This Month
Rinehart’s right-hand woman still partying at Mar-a-Lago
Gina Rinehart’s flown home but Teena McQueen’s still at Mar-a-Lago, dancing to YMCA with Argentinian President Javier Milei.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
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
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
How to Trump-proof foreign policy
Don’t panic, don’t relax, look for opportunities, and stay close to our other allies. That’s a way to deal with a confronting new Washington.
- Rory Medcalf
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s foreign policy agenda a high-stakes guessing game
Donald Trump’s presidency is about to show up the contradictions in Australia’s defence spending and its domestic economy.
- Jennifer Hewett
ANZ Bank and Chalmers nearing deal to offset China
Negotiations are in the final stages for the federal government to support the bank to remain in nine Pacific countries, under a plan to secure its presence in the region.
- John Kehoe
- Opinion
- Review
On Remembrance Day: new ways to understand an old war
Scholarship on the Great War extends far beyond the traditional focus on heroic but doomed Anzacs.
- Peter Stanley
- Opinion
- US election
Trump 2.0 is the reckoning for Australia’s alliance with the US
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.
- James Curran
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
What Trump has in store for six global hotspots
Capitals around the world are dusting off the old briefing books from Donald Trump’s first term, but this time could be a mix of the old and the totally unexpected.
- Updated
- James Curran and Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Trump turns the tables on identity politics
Donald Trump attacked the Democrats for being too progressive and woke on cultural issues. Many Americans agreed with that general theme, if not always the language.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
How Albanese can deal with Trump
The prime minister won’t need to ingratiate himself with the US president as other leaders have done – and he has some advantages.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Kamala Harris turns the page on herself
A gracious, optimistic concession speech from the vice president was an unwitting demonstration of the practical problems with her campaign.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Trump’s stunning rebuff of his critics
Donald Trump’s return to the White House means the return of an unpredictable president with big plans to Make America Great Again – and fewer restraints on his power.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
Trump set to trigger global shockwaves – again
Donald Trump appears on his way back to Washington after Democrats failed to connect to the basic human need for recognition.
- James Curran
- Analysis
- US Votes 2024
‘Don’t hit the panic button on Rudd’ if Trump wins
Recalling Kevin Rudd from Washington because of his past criticism of Donald Trump would be rash, said Dennis Richardson, Australia’s former ambassador to the US.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Trump claims election is being stolen again
The former president is priming his supporters to claim another election steal if he doesn’t win big.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Once critical, billionaires and CEOs are hedging their bets on Trump
Except for Elon Musk, US business leaders are too scared to express a view in case the former president seeks revenge during his second term in the White House.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- US election
America’s search for a new role continues
Despite the mediocrity of the candidates, America is not down for the count. But it is wasting precious time to redefine its world role
- James Curran
- Exclusive
- Lunch with the AFR
Robert Kaplan reveals how to think strategically if Trump is elected
The celebrated author and strategic thinker says the US fall will only accelerate under Donald Trump, but “wise leaders” can still keep relative global peace.
- James Curran
October
- Opinion
- US election
How the US has a healthy economy, unhealthy politics
America’s economy remains robust despite the sickness infecting its politics. But Donald Trump still says emergency economic surgery is needed.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Defence
Missile ambitions are the key to our future defence
Australia’s defence strategy could survive a faltering of AUKUS submarines, but not the loss of the plan to build missiles at home.
- Peter Dean and Alice Nason