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Bret Stephens

The Age

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Democracy dies in dumbness

Donald Trump’s trade war will end in disaster. What else isn’t going to end well, at least for the administration? Let’s make a list.

12.03.2025 20

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

Trump may be wrong about many things, but he’s right about Hamas

Arab states such as Qatar and Egypt depend on US protection even as they harbour Hamas leaders or failed to stop the group from arming itself to the...

12.02.2025 10

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

Israeli right may soon be disenchanted with Trump

The result is a diplomatic paradox: Thanks largely to the incoming president, a deal demanded by the Israeli left and reviled by the right is about to...

16.01.2025 8

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

Trump should present Iran with a choice – and a dare

The end of Bashar al-Assad’s wretched regime in Syria unlocks many doors for the United States across Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and Iran.

18.12.2024 5

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

The CEO, not the shooter, is the real working-class hero

Brian Thompson, who was fatally shot in New York, is a model for how a talented, determined man from humble roots can rise to the top of corporate...

16.12.2024 3

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

A disgraceful presidential pardon right out of the MAGA ‘swamp’

What a degrading finale for Joe Biden’s feeble, forgettable, frequently foolish presidency.

03.12.2024 5

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

The three big reasons behind Harris’ humiliating defeat

The politics of today’s left is heavy on social engineering according to group identity. It also, increasingly, stands for the forcible imposition...

07.11.2024 5

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

Seven tips for the new US president, whoever wins

Whether it’s Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, these pieces of advice will serve either candidate equally well.

06.11.2024 3

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

Democrats name-calling will be to blame if Trump wins

The main reason will be the way in which leading liberal voices in government, academia and media practice politics today.

25.10.2024 3

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

What if one of Iran’s missiles was a nuclear warhead? That possibility isn’t far off

Long before he met with his overdue death last week, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, offered a theological explanation for why Israel...

02.10.2024 4

WA Today

Bret Stephens

What if one of Iran’s missiles was a nuclear warhead? That possibility isn’t far off

Long before he met with his overdue death last week, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, offered a theological explanation for why Israel...

02.10.2024 4

The Age

Bret Stephens

What if one of Iran’s missiles was a nuclear warhead? That possibility isn’t far off

Long before he met with his overdue death last week, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, offered a theological explanation for why Israel...

02.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Bret Stephens

What if one of Iran’s missiles was a nuclear warhead? That possibility isn’t far off

Long before he met with his overdue death last week, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, offered a theological explanation for why Israel...

02.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bret Stephens

Why Hezbollah is everyone’s problem

The world is now in the opening stages of yet another contest between the free and unfree. It’s a conflict reaching far and wide, and will last for...

25.09.2024 3

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

The 5 things university students should be protesting about

Here are some alternative focal points for outrage and protest, particularly for morally energetic university students.

03.09.2024 10

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

All of Israel’s leaders need to be replaced, says former Israeli PM

After 10 months of grinding war, Israel has achieved none of its major objectives, says Naftali Bennett, who could be planning a return to the...

14.08.2024 1

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

The world should realise Israel is fighting five wars

The Jewish state’s conflicts are more about ideas than they are about geography.

02.08.2024 1

Financial Review

Bret Stephens

Democrats will repent at leisure on Harris

The party is as blind to Kamala Harris’ weaknesses as they were to Joe Biden’s. Her record is one of mediocrity.

26.07.2024 1

Financial Review

Bret Stephens