Peter Hartcher

In Bipolar Nation, Peter Hartcher discusses the fantasies and realities at the heart of our politics. When our political leaders look at us, what do they see? What are the hopes, fears, and dreams of the Australian electorate, and how might they be turned to election-winning advantage? What, most fundamentally, do we want in a prime minister? In this scintillating...

How Australia woke up to China's challenge - and what comes next What does China want from Australia? In this incisive and original book, Peter Hartcher reveals how decades of economic dependence left Australia open to the strategic ambitions of the most successful authoritarian regime in modern history. He shows how ideology, paranoia, and Xi Jinping's personal story have reshaped...

Welcome to the jungle, Australia ... The world is 'made up of herbivores and carnivores', French President Emmanuel Macron said. And the meat-eaters are circling. China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are banding together. We have an expansionist America under President Trump and his merry band of disruptors. In this gripping book, leading journalist and commentator Peter Hartcher explores what...