• Economy

    Australian strategy for the Asia Pacific


    Jiye Kim |  May 19, 2025


    Australia must realign its economic strategy to handle mounting pressure from US tariffs and global trade volatility by deepening ties with key Asian partners and investing in emerging sectors like space technology to safeguard its national prosperity and regional influence.


  • Culture

    Making peace in the culture wars


    Hugh Breakey |  May 19, 2025


    A.C. Grayling’s new book Discriminations: Making Peace in the Culture Wars sees the renowned philosopher wading into the ethical minefields of “woke” activism, cancellation, and conservative backlash.


  • America

    The hard fall of soft power


    ANU Editorial Board |  May 19, 2025


    The erosion of American soft power, accelerated by the hollowing out of foreign aid and Washington’s turn to protectionism, marks a retreat from the global influence the United States once had and can only leave the world poorer and more vulnerable to authoritarian aggression.


Latest Story

  • The rise of “techno-fascism”

    Luke Munn     |      May 18, 2025

    Donald Trump’s unprecedented assault on American government and democracy has its roots in the writings of techno-fascists like Curtis Yarvin.

  • Life ends at forty

    Open Forum     |      May 18, 2025

    Loneliness, feeling older than your age and a negative attitude to ageing are all associated with early stages of frailty, even in people as young as 40, new research has revealed.

  • It is easy being green

    Open Forum     |      May 18, 2025

    Democratic countries tend to be rated as ‘greener’, or more environmentally friendly, compared to other countries, but this may be because they’re shifting the burden of their own pollution overseas, according to Swiss and UK scientists

  • Talking about Z generation

    Intifar Chowdhury     |      May 17, 2025

    Voting patterns in the recent Federal election show that Labor can still bank on Millennials, for now, but educated Gen Z voters are far less convinced that traditional party structures deserve their loyalty or support.

  • Word virus

    Emily Godwin     |      May 17, 2025

    The accessible humour of internet memes offer an easy entry point for conspiracy theories and ever more extreme perspectives.

  • Musicoterapia

    Open Forum     |      May 17, 2025

    An innovative Edith Cowan University research project is using the power of music and storytelling to support the wellbeing of older Italian migrants, including those living with dementia.

  • Encouraging Australian AI

    Hassan Gad     |      May 16, 2025

    AI is shaping everything from diplomacy to defence, the question is whether Australia wants to shape those systems or be shaped by them.

  • Leadership trends in the public sector

    Katie Miller     |      May 16, 2025

    Australian public workplaces are undergoing significant changes as leaders face new challenges in a rapidly evolving business landscape.

  • Extraordinary claims

    Chris Impey     |      May 16, 2025

    ‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains the sheer weight evidence scientists need to claim major discoveries such as potentially finding extraterrestrial life.

  • A long road back for the Liberals

    Frank Bongiorno     |      May 15, 2025

    Political parties can recover after a devastating election loss but the Liberals will need to think differently to take power again.

  • All the slop that’s fit to print

    Nicole Blanchett     |      May 15, 2025

    Newspapers and other media organisations around the world are using AI to cut costs and increase output without informing their customers, so have executives and journalists skipped the ethics conversation when it comes to using AI?

  • Finding your ‘why’

    Open Forum     |      May 15, 2025

    A new study has revealed there’s more to happiness and wellbeing than simply chasing goals, it also comes down to why you’re chasing them.