November
- Opinion
- Opinion
Trump picks put Australia in the crossfire with China
The frenzy around a reinvigorated Republican administration can only make the voter ride much bumpier for everyone, Anthony Albanese included.
- Jennifer Hewett
‘Dangerous’: Caroline Kennedy on her cousin RFK jnr
Outgoing US envoy to Australia Caroline Kennedy says her cousin Robert’s vaccine scepticism is “dangerous” as he prepares to become Donald Trump’s health tsar.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Opinion
Did you miss the Indonesian president’s November surprise?
While Australians were absorbed by the US election, the new leader of their large neighbour was busy strengthening ties with Russia and China.
- James Curran
Time running out for Rudd, says Trump adviser
A former White House deputy chief of staff posted a depleting hourglass in reply to a congratulatory tweet from Australia’s ambassador to the president-elect.
- Andrew Tillett and Matthew Cranston
Trump slump: Chalmers warns of lower growth, price pressures
Australia won’t be immune from escalating trade tensions triggered by Donald Trump’s proposed policies, a Treasury analysis has revealed.
- Andrew Tillett
Australia ‘could feel pressure from Trump to back Israel’
The Albanese government has tried to steer a middle ground on Middle East conflict, which has angered Jewish and Muslim voters.
- Andrew Tillett
Kevin Rudd deletes anti-Trump social media posts
Past criticism of the incoming president continues to dog Australia’s envoy to Washington.
- Andrew Tillett
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
Who would Xi Jinping vote for in the US election?
Donald Trump’s erratic approach to foreign policy may have the rest of the world on edge, but for the Chinese leader the prospect of a second mandate sits well.
- Jessica Sier
Lowy, Leibler awarded Israel’s highest civilian honour
Frank Lowy and Mark Leibler are the first Australians to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Honour.
- Maxim Shanahan
October
Albanese likens China talks to US-Soviet Cold War ties
Anthony Albanese is heading to the ASEAN summit for two days of talks with regional leaders where security will be a top priority.
- Tom McIlroy
Albanese to press China on trade
The Association of South-East Asian Nations leaders’ summit will take place in Vientiane, Laos this week, the latest international push by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Opinion
How the new Japanese PM’s ambition for an Asian NATO was scuttled
Shigeru Ishiba set diplomatic pulses racing with his proposal, but the idea has been just as quickly shelved.
- James Curran
New Zealand Navy ship sinks off Samoa, all 75 on board safe
A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board were safe, the New Zealand Defence Force says.
- Lucy Craymer
- Opinion
- Tony Burke
Where middle Australia meets the Middle East
Israel’s push into Lebanon ensures a greater fraying of any complacency about this country’s claims to enjoy enduring social cohesion over generations of immigrants.
- Jennifer Hewett
September
- Exclusive
- Technology & democracy
China and Russia want to rule the Web. The West is trying to stop them
In backrooms at the UN in New York, a battle is quietly being fought between liberal democracies and authoritarian governments over who rules the internet.
- Andrew Tillett
Albanese to press Modi on Indian ‘nest of spies’ at Quad summit
The prime minister will hold talks with outgoing US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and India during the weekend’s Quad summit.
- Tom McIlroy
King to foreigners: start digging for critical minerals
Industrialised countries including Australia will be more interventionist in directing investment to strategic resources projects to break China’s stranglehold.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Opinion
Harris sees a different world from Biden
Joe Biden was a foreign policy veteran, and Kamala Harris is a novice who has impressed quickly. But in age and instinct, her view of the world will be different.
- Ian Bremmer
Australia backs Japan over Chinese spy plane ‘invasion’
Australia, Japan and the US will knit their militaries more tightly together following high-level talks.
- Andrew Tillett
- Exclusive
- China relations
Japanese fighter jets fly to Darwin as security ties ramp up for China
Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa warns the world is at “a turning point” as she heads to Australia for defence and diplomatic talks.
- Andrew Tillett
