Daniel Hannan assesses how Britain has fared in the three years since it formally left the European Union. Amanda Stoker and Georgina Downer discuss how the Liberal party might bounce back. A tribute to the former diplomat Richard Woolcott.

Loved and respected internationally but what do New Zealanders think of Jacinda Ardern’s five years a PM?  The war grinds on but is a Ukrainian victory against Russia inevitable? Following the death of NSW Senator Jim Molan there’s now a vacancy in the senate, so does former PM Tony Abbott have something to offer?

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price explains why she opposes an Indigenous voice to parliament. Margaret Cameron- Ash’s story of how Britain beat France to Botany Bay. Andrew Roberts on Britain's most misunderstood monarch.

John Howard discusses how ‘a sense of balance’ has underpinned Australia's success and prosperity. Nelly Lahoud on Osama Bin Laden's declassified personal papers.

Kishore Mahbubani and does Australia really understand the region? Sheila Fitzpatrick's short history of the Soviet Union and Cassandra Steer on the unresolved issues of the new space race.

Kylie Moore-Gilbert's memoir My 804 days in an Iranian prison. Francis Fukyuama’s Liberalism and its discontents and Kevin Rudd’s the Avoidable War.

Highlights from 2022; Demographer Nicholas Eberstadt, writer and anti-woke warrior Lionel Shriver and why Disney world Florida’s special zoning status is threatened by Governor Ron DeSantis.

Peter Jennings and Mary Kissel review a turbulent year in international affairs. Ken Seitawan discusses Indonesia's democratic back sliding. Alex Joske on how Australia weathered China's intimidation campaign.

Journalists Jennifer Hewett and Judith Sloan review the year in Federal politics. Steve Malanga on legal pot and a growing black market. Louise Perry explains why more conservative thinking could better serve feminism and the interests of women.

Analysis and commentary on Pakistan’s Imran Khan’s prospects for a political comeback and in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, another veteran leader, forms a new coalition government. David Kemp on Liberalism in Australia 1966 – 2022