Trump's America
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
I covered the Middle East when Saddam was America’s friend. The bloodletting hasn’t stopped
Iranians deserve better than the ayatollahs – and they deserve better than an illegal war waged by a felonious, feckless president with no plan for what follows.
- Geraldine Brooks
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- Letters
- Letters
Leaders behaving badly or if not, woefully
Readers evaluate the actions of Trump, Netanyahu and the words of Albanese and the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, and only one of them gets a positive result.
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
Bad energy: Trump will be forced to end his reckless war very soon
It is astonishing that Donald Trump has created an energy crisis that America is not set up to handle.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Israel hacked Tehran traffic cameras to spy on Khamenei
Israeli spies spent years watching Iran’s late supreme leader and his entourage on the streets of their own capital city.
- Allegra Mendelson
- Analysis
- Middle East at war
No, he’s not Winston Churchill. But Starmer’s learnt something from history Trump hasn’t
Publicly rebuked by the president and deeply unpopular at home, Keir Starmer is sticking to his guns over Iran and wants to avoid “the mistakes of Iraq”.
- David Crowe
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
Trump’s opening military strike against Iran was ‘exquisite’. Now comes the tricky bit
“I don’t think he has a plan and that’s the problem,” security expert John Bolton says.
- Peter Hartcher
- Opinion
- International affairs
O Canada, O Albanese: This middle power roars as Australia’s exemplar
Prime Minister Mark Carney, who visits Australia this week, dares to project his nation as an important player in global politics. Australia must do the same.
- George Brandis
- Opinion
- Iran
The stakes for Australia in Trump’s Iran gamble
The US-Israel attack on Iran is high-risk. It may fail. It may distract America from the Indo-Pacific, but if it succeeds, it could also strengthen deterrence in our region and enhance Australia’s security.
- Jennifer Parker
Trump orders military to stop using Claude chatbot in clash over AI safety
World-leading AI start-up Anthropic had sought assurances from the government that its technology would not be used for fully autonomous weapons or mass surveillance.
- Matt O'Brien and Konstantin Toropin
- Opinion
- Opinion
Trump is pushing America closer to civil war
The US president’s reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on his tariffs has compounded an unfolding national tragedy.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard