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The Sydney Morning Herald

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It’s clear that Trump is an agent of Putin. All US allies should be alarmed

It’s clear that Trump is an agent of Putin. All US allies should be alarmed

With the US president parroting Putin talking points, America’s allies must rethink their security strategies.

yesterday 6

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

It’s clear that Trump is an agent of Putin. All US allies should be alarmed

It’s clear that Trump is an agent of Putin. All US allies should be alarmed

With the US president parroting Putin talking points, America’s allies must rethink their security strategies.

yesterday 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

It’s clear that Trump is an agent of Putin. All US allies should be alarmed

It’s clear that Trump is an agent of Putin. All US allies should be alarmed

With the US president parroting Putin talking points, America’s allies must rethink their security strategies.

yesterday 7

The Age

Peter Hartcher

It’s clear that Trump is an agent of Putin. All US allies should be alarmed

It’s clear that Trump is an agent of Putin. All US allies should be alarmed

With the US president parroting Putin talking points, America’s allies must rethink their security strategies.

yesterday 8

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

As China stalks and Trump squawks, Albanese baulks from historic moment

As China stalks and Trump squawks, Albanese baulks from historic moment

Dangerous security and economic developments present a leadership opportunity for the PM as we close in on the election. Will he take it?

28.02.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

As China stalks and Trump squawks, Albanese baulks from historic moment

As China stalks and Trump squawks, Albanese baulks from historic moment

Dangerous security and economic developments present a leadership opportunity for the PM as we close in on the election. Will he take it?

28.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

As China stalks and Trump squawks, Albanese baulks from historic moment

As China stalks and Trump squawks, Albanese baulks from historic moment

Dangerous security and economic developments present a leadership opportunity for the PM as we close in on the election. Will he take it?

28.02.2025 10

The Age

Peter Hartcher

As China stalks and Trump squawks, Albanese baulks from historic moment

As China stalks and Trump squawks, Albanese baulks from historic moment

Dangerous security and economic developments present a leadership opportunity for the PM as we close in on the election. Will he take it?

28.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

‘We’ve been exposed’: China’s ‘act of intimidation’ – and why Australia can’t complain

‘We’ve been exposed’: China’s ‘act of intimidation’ – and why Australia can’t complain

Listen: International editor Peter Hartcher breaks down how Chinese warships conducted exercises off Australia, and what it says about our defence...

27.02.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

‘We’ve been exposed’: China’s ‘act of intimidation’ – and why Australia can’t complain

‘We’ve been exposed’: China’s ‘act of intimidation’ – and why Australia can’t complain

Listen: International editor Peter Hartcher breaks down how Chinese warships conducted exercises off Australia, and what it says about our defence...

27.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

‘We’ve been exposed’: China’s ‘act of intimidation’ – and why Australia can’t complain

‘We’ve been exposed’: China’s ‘act of intimidation’ – and why Australia can’t complain

Listen: International editor Peter Hartcher breaks down how Chinese warships conducted exercises off Australia, and what it says about our defence...

27.02.2025 10

The Age

Peter Hartcher

‘We’ve been exposed’: China’s ‘act of intimidation’ – and why Australia can’t complain

‘We’ve been exposed’: China’s ‘act of intimidation’ – and why Australia can’t complain

Listen: International editor Peter Hartcher breaks down how Chinese warships conducted exercises off Australia, and what it says about our defence...

27.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

Australia wedged by Chinese aggression and Trump’s degression

Australia wedged by Chinese aggression and Trump’s degression

Australia is exposed to a hostile China on trade and to a buccaneering US on security. Our complacency has left us near-naked.

24.02.2025 10

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

Australia wedged by Chinese aggression and Trump’s degression

Australia wedged by Chinese aggression and Trump’s degression

Australia is exposed to a hostile China on trade and to a buccaneering US on security. Our complacency has left us near-naked.

24.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

Australia wedged by Chinese aggression and Trump’s degression

Australia wedged by Chinese aggression and Trump’s degression

Australia is exposed to a hostile China on trade and to a buccaneering US on security. Our complacency has left us near-naked.

24.02.2025 10

The Age

Peter Hartcher

Australia wedged by Chinese aggression and Trump’s degression

Australia wedged by Chinese aggression and Trump’s degression

Australia is exposed to a hostile China on trade and to a buccaneering US on security. Our complacency has left us near-naked.

24.02.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

Dutton’s suddenly electable, but here’s why he’ll struggle to become PM

Peter Dutton on Thursday challenged Anthony Albanese to call an election immediately “to put Australians out of their misery and allow a competent...

29.11.2024 4

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

Dutton’s suddenly electable, but here’s why he’ll struggle to become PM

Peter Dutton on Thursday challenged Anthony Albanese to call an election immediately “to put Australians out of their misery and allow a competent...

29.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

Dutton’s suddenly electable, but here’s why he’ll struggle to become PM

Peter Dutton on Thursday challenged Anthony Albanese to call an election immediately “to put Australians out of their misery and allow a competent...

29.11.2024 6

The Age

Peter Hartcher

Dutton’s suddenly electable, but here’s why he’ll struggle to become PM

Peter Dutton on Thursday challenged Anthony Albanese to call an election immediately “to put Australians out of their misery and allow a competent...

29.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

He said, Xi said: Why Beijing may seek to exploit Philippine political divorce

You’ve heard of failed marriages, but this is ridiculous. Two powerful dynasties came together a couple of years ago to form a political marriage...

26.11.2024 4

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

He said, Xi said: Why Beijing may seek to exploit Philippine political divorce

You’ve heard of failed marriages, but this is ridiculous. Two powerful dynasties came together a couple of years ago to form a political marriage...

26.11.2024 6

The Age

Peter Hartcher

He said, Xi said: Why Beijing may seek to exploit Philippine political divorce

You’ve heard of failed marriages, but this is ridiculous. Two powerful dynasties came together a couple of years ago to form a political marriage...

26.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

He said, Xi said: Why Beijing may seek to exploit Philippine political divorce

You’ve heard of failed marriages, but this is ridiculous. Two powerful dynasties came together a couple of years ago to form a political marriage...

25.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

Why Bill Shorten embodies the best, and worst, of Australian politics

Bill Shorten represents the best in Australian politics. And the worst. In his valedictory speech to the House on Thursday, ending 17 years in...

22.11.2024 3

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

Why Bill Shorten embodies the best, and worst, of Australian politics

Bill Shorten represents the best in Australian politics. And the worst. In his valedictory speech to the House on Thursday, ending 17 years in...

22.11.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

Why Bill Shorten embodies the best, and worst, of Australian politics

Bill Shorten represents the best in Australian politics. And the worst. In his valedictory speech to the House on Thursday, ending 17 years in...

22.11.2024 2

The Age

Peter Hartcher

Why Bill Shorten embodies the best, and worst, of Australian politics

Bill Shorten represents the best in Australian politics. And the worst. In his valedictory speech to the House on Thursday, ending 17 years in...

22.11.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

The age of the carnivores is upon us: China, Russia and their war machine

The world is “made up of herbivores and carnivores”, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech this month. Europe, he said, was a...

18.11.2024 3

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

The age of the carnivores is upon us: China, Russia and their war machine

The world is “made up of herbivores and carnivores”, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech this month. Europe, he said, was a...

18.11.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

The age of the carnivores is upon us: China, Russia and their war machine

The world is “made up of herbivores and carnivores”, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech this month. Europe, he said, was a...

18.11.2024 1

The Age

Peter Hartcher

The age of the carnivores is upon us: China, Russia and their war machine

The world is “made up of herbivores and carnivores”, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech this month. Europe, he said, was a...

18.11.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

Murdoch’s Ruddicide will fail. Here’s why Trump will warm to our Kevin

Question: If you called Donald Trump “noxious”, an “idiot”, a “cynical asshole” and “America’s Hitler”, do you think that would disqualify you from...

15.11.2024 3

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

Murdoch’s Ruddicide will fail. Here’s why Trump will warm to our Kevin

Question: If you called Donald Trump “noxious”, an “idiot”, a “cynical asshole” and “America’s Hitler”, do you think that would disqualify you from...

15.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

Murdoch’s Ruddicide will fail. Here’s why Trump will warm to our Kevin

Question: If you called Donald Trump “noxious”, an “idiot”, a “cynical asshole” and “America’s Hitler”, do you think that would disqualify you from...

15.11.2024 3

The Age

Peter Hartcher

Murdoch’s Ruddicide will fail. Here’s why Trump will warm to our Kevin

Question: If you called Donald Trump “noxious”, an “idiot”, a “cynical asshole” and “America’s Hitler”, do you think that would disqualify you from...

15.11.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

How the deluded Democrats were trumped. It’s the democracy, stupid

Australian politics has formed an instant consensus on the “lessons learnt” from the US election result last week. It’s that the cost of living was...

11.11.2024 3

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

How the deluded Democrats were trumped. It’s the democracy, stupid

Australian politics has formed an instant consensus on the “lessons learnt” from the US election result last week. It’s that the cost of living was...

11.11.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

How the deluded Democrats were trumped. It’s the democracy, stupid

Australian politics has formed an instant consensus on the “lessons learnt” from the US election result last week. It’s that the cost of living was...

11.11.2024 5

The Age

Peter Hartcher

How the deluded Democrats were trumped. It’s the democracy, stupid

Australian politics has formed an instant consensus on the “lessons learnt” from the US election result last week. It’s that the cost of living was...

11.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

Can Trump 2.0 defuse the nuclear threat? These Washington heavyweights fear not

Bob Woodward is doing his best to remain optimistic in the face of an impending second Donald Trump presidency. “Don’t give up on America’s...

08.11.2024 3

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

Can Trump 2.0 defuse the nuclear threat? These Washington heavyweights fear not

Bob Woodward is doing his best to remain optimistic in the face of an impending second Donald Trump presidency. “Don’t give up on America’s...

08.11.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

Can Trump 2.0 defuse the nuclear threat? These Washington heavyweights fear not

Bob Woodward is doing his best to remain optimistic in the face of an impending second Donald Trump presidency. “Don’t give up on America’s...

08.11.2024 4

The Age

Peter Hartcher

Can Trump 2.0 defuse the nuclear threat? These Washington heavyweights fear not

Bob Woodward is doing his best to remain optimistic in the face of an impending second Donald Trump presidency. “Don’t give up on America’s...

08.11.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

If George Washington was the father of America’s democracy, Donald Trump is its undertaker

George Washington notably declared American democracy to be “an experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people”. The American people are...

06.11.2024 4

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

If George Washington was the father of America’s democracy, Donald Trump is its undertaker

George Washington notably declared American democracy to be “an experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people”. The American people are...

06.11.2024 70

The Sydney Morning Herald

Peter Hartcher

If George Washington was the father of America’s democracy, Donald Trump is its undertaker

George Washington notably declared American democracy to be “an experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people”. The American people are...

06.11.2024 30

The Age

Peter Hartcher

If George Washington was the father of America’s democracy, Donald Trump is its undertaker

George Washington notably declared American democracy to be “an experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people”. The American people are...

06.11.2024 6

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher

‘You haven’t seen anything’: Trump loyalist Bannon prepared for new levels of hostility

If serving time in federal prison is supposed to make an offender remorseful, it failed in the case of Steve Bannon. Comprehensively. Not because...

04.11.2024 2

WA Today

Peter Hartcher

‘You haven’t seen anything’: Trump loyalist Bannon prepared for new levels of hostility

If serving time in federal prison is supposed to make an offender remorseful, it failed in the case of Steve Bannon. Comprehensively. Not because...

04.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Peter Hartcher