Democracy

21 Jan 2026 | By recognising Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, Trump revealed how conditional interna ...

21 Jan 2026 | When News Corp frames the story, too many journalists stop asking whether the frame is true — ...

19 Jan 2026 | By seizing a sitting head of state, Washington has replaced international law with a doctrine of ...

16 Jan 2026 | Independent Australia cautiously welcomes the Government's announcement this week of a Royal Comm ...

14 Jan 2026 | Marketed as accountability, the Bondi Royal Commission risks entrenching executive power, racia ...

12 Jan 2026 | As Donald Trump redraws the world from ice cap to ice cap, Australia risks discovering that being ...

9 Jan 2026 | By kidnapping a foreign leader, the Trump Administration has stripped the West of any credibility ...

9 Jan 2026 | As Trump's world domination plans go into overdrive, managing editor Michelle Pini discusses the ...

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8 Jan 2026 | The so-called rule-based order has finally collapsed.

7 Jan 2026 | Australia’s leaders proclaim a rules-based international order, but fall conspicuously silent ...

5 Jan 2026 | The political uproar around antisemitism in Australia this coming year will hinge on what happens ...

5 Jan 2026 | Elections this year could continue the drift away from democracy, or reverse it.

4 Jan 2026 | And finally to #1, by managing editor Michelle Pini, who in January built on the earlier work of ...

18 Dec 2025 | From Gaza to Ukraine, externally designed peace plans are replacing negotiation with compliance ...

16 Dec 2025 | Barnaby Joyce has joined One Nation, continuing a political career defined by betrayal, ambition ...

15 Dec 2025 | While this year saw the demise of the USA as a global leader, next year may reveal its successo ...

10 Dec 2025 | Now, at least and at last, the line is drawn on climate change and the environment.

10 Dec 2025 | America’s new National Security Strategy reads less like a plan for stability and more like a ...

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