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When Keating went to war with the White House
Secret cables reveal for the first time how Keating’s right-hand man and a senior White House official engaged in an extraordinary war of words in 1992, sometimes in personal terms.
- James Curran
- Analysis
- Analysis
Washington can be a prickly and insecure great power ally
The Russell-Zoellick correspondence reveals an Australian government not afraid to talk truth to American power, an art largely lost over recent years.
- James Curran
July
- Opinion
- Opinion
Power tips from ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘Shōgun’
The popular swords-and-scheming TV series have lessons for modern political parties.
- The Economist
Britain still good for delivery of AUKUS subs, Marles says
The defence minister has rushed to Britain to reassure himself that the new Labour government is up to the challenge of developing a new nuclear-powered fleet.
- Hans van Leeuwen
France teeters towards dysfunction as vote puts far-right at ‘gates of power’
Emmanuel Macron’s gamble looks set to usher in a populist government or a paralysed parliament, unless voters rally to him in the poll’s July 7 second round.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
June
- Exclusive
- UK election
AUKUS safe under Labour: next UK minister for Australia
Australian-born Catherine West, who will be minister for Asia and the Pacific if Labour wins the election, rejects Tory claims the subs deal is at risk.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Putin and Kim sign mutual defence pact
The pact could be a dramatic shift in the strategic balance in Northeast Asia by placing Russia’s heft behind North Korea.
- Josh Smith and Ju-min Park
Macron has poured on the petrol. Someone will get burnt
The President hopes to prove that votes for the right in Europe were just voters venting steam. If he’s wrong, the consequences will be felt far beyond France.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- World elections
What Aussie business can expect from Europe’s far-right shift
Both sides of politics in Europe will back industrial policies designed to onshore or diversify supply chains – and that’s the space where Australia plays.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Macron urges unity against surging far-right turmoil
The French president made the call after the centre-right Republicans ditched its chairman, who had called for an alliance with the hard right.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
UK, European centre-right parties rush to woo their radical rivals
British and European centre-right parties are frantically courting the resurgent radical right, in a move that portends a potential reshaping of the conservative side of politics.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- World politics
Biden warns of new war as D-Day remembered
This might be the last significant D-Day anniversary to involve living veterans. But it’s the first to be overshadowed by a European territorial war.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
‘We will not walk away’: Allies return to the D-Day beaches
As world leaders gathered in Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, US President Joe Biden warned against surrendering to dictators.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- World elections
The women shaking up world’s second-biggest election
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and France’s Marine Le Pen are hoping this week’s EU elections, the world’s second-largest, ramp up their burgeoning, Europe-wide momentum.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
May
Students claim victory in Melbourne uni protest
Pro-Palestinian students claim the university has agreed to disclose its research partnerships with weapons manufacturers.
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- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- East Asia Forum
‘Nothing to see here’ as Singapore gets new PM
Lawrence Wong is considered a safe pair of hands. But Singapore is facing many challenges that need radical new ideas rather than technocratic continuity.
- Michael Barr
The world’s wiliest climate warrior? It’s not who you think
International Energy Agency boss Fatih Birol, a lifelong bureaucrat with roots in the oil industry, has made the net zero transition a personal mission.
- Hans van Leeuwen
April
Failure to reopen Australia embassy in Kyiv ‘an embarrassment’
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles visited Ukraine to unveil the package, including drones and air-defence systems, but there was one glaring omission from his trip.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Ronald Mizen
‘No silver bullet’: Ukraine has weapons but still needs the troops
The $94 billion US aid package should stop Russia in its tracks, but it won’t be nearly enough to send Putin packing.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Risk of wider conflict as Israel weighs its response to Iran
Facing pressure from all sides, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly looking for non-lethal options to retaliate against Tehran’s weekend missile fusillade.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
