Peter Hartcher
Peter Hartcher is political editor and international editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
Trump has no idea what he’s doing. Now his hubris has put the world on edge
The evidence is piling up – Trump has catastrophically miscalculated this war with Iran, just as Putin did with Ukraine.
- Peter Hartcher
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- Opinion
- Political leadership
It’s not the crisis the PM wants, but it’s the opportunity he needs
Fuel price hikes and shortages have created a sense of emergency. But that’s not the only reason Anthony Albanese should seize this moment to drive reform.
- Peter Hartcher
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
If Trump’s America is not winning this war – and it’s not – who is?
US credibility is harmed, its power in the Indo-Pacific is drained and its munitions stocks are depleted. Yet the president can’t say what his goal is.
- Peter Hartcher
- Opinion
- National security
Matt Canavan has done in an hour what Angus Taylor failed to do in a month
Australia - the complacent country - is receiving a wake-up call on race, resilience and energy.
- Peter Hartcher
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
In Trump’s chaotic theatre of war, there’s only one lead role
For most people, violence is risky. For the US president, it’s a spectacle.
- Peter Hartcher
- Opinion
- Political leadership
To remain one and free, Australia must confront three key systemic challenges
Exhausted systems fail. It takes creative, energetic leadership to develop new ones. Best to start yesterday. Failing that, today.
- Peter Hartcher
‘The world needs us’: Carney pushes Australia and Canada to deepen trade, defence ties
Australian and Canadian troops would move easily between each other’s facilities under a new agreement being pushed by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
- Matthew Knott and Peter Hartcher
- 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
- Middle East at war
No one doubted America’s ability to unleash hell. The question is how it handles what comes next
Ayatollah Khamenei was the head of one of the world’s worst regimes, but his assassination does not assure its downfall.
- Peter Hartcher
- Opinion
- Political leadership
State election will be an acid test for One Nation, and for Albanese
The March 21 poll is a referendum on the viability of Australia’s existing two-party system.
- Peter Hartcher