From Plato’s Republic to modern conflict, the pattern repeats: justice invoked, war justified, power deciding the outcome.

War does not begin where we expect it. When war arrives, it arrives in fragments, after many missed chances to leave. The last normal day passes unnoticed, and only later is it recognised for what it ...

As war and instability dominate attention, a more fundamental crisis lies beneath them. Water scarcity, shaped by climate change, technology and conflict, now tests whether nations can cooperate at ...

A Vatican report on women deacons offers caution where many expected clarity. By deferring change while reaffirming existing limits, it raises fresh doubts about how the Church understands equality — ...

We need no reminding of the depth of the division that exists in our Australian community. It's there every time we go online ...