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James CurranBrisbane Times |
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 takes...
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 will...
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.
The Israeli prime minister continues to thumb his nose at Washington, and a wider war might well be the very October surprise Kamala Harris fears.
The election remains Trump’s to lose. But the chaos that might follow if he doesn’t win is now concentrating minds among US regional allies.
Irrespective of the result in the Bledisloe Cup, the local game’s structural problems only look to be getting worse.
Donald Trump wants to end the conflict in Ukraine, but would have fewer guardrails in office. However, Kamala Harris might take a harder line on China...
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.
The vice president laced her rhetoric on foreign policy with the triumphalism that Democrats have now adopted with more gusto than their Republican...
Asia posturing. At least the Americans discern no contradiction in Australian strategic policy, but the government continues to contort its messaging....
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.
The new defence agreement with Jakarta is a welcome development, but the government claims too much too soon about its place in history.
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...
Critics label the Trump-Vance ticket as isolationist in foreign policy. But the pair actually wants American priorities reordered to take on China.
For Donald Trump, the ‘bully pulpit’ almost became his funeral pyre. And the gulf between his strongman image and Biden’s ongoing struggles is...
The former Home Affairs secretary does not, however, present a philosophy of international relations that might form a basis for Australia’s...
It is alarming that both Coalition and Labor politicians fail to acknowledge the risk that Australia could be left with no submarine capability by the...
The fantasy of a post-Brexit “global Britain” is gone, but British Labour says it will be everywhere around the world, and all at once.
The Russian President’s visits last week to North Korea and Vietnam shows Russia’s residual capacity to stir trouble in East Asia.
Few can doubt the success of ‘stabilisation’ for the Australia-China relationship, but how might it work when applied to the region?
Anthony Albanese’s date with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Canberra is an opportunity to work on a trade-based agenda for the future between two...
India’s prime minister is set to extend his power once the election results are known. That is likely to bring further tests for Australia and the...
If Donald Trump wins in November, expect even greater strain on American institutions. But he’s unlikely to be an “imperial president” abroad.
More aid is clearly a relief for Kyiv, but will it be enough to reverse the tide of the war?
The hard realism of Asian allies about America’s direction must jostle with the return of uncompromising American unilateralism.
The Defence Minister has made it clear the government is going to stare down critics who want our troops turning up at every world trouble spot.
As the tinder in the Middle East smoulders once more, much will depend on whether Netanyahu lights another match or follows Washington’s calls for...
Penny Wong wants a two-state solution, but the reality is Gaza is looking more like the US quagmire in Iraq
US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has spelt out publicly the expectations Washington has of Australia to fight alongside it in the Taiwan...
Ambassador Rudd is not the first to face the snarl of Trump’s contempt, nor will he be the last.
The government has already decided the visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is another notch in stabilising relations with Beijing. But is...
The problem is that the foreign minister, nor any political figure or official in the Australian government, will speak frankly about the US alliance.
There is a meaning to be extracted from the ASEAN summit for Australia’s international identity.
It is unrealistic to think the outcome of this week’s summit will be the next step in Australia building a broader network of Asian allies against...
The government’s announcement on Australia’s surface fleet doesn’t past the pub test. But is the nation’s strategic paradigm also dated?
Strategic analysts were adamant either that Ukraine would fall or Russia would buckle. Two years later, neither has happened.
The new president, steeped in Indonesian nationalism, is likely to hew closely to Joko Widodo’s middle path between the US and China.
Prabowo Subianto looks to have secured the Indonesian presidency - but will his time in office herald a new era for the country?
Canberra should reach out to Donald Trump not with gold-plated AUKUS submarine models but by restating why Australia’s defence matters to American...
Former prime minister John Howard has defended his record on committing Australia to the Iraq war. But we are no closer to fully understanding his...