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international relations November 29, 2025
Australia’s crude Russian oil secret
A shadowy network of ‘dark fleets’ is allowing Russia’s oil export market to escape sanction and threatens to undo any of the good Australia has done in supplying military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
international relations November 15, 2025
ASIO’s warning on foreign interference
ANALYSIS: When ASIO chief Mike Burgess revealed foreign nations could be plotting to assassinate dissidents on Australian soil, it was a warning as much to the bad actors as to the public.
science November 15, 2025
As governments meet for COP30 in Brazil, the debate about the continuance of fossil fuels as a worldwide energy source threatens the very heart of the Paris Agreement.
international relations October 25, 2025
Albanese’s folly of pandering to Donald Trump
ANALYSIS: The prime minister’s flattery of Donald Trump may be about preserving US relations, but he ought to focus on leaders who will really shape Australia’s future.
international relations October 18, 2025
The Liberal lobbyists making their fortunes in Trump’s America
A clutch of Liberals who built relationships during Donald Trump’s first presidency are now the most influential Australians in Washington.
middle east October 17, 2025
While Donald Trump boasts about his Gaza ceasefire deal, experts say the real work to end the war is just beginning.
international relations October 4, 2025
A republic in the too-hard basket
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Dismissal, the prime minister made it clear he will not pursue a republic – a further setback to a process that has long been under way.
international relations September 27, 2025
The battle to defend the PBS against Donald Trump
In his visit to the White House next month, Anthony Albanese is expected to come under pressure to weaken the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that Donald Trump considers unfair to American drug companies.
international relations September 20, 2025
How AUKUS shapes Australia’s Pacific Islands relationship
ANALYSIS: The AUKUS submarines project contradicts the logic of the government’s diplomatic efforts across the Pacific Islands to forestall China.
international relations September 6, 2025
What went wrong for Richard Marles in Washington
ANALYSIS: What the defence minister has tried to dismiss as a diplomatic non-event is a serious harbinger of what the US demands of Australia, particularly over AUKUS.
international relations August 30, 2025
‘Extraordinary and dangerous acts’: Inside Iran’s domestic terror campaign
An investigation by ASIO, the AFP and foreign partners steadily pieced together financial trails and communications that led to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
