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Peter Varghese

Peter Varghese

The Australian

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Australia's foreign policy needs renovation, not demolition

Australia's foreign policy needs renovation, not demolition
27.04.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Peter Varghese

Australian apologists think Trump can do no wrong

That may be easier to argue when we are dealing with the likes of a Maduro. But will the same justifications apply if Trump moves to take Greenland?

08.01.2026 20

Financial Review

Peter Varghese

Trump’s zero sum world leaves Australia walking on eggshells

The US president’s apparent fickleness is both a strength and a weakness. What he says today may not be what he does tomorrow.

03.10.2025 10

Financial Review

Peter Varghese

In a Trumpian world, Australia needs friends like India

08.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Peter Varghese

In a Trumpian world, Australia needs friends like India

India still offers Australia more growth opportunities than any single market globally. And the Indian diaspora here is going from strength to...

05.09.2025 10

Financial Review

Peter Varghese

Navigating a bipolar world

17.07.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Peter Varghese

I ran DFAT. I hope Elbridge Colby sinks AUKUS for Australia

The US might yet save us from ourselves by adding conditions to the nuclear submarine agreement that no Australian government could accept.

15.07.2025 40

Financial Review

Peter Varghese

The Trump effect is a wrecking ball, and we’re in the blast zone

15.04.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Peter Varghese

The Trump effect is a wrecking ball, and we’re in the blast zone

As the US president declares victory at every turn, he will leave behind a profoundly changed world. The implications for Australia are profound.

13.04.2025 20

Financial Review

Peter Varghese

Trump’s Gaza grab shows America is no better than China

10.02.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

Peter Varghese

Trump’s Gaza grab shows America is no better than China

Australia’s former top diplomat says Donald Trump may achieve what 75 years of post-war anti-Americanism could not: concede the case for moral...

06.02.2025 20

Financial Review

Peter Varghese