The most striking observation in Dean Spears and Michael Geruso’s new book, After the Spike, is summed up by the cover illustration, which shows a world...
Of all the economic problems proclaimed in the run-up to next week’s economic summit, the most alarming is that business investment is very weak. “Business investment...
Housing minister Clare O’Neil says it’s “just too hard” to build houses in this country because “builders face a ridiculous thicket of red tape.” That must...
It’s a niche category, I know: but who’s your favourite American visitor to Australia? My vote goes to Mark Twain, who wrote during his wildly successful...
It is easy to agree with Alexander Vindman about the shortcomings of the international relations theory that calls itself “realism.” As a way of explaining the...
Donald Trump has already claimed that his promotion of ceasefires in Africa and Asia makes him fully deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize, but if he...
An evolving monument of Australian foreign policy has reached its thirteenth volume. Now covering the seven decades from 1950 to 2020, Australia in World Affairs is...
Less than a year ago a little band of educators travelled to Canada to investigate why that country always seems to be ahead of Australia in...
One recent summer’s afternoon my wife and I were finishing a picnic with friends overlooking the North Saskatchewan River, with the prairie stretching out to the...
Everyone can enjoy conspiracy theories. They offer a kind of speculative play, a winking challenge to authority. But what happens when the narrative takes control and...