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Are net zero emissions by 2050 realistic? The events behind the U.S. decision to drop the A-bomb on Japan and avoiding the recession we don't have to have.

Could China's meddling in Canadian politics bring down Justin Trudeau? Tony Abbott on the Libs demise & The Voice and why Trump and Johnson lost high office for similar reasons.

Could China's meddling in Canadian politics bring down Justin Trudeau? Tony Abbott on the Libs demise & The Voice and why Trump and Johnson lost high office for similar reasons

Is Ukraine's fight also Australia's fight? North Korea's nuclear ambitions and its border crackdown and Gough Whitlam's foreign policy, 50 years on.

North Korea's nuclear ambitions and it's ring of steel, a look back at Gough Whitlam's foreign policy and is Ukraine's fight Australia's fight?

Is American support for Ukraine waning? The Russia-gate lie and how the media fell for it and what would a Trump comeback mean for Australia?

Is US support for Ukraine waning? The Russia-gate lie and how the media fell for it and what would a Trump comeback mean for Australia?

Why support is waning for The Voice, Syria's Assad coming in from the cold and the fight to free Hong Kong's billionaire pro-democracy activist, Jimmy Lai

Why support is waning for The Voice, Syria's Assad coming in from the cold and the fight to free Hong Kong's billionaire pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai

Albo's report card, Thailand election shock and the life and times of US statesman, George Shultz

Albo's report card after 12 months as PM, a shock result in the Thai elections and the life and times of US statesman George Schultz.

Israel turns 75. The Suharto legacy. The campaign against British colonialism.

Daniel Gordis reflects on Israel’s achievements over the past 75 years and discusses the challenges ahead. Ken Setiawan and Greg Earl consider how history should treat Suharto, Indonesian’s longest serving president. Simon Heffer responds to the critics of British colonialism and empire.

Australia’s head of state? Trump, Fox and the crisis in the American right. Remembering Allan Gyngell.

Two young Australians debate who should be Australia’s Head of State. Matthew Dallek’s new book: How the John Birch society radicalised the American right. Australia's pre-eminent foreign policy practitioner - the late Allan Gyngell.

Australia becomes more American. A bad idea - Biden’s 2024 bid. A nuclear power accident waiting to happen

Alexander Downer sees an unwanted trend in Australian political debate. Democrat Julian Epstein explains why he’s no fan of Biden’s 2024 run for President. Amy Nelson assesses the risks and dangers posed by Europe's largest nuclear power plant that's in the middle of a war zone in Ukraine.

Macron’s Europe. A conservative backs The Voice. Why DeSantis took on Disney.

Mary Dejevsky on France’s President Macron’s and his vision for a more independent Europe. Prominent right of centre commentator Chris Kenny explains why he supports the Voice. Eric Boehm examines the shifting politics behind the DeSantis - Disney feud.

The Voice: a debate. Is the Liberal party doomed?

Shireen Morris and Greg Sheridan discuss the case for and against The Voice. Gerard Henderson acknowledges that the Liberal party does face major problems but warns it's premature to, once again, write their obituary .

A new low for American politics. Don't 'sensitise' children's literature.

Andrew Neil surveys the state of politics around the world and asks if could we see a replay of Biden vs Trump in 2024? Caroline Overington explains why children's books shouldn't be rewritten or sensitised.

Macron’s France. Iraq bounces back. Sport and Australia’s soft power advantage in the Pacific

Sophie Pedder on French politics and why President Macron is so unpopular. Rajiv Chandrasekaran explains why recovery took so long and what life is like in Iraq today. Jeffrey Wall and how sport can enhance Australia’s standing in the Pacific.

Responding to a rising China. The Republican party’s divide over Ukraine. Australia’s economic outlook

Peter Hartcher responds to Paul Keating’s concerns over AUKUS. David Frum on divisions over foreign policy and Ukraine in the |Republican Party. Su-Lin Ong and Jo Masters consider Australia’s economic outlook in turbulent times.

Why was there a war against Saddam in 2003. South Africa in a geo-politically polarised world.

20 years after the 'coalition of the willing' confronted Iraq's Saddam Hussein –why did it happen and was it a big mistake? South Africa has deep connections to Soviet Union yet claims to be non aligned — so how does it navigate the tricky path between the great powers

The US and its great power rivals. Are Australia's neighbours ready for AUKUS? The UK lockdown files.

Stephen Walt considers America's place in a world where it no longer enjoys unchallenged primacy. How South-East Asia views Australia's new security and defence pacts. Isabel Oakeshott on the UK's pandemic response.

China's population decline. Afghanistan after the US withdrawal. Is it a public debate or a culture war?

Barclay Bram and why the reluctance to have children in China. Mahir Momand compares life in Afghanistan before and after the withdrawal of US troops. Parnell McGuiness asks is it a public debate or a culture war.

The earthquake and its geopolitical consequences. Are the UN's Sustainable Development Goals achievable? Jimmy Carter's foreign policy.

Mary Dejevsky examines the political aftershocks in Turkey, Syria and beyond. Bjorn Lomborg and why we’re not on track to meet UN 2030 sustainable development goals. James Mann reflects on President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy legacy.

Israeli - Palestinian prospects for peace. A liberal's lament. The writer and cultural appropriation.

Walter Russell Mead considers what an Arab – Israeli alliance might mean for the Palestinians. Neil Brown, a former coalition frontbencher, explains why he’s dissatisfied with the modern-day Liberal party. Hazel Edwards discusses the writer and cultural appropriation.

Groupthink and Ukraine. Resistance in Myanmar. Europe's energy war with Russia

Ted Galen Carpenter discusses his new book Unreliable Watchdog: The News Media and U.S. Foreign Policy. Amanda Hodge reports on resistance and a protracted insurgency in Myanmar. Charlie Cooper explains why Europe is in better shape than expected after round 1 of its energy war with Russia.

Britain three years after Brexit. The Liberal party quandary. Remembering diplomat Richard Woolcott

Daniel Hannan assesses how Britain has fared in the three years since it formally left the European Union. Amanda Stoker and Georgina Downer discuss how the Liberal party might bounce back. A tribute to the former diplomat Richard Woolcott.

Jacinda Ardern's legacy, is a Ukrainian victory against Russia inevitable and is there a political future for Tony Abbott?

Loved and respected internationally but what do New Zealanders think of Jacinda Ardern’s five years a PM? The war grinds on but is a Ukrainian victory against Russia inevitable? Following the death of NSW Senator Jim Molan there’s now a vacancy in the senate, so does former PM Tony Abbott have something to offer?

Best of 2022; Against an Indigenous voice to parliament. How Britain beat France in the race for Australia. Setting the record straight on the ‘mad’ King George III

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price explains why she opposes an Indigenous voice to parliament. Margaret Cameron- Ash’s story of how Britain beat France to Botany Bay. Andrew Roberts on Britain's most misunderstood monarch.

Best of 2022; John Howard’s 'Sense of Balance'. What Osama bin Laden’ declassified personal papers reveal

John Howard discusses how ‘a sense of balance’ has underpinned Australia's success and prosperity. Nelly Lahoud on Osama Bin Laden's declassified personal papers.

Best of 2022; Australia’s China challenge, a short history of the Soviet Union and the new space race

Kishore Mahbubani and does Australia really understand the region? Sheila Fitzpatrick's short history of the Soviet Union and Cassandra Steer on the unresolved issues of the new space race.

Best of 2022; 804 days in an Iranian prison, Francis Fukuyama’s liberalism and Kevin Rudd on Sino-US relations.

Kylie Moore-Gilbert's memoir My 804 days in an Iranian prison. Francis Fukyuama’s Liberalism and its discontents and Kevin Rudd’s the Avoidable War.

Best of 2022; What demography tells us about geopolitics. Lionel Shiver speaks her mind and Ron DeSantis vs Disney

Highlights from 2022; Demographer Nicholas Eberstadt, writer and anti-woke warrior Lionel Shriver and why Disney world Florida’s special zoning status is threatened by Governor Ron DeSantis.

A turbulent year in international relations, Indonesia's morality laws and China’s spies and subterfuge

Peter Jennings and Mary Kissel review a turbulent year in international affairs. Ken Seitawan discusses Indonesia's democratic back sliding. Alex Joske on how Australia weathered China's intimidation campaign.

Federal politics 2022, the legal cannabis paradox and why the future for feminism is conservative.

Journalists Jennifer Hewett and Judith Sloan review the year in Federal politics. Steve Malanga on legal pot and a growing black market. Louise Perry explains why more conservative thinking could better serve feminism and the interests of women.

Prospects for Pakistan’s Imran Khan and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, also David Kemp on Australian liberalism.

Analysis and commentary on Pakistan’s Imran Khan’s prospects for a political comeback and in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, another veteran leader, forms a new coalition government. David Kemp on Liberalism in Australia 1966 – 2022