Peter Hartcher
Peter Hartcher is political editor and international editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
How Caroline Kennedy discovered her inner bogan in Australia
The US ambassador to Australia, a member of America’s most storied political dynasty, has embraced everything from sausages and surfing to sheep and “shitboxes”.
- by Matthew Knott and Peter Hartcher
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Opinion
South China Sea
Why Putin is losing his war, and Xi is winning his
Putin chose to launch a kinetic war to expand his territory. Xi chose “grey zone” warfare – distinctly aggressive, but without firing a shot.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Political leadership
Why Trumpism failed here, despite Morrison giving it a red-hot go
Trumpism wasn’t an Australian outfit; it was an American fashion that we tried on briefly, but shrugged off and left on fitting room floor.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
India
An economic miracle is shifting the global balance of power
India’s physical infrastructure boom is impressive enough, but its digital infrastructure expansion has been stunning in empowering its marginalised millions.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Home Truths
Scandal has stuck to Morrison, but offshore truths could hit home for Dutton
Recriminations over the conduct of the former Coalition government have mostly centred on Scott Morrison to date. The next inquiry will put Peter Dutton under scrutiny.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
AI
Christopher Nolan said Oppenheimer was a cautionary tale for AI. Was he right?
The logic of mutually assured destruction – as in the case of nuclear weapons – will also be essential to protect us from the self-inflicted dangers of artificial intelligence.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Globalisation
How to save globalisation from itself? Chalmers has some ideas
Australia has benefited enormously from globalisation. But Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the old models don’t apply as well as they did.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Foreign relations
Albanese, unlike Keating, believes NATO ties serve Australia’s interests
The global and regional are inseparable, the prime minister argues, and Australian governments need to work at both levels simultaneously.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
RBA
The political execution of a fearless public servant, Phil Lowe
The government praises Reserve Bank governor Phil Lowe even as it buries him. It claims credit for his policy even as it fires its architect.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Foreign relations
Fury and falsehood: Keating’s not entitled to his own version of history
Paul Keating’s frantic attacks on the US and Australia, and now on Europe in general and NATO in particular, sound like Chinese Communist Party propaganda.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Robo-debt royal commission
Rotten robo-debt ruse bestows damning epitaph on Morrison government
“Venality, incompetence and cowardice”: The royal commission has delivered a scathing assessment of a cruel, illegal scheme and those who ran it.
- by Peter Hartcher