Between the Lines

Daniel Hannan assesses how Britain has fared in the three years since it formally left the European Union. Amanda Stoker and Georgina Downer discuss how the Liberal party might bounce back. A tribute to the former diplomat Richard Woolcott.

Loved and respected internationally but what do New Zealanders think of Jacinda Ardern’s five years a PM?  The war grinds on but is a Ukrainian victory against Russia inevitable? Following the death of NSW Senator Jim Molan there’s now a vacancy in the senate, so does former PM Tony Abbott have something to offer?

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price explains why she opposes an Indigenous voice to parliament. Margaret Cameron- Ash’s story of how Britain beat France to Botany Bay. Andrew Roberts on Britain's most misunderstood monarch.

John Howard discusses how ‘a sense of balance’ has underpinned Australia's success and prosperity. Nelly Lahoud on Osama Bin Laden's declassified personal papers.

Kishore Mahbubani and does Australia really understand the region? Sheila Fitzpatrick's short history of the Soviet Union and Cassandra Steer on the unresolved issues of the new space race.

Kylie Moore-Gilbert's memoir My 804 days in an Iranian prison. Francis Fukyuama’s Liberalism and its discontents and Kevin Rudd’s the Avoidable War.

Highlights from 2022; Demographer Nicholas Eberstadt, writer and anti-woke warrior Lionel Shriver and why Disney world Florida’s special zoning status is threatened by Governor Ron DeSantis.

Peter Jennings and Mary Kissel review a turbulent year in international affairs. Ken Seitawan discusses Indonesia's democratic back sliding. Alex Joske on how Australia weathered China's intimidation campaign.

Journalists Jennifer Hewett and Judith Sloan review the year in Federal politics. Steve Malanga on legal pot and a growing black market. Louise Perry explains why more conservative thinking could better serve feminism and the interests of women.

Analysis and commentary on Pakistan’s Imran Khan’s prospects for a political comeback and in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, another veteran leader, forms a new coalition government. David Kemp on Liberalism in Australia 1966 – 2022

Peter Costello's assessment of the Australian economy. Jacqueline Peel discusses what happened at the recent climate change summit in Egypt. Anna Vallianatou shares her concerns over EU asylum policy in Greece.

Xi Jinping meets western leaders and Ukraine pushes back Putin's army - but is the world becoming a safer place? Gideon Rachman and Sir Lawrence Freeman.  Iranian women's fight against tyranny                                      Nos Hosseini: The Iranian Women's Association and Kylie Moore-Gilbert, author of The Uncaged Sky: My 804 days in an Iranian Prison.  Countering China's Belt and Road Init...

The US midterms Analysis and commentary on the early results with Nicole Hemmer Political historian, Vanderbilt University and Nick Minchin, Australian Consul General in New York 2013 — 2017. The US vs China and the economic battle for high tech supremacy. Alice Han: Director of China research at Greenmantle, a US-based advisory group. Malaysia votes A preview of the Nov. 19th general election. Br...

Achieving global net zero at COP 27 ? Opposing views from; Rupert Darwall, author of The Age of Global Warming: A History and Dorinda Cox: Greens Senator from Western Australia. What demography can tell us about international relations. Nicholas Eberstadt: American Enterprise Institute, Washington. What's wrong with identity politics. Mary Eberstadt: the Catholic Information Center, Washington DC....

The Anglosphere's conservatives and their deep divisions  Richard Tice: Leader UK Reform Party, Henry Olsen: Columnist Washington Post, John Roskam: Former head of the Institute of Public Affairs consider the fault lines and the state of affairs on the right.  The protests in Iran. More than just a revolt over women forced to wear head scarves. The Iranian regime faces its biggest challenge in dec...

Kevin Rudd assesses Xi Jinping's agenda over the next 5 years and beyond. Jonathan Sumption warns of cancel culture's threat to democracy. Kira Pronin considers the shift in Swedish politics and the reasons behind it.

How do Australia's friends and allies view the Russian- Ukrainian conflict and the rise of China? Richard Fontaine CEO, Centre for New American Security. Iwashita Akihiro: Professor at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Centre, Hokkaido University, Japan. Also, outspoken writer and columnist Lionel Shriver critiques contemporary culture and  progressive politics.

The 2002  Bali bombing. Australian / Indonesian relations then and now. Greg Fealy: Emeritus Professor, Indonesian politics, ANU. 1972 Nixon goes to China. 50 years ago U.S President Richard Nixon surprises the world by visiting communist China. Evelyn Goh: Professor of Strategic Policy Studies, ANU 1962 The Cuban missile crisis. Are there lessons for today as once again a nuclear armed Russia con...

Putin raises the stakes over Ukraine, China's great leap forward and the West's energy transition and setting the record straight on King George III

Europe’s under pressure as Putin threatens to go nuclear and the energy crisis worsens. Plus what does feeling less British mean for Australia's republicans. And what were the politics behind our pandemic response? 

How King Charles might act as a counterweight to Liz Truss's conservative government. How Malcolm Turnbull helped defeat Scott Morrison. The geo- politics behind the new space race.

David Flint reflects on the passing of the monarch. What to expect from Britain's new PM. Why broken windows policing is needed and misunderstood. Cindy Yu – a shill for China's communist party?

In a wide ranging conversation John Howard reflects on the issues he raises in his new book A Sense of Balance. An update on Myanmar where the military oppression of the pro-democracy movement intensifies.

John Bolton offers his insights and assessment of the state of international relations. Joanne Masters and John Kehoe discuss the gloomy conditions that the global economy is experiencing and how Australia is faring.

Does Australia really understand the region? The biography of Leonie Kramer. Daniel Mulino's ideas to reform and support Australia's welfare system.