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James CurranBrisbane Times |
Instead of caution from Canberra, the prime minister and opposition leader are posturing over who can best influence the mad king.
Just before Christmas, the Albanese Government released the findings of a report into how much funding the federal government contributes to those...
A new report into the funding of Australian strategic think tanks raises consequential issues for Australia’s global engagement
The government is under fierce attack for its UN voting patterns on Gaza, but it is voting in keeping with global norms.
A presidential brain snap in South Korea has revived dark memories of the country’s past, with potentially damaging geopolitical ripples across...
Fears of American isolationism ignore that the president-elect’s international relations capabilities might be better than many think once he...
While Australians were absorbed by the US election, the new leader of their large neighbour was busy strengthening ties with Russia and China.
For years Australia has looked the other way when talk of the end of US primacy has been raised. Now we can’t avert our eyes.
Despite the mediocrity of the candidates, America is not down for the count. But it is wasting precious time to redefine its world role
No matter who is in the White House after November 5, the US’ carefully structured latticework of alliances that underpins its regional primacy...
A particular type of rhetorical syrup that “oozes over cracks” in the Australia-Britain relationship will be on full display.
The prime minister is a political operator rather than a visionary. His inability to persuade and sustain arguments is beginning to show. Anthony...
Shigeru Ishiba set diplomatic pulses racing with his proposal, but the idea has been just as quickly shelved.
Irrespective of the result in the Bledisloe Cup, the local game’s structural problems only look to be getting worse.
Trump wants to end the conflict in Ukraine but would have fewer guardrails in office. However, Harris might take a harder line on China than we think.
At least the Americans discern no contradiction in Australian strategic policy, but the government continues to contort its messaging.
Even as Australia has become more multicultural, the best we can manage is a pragmatic relationship punctuated with fits of enthusiasm.
Democrats have become the true believers in the American mission. Republicans will be more prudential in assessing foreign policy capacities.
The government is prioritising platitudes over substance as critics question the $368 billion nuclear submarine project.
The institutions that Britain brought – parliamentary democracy, the rule of law, an independent judiciary and a free press – are the very...