Defence
Despite China's growing influence, it's still all the way with the USA for Turnbull

Post Trump, as Asian-Pacific alliances shift, is it time for Australia to re-evaluate its posit ...  
EXCLUSIVE: FOI documents expose Australia's unlawful invasion of Syria

'Make no mistake: we unlawfully invaded a sovereign state.' ~ ​​​​​​​Kellie Trant ...  
John Pilger's new film: The Coming War on China

John Pilger’s new film, The Coming War on China, examines the ominous war games between the ...  
Castro is dead — long live the King?

Castro's death has inspired grief and celebration, but it is the death of his revolutionary spirit ...  
Mungo MacCallum: Turnbull, Trump and the sacrament of the U.S. alliance

Mungo MacCallum analyses the miring of Turnbull to the U.S. alliance in light of the shifting ...  
Australian Defence in a world of Payne — or is that Pyne?

Payne and Pyne can't decide who is the ranking minister, but Australia's Defence Department has ...  
U.S. Democrat HQ computer hacking by Russians raises cybersecurity concern

Paul McNeil discusses the recent hacking of Democrat HQ by Russians and the implications of the ...  
Syrial killers! The world at war with itself

In the theatre of war, destruction and terrorism that sweeps across Syria and beyond, we must ...  
Was Syrian air strike a 'mistake'? And why does Australia loyally plead guilty?

Was the Coalition airstrike on Syria really a mistake and why is Australia accepting responsibi ...  
Afghanistan: Australia's forgotten war

James O'Neill analyses Australia's involvement in "the longest war", which continues in Afghanist ...  
Coalition's bad judgement call in South China Sea dispute

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's comments about China's position in the South China Sea dispute ...  
What are we doing in Syria?

Kellie Tranter believes Australians have a right to know why our troops are in Syria but obta ...  
Life after Chilcot

Pressure over the Chilcot Report is mounting for Tony Blair but with the ICC's powers increas ...  
Chilcot Report shows Blair and Howard were simply Bush's lapdogs

Hot on the heels of Brexit comes the Chilcot report on the serious moral failures of UK governm ...  
Chilcot: Howard's continued lies about Iraq remind us of his deep dishonesty and poor judgement

John Howard's continued lies about the reasons for invading Iraq in the face of the scathing ...  
Russia bashing: Hartcher and the SMH rewrite history yet again

James O'Neill warns that without independent media, we could easily sleep walk into yet another ...  
Australia's submarines: More magical thinking

The submarine decision demonstrates our thinking is still mired in a passing world despite the ...  
Anzac Day and the war to end all wars

Let's make Anzac Day about trying to end war rather than about glorifying it, writes managing ...