiography
Essays & Reportage
Weaponising Pushkin
Kyle Wilson
4 September 2023
With monuments to Alexander Pushkin being removed all over Ukraine, the arrival of a bust of the poet in Canberra gains extra resonance
Essays & Reportage
Ukraine’s struggle for democracy
Mark Edele
28 August 2023
Despite a series of obstacles, post-Soviet Ukraine has been moving in the right direction
International
Putin’s isolation intensifies
Lawrence Freedman
23 August 2023
Non-Western powers are increasingly contributing to global pressure on Russia
International
Russia’s war against Ukraine: an eighteen-month stocktake
Mark Edele
22 August 2023
Many predictions have proved wrong since Vladimir Putin sent in his troops in February last year
Books & Arts
Russia’s war with the future
Jon Richardson
4 July 2023
Underlying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are existential fears of democracy, diversity, sustainability and the decline of patriarchy
International
Crimea’s Tatars and Russia’s war
Jon Richardson
9 June 2023
The fate of a displaced people lies at the heart of the war in Ukraine — and how it might be resolved
Books & Arts
Eastern Europe’s faultline
Mark Edele
21 March 2023
A distinguished historian uses one family’s story to illuminate the borderland between Europe and Russia
International
Pushing the nuclear envelope
Andy Butfoy
22 February 2023
Will the West’s delicate balancing act accidentally trigger a chain reaction?
National Affairs
Putin’s Wolves
Robert Horvath
6 February 2023
Australia’s fringe Russian nationalist movement has worrying international links
Books & Arts
Ashes of empires
Samir Puri
23 November 2022
The author of
Russia’s Road to War with Ukraine
responds to Mark Edele’s review of his book
Books & Arts
“It’s NATO, stupid!”
Mark Edele
22 November 2022
Two new books disagree about the origins of Russia’s war against Ukraine
International
A betrayal of Ukraine and the left
Anthony Barnett
17 October 2022
A false equivalence is compromising reactions to the war among some on the left
International
The long war of Soviet succession
Mark Edele
19 September 2022
The war in Ukraine is part of a long-simmering conflict across post-Soviet Europe and Asia
National Affairs
Why an invasion of Taiwan would fail
John Quiggin
14 September 2022
Russia’s disastrous miscalculations in Ukraine show why an invasion of Taiwan would be a grave mistake
Books & Arts
Putin’s nemesis?
Graeme Gill
9 September 2021
The Russian president’s party might be in trouble — but so is the opposition
Books & Arts
“Better to lose Australia”
Mark Edele
25 May 2021
Sean McMeekin’s new account of Stalin’s war will suit Vladimir Putin very well
International
Navalny’s long game
Graeme Gill
2 February 2021
January’s protests might be less damaging to Putin than a slow leaching away of legitimacy
International
Biden and the bomb
Andy Butfoy
1 February 2021
A modified version of the old normal might be the best the new president can deliver
Essays & Reportage
The strange case of Putin’s self-declared fifth column in Australia
Kyle Wilson
12 August 2020
A small but energetic group of “Australian Cossacks” has support in high places in Moscow
International
Vladimir Putin: ruler for life?
Graeme Gill
16 March 2020
Could there be a less sinister reason why the Russian president wants the way open for a longer tenure?
Books & Arts
Was the future better yesterday?
Peter Browne
16 February 2020
What explains the apparent success of populist politics?
Books & Arts
Eventually the truth catches up
Jane Goodall
25 June 2019
Television
| Four decades on, Soviet scientist Valery Legasov is an unlikely figure for our times
International
Missile envy
Andy Butfoy
6 February 2019
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin seem set on undoing the historic achievement of their 1980s predecessors
International
Has the West called Putin’s bluff?
John Besemeres
4 April 2018
The Russian president faces uncharacteristically united international opposition at the beginning of a potentially unstable final term in office
Correspondents
Russia’s war on history
David Hayes
30 March 2018
How a poison attack in an English cathedral city became an international diplomatic crisis
International
Putin and Trump: anatomy of a bromance
John Besemeres
11 February 2018
A compromising relationship continues to define the US presidency
Essays & Reportage
Reading about a revolution
Norman Abjorensen
10 October 2017
A gathering flow of news about the revolutionary movement in Russia reached Australian readers during 1917
International
After Khan Sheikhun
Ross Burns
10 April 2017
Signs that Bashar al-Assad is panicking could create an opportunity to re-engage the Syrian peace talks
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