Today
‘We’re a Pacific nation’: Biden’s pledge to Australia on China
US President Joe Biden has revealed he told Chinese President Xi Jinping America would continue to engage with Australia because the US was a “Pacific nation”.
- Andrew Tillett and Matthew Cranston
- Exclusive
- AUKUS
Australia, US to team up for space race against China
The Albanese government will axe restrictions on commercial US rocket launches in Australia, opening the door for the likes of Elon Musk to set up operations in the outback.
- Matthew Cranston and Andrew Tillett
Yesterday
China and Indo-Pacific ‘right at the top’ of Biden’s priorities
The White House maintains it won’t let wars in Europe and the Middle East distract the US from the challenge posed by China.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Opinion
Bill Hayden’s foreign policy was his finest hour
Former Labor leader Bill Hayden’s 1983 ANZUS review preserved the alliance, but he despised craven and servile pandering to Washington
- James Curran
The map that shows Australia’s nine most important allies
The long list of alliances that Australia has joined in recent years is dizzying. Our international editor James Curran untangles the alphabet soup of acronyms and ranks them by importance.
- James Curran and Les Hewitt
Inside Albanese’s stay at world’s ‘most exclusive hotel’
Blair House, the official Washington residence of visiting heads of state, is steeped in history and appointed in high style.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
This Month
Albanese confident Congress will pass AUKUS bills
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is not planning to increase Australia’s contribution to submarine production in the US to win over wavering senators.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Perspective
Israel to cast a long shadow over PM’s Washington trip
The Middle East crisis is likely to dominate Anthony Albanese’s state visit to Washington, even as it opens another chapter in Australian-US strategic intimacy.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Opinion
Australia confronts a world of trouble
Even before Hamas struck, foreign-policy makers have had to get used to a pitiless procession of global shocks.
- Rory Medcalf
‘Rank hypocrisy’: Farrell under fire over Labor US appointment
Ex-politician Chris Ketter was appointed Australia’s consul-general in San Francisco in July, pushing out an experienced woman who was the “preferred candidate”.
- Tom McIlroy
- Analysis
- China
Does China really want to attack Australia?
Canberra is trapped between two instincts that have been historically conditioned: fear for the nation’s survival and loyalty to its protector in Washington.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
Yes or No won’t affect Australia’s standing on the world stage
But like Brexit, after the Voice referendum it will take many years for the country to come back together again regardless of the outcome.
- Alexander Downer
September
New ambassadors tackle tense China and Russia relations
New ambassadors both China and Russia were among several diplomatic appointments announced by Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Friday.
- Alex Mitchell
- Opinion
- Opinion
What the world should expect from a second Trump term
Admirers and enemies alike are forever reading grand visions into a man with an almost touchingly banal, dollars-and-cents worldview.
- Janan Ganesh
Why we can’t rely on our alliance with the US
A new book by Sam Roggeveen is bound to profoundly unsettle the Australian national security policy consensus.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Opinion
Trudeau’s India blow-up is really about domestic politics
Justin Trudeau’s pandering to pro-Khalistan Sikhh “vote bank” politics is putting electoral success ahead of foreign policy priorities.
- Ramesh Thakur
Dili’s China deal gives two fingers to Canberra
Cynicism abounds in Timor-Leste’s Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with China, but the deal is designed to goad Australia.
- James Curran
- Exclusive
- Russia-Ukraine war
‘Ice cold but polite’: Moscow’s man on how he’s treated in Canberra
Russia’s ambassador to Australia has denied his country’s forces are committing atrocities and Moscow is being isolated diplomatically.
- Andrew Tillett
‘Strategic trust in short supply’: Penny Wong’s warning on world peace
Foreign Minister Penny Wong will the UN that international bodies need to be reformed to tackle the challenges of the 21st century.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Opinion
A killing in Canada may backfire badly for Indian PM Modi
If the Indian government is shown to have killed Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, relations with the West will enter a new, difficult phase.
- Mihir Sharma
