Kevin Rudd’s new book The Avoidable War explores relations between the US and China.

Kevin Rudd didn’t write his US-China book for us. That’s why you should read it

The former prime minister warns in The Avoidable War that the two powerful countries are talking past one another,leading to dangerous misapprehensions.

  • Daniel Flitton

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New book looks at the dobbers who did their work for ASIO

Phillip Deery looks at the costs of snitching during the Cold War years in Australia.

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Pedestrians watch a live broadcast Chinese President Xi Jinping marking the centenary of the Chinese Community Party.

How do you solve a problem like China?

Four recent books consider responses to China’s changing place in the world.

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I'm back:The Tigers celebrate making it to the grand final.

'I told you so':A Richmond fan has one last rant before AFL grand final day

Turn back the calendar to March,before round 1 and to the moment I predicted confidently – most said foolishly – that Richmond would win the 2017 premiership.

  • Daniel Flitton
Police at the scene of the terror siege in Brighton on June 5.

Suburban terror siege:Why Brighton?

Brighton might actually be the obvious target precisely because it's not the kind of neighbourhood used to gritty,bloody crime.

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Newly installed American President Donald Trump is upending the old world order at a deeper level than most people perceive. The US may be the one that loses out most.

Allies must increase defence spending,says Donald Trump. But how much is really needed?

Does setting an arbitrary target for defence spending,rather than carefully judging the likely strategic threats,actually make a country any safer?

  • Daniel Flitton
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Donald Trump smiles while meeting with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday.
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Can you keep a secret,Mr Trump?

Russia would love to see the official trust in America's spy agencies further crumble.

  • Daniel Flitton
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Lucy Turnbull in New York.

Turnbull's strategy may not come up Trump's

When Donald Trump behaves badly,Malcolm Turnbull will be judged for his choice of friends.

  • Daniel Flitton
Labor MPs argue the US-Australia relationship that is far bigger than any individual.
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'Speak truth to crazy':Labor's blunt advice as Turnbull gets ready to meet Trump

A remarkable but largely unheralded shift on the US alliance has taken place in the ranks of the Opposition

  • Daniel Flitton
Anxious South Koreans watch footage of a North Korean ballistic missile launch last year

Australia part of global web to monitor North Korea's nuclear ambition

In the red dirt of central Australia,it looks to be nothing more remarkable than a rusty steel cable.

  • Daniel Flitton