Associate Editor, Arts + Culture Editor
Jonathan Este spent 20 years as a reporter, columnist and editor on The Independent as well as The Australian. He joins The Conversation from the Media Alliance in Australia where he specialised in media law and policy and the digital revolution in journalism.
Ukraine recap: Ukraine and allies maintain optimism despite slow progress on the battlefield
Sep 29, 2023 08:51 am UTC| Politics
At a press conference after talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, this afternoon, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg sounded like a man determined to take a glass half full attitude when he said that...
Ukraine recap: fallout from death of Yevgeny Prigozhin will be felt far beyond Moscow
Sep 02, 2023 04:04 am UTC| Politics
Where were you when you heard that Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhins aircraft had crashed and he was presumed dead? For Ukraine watchers it was something of a surreal JFK moment. And, like the Zapruder tape, the video...
Ukraine recap: dams, lies and economic statistics
Jun 10, 2023 11:25 am UTC| Economy Politics
The likely cause of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and power plant in the early hours of Tuesday morning remains shrouded in mystery predictably, both sides are blaming each other. But its important to remember that...
May 26, 2023 14:51 pm UTC| Politics
After the best part of a year, Russia has claimed victory in the meat-grinder that was the Battle of Bakhmut in Ukraines east. But the battle achieved virtually none of Russias original strategic objectives and came at a...
May 11, 2023 16:04 pm UTC| Politics
One tank. According to press reports and news broadcasts from Moscow, a solitary T-34 dating back to the second world war was the only tank that trundled past the Russian president as he marked a scaled-down Victory Day on...
Ukraine recap: diplomatic manoeuvres intensify in advance of a possible spring offensive
Apr 28, 2023 02:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
A quick check of the Met office forecasts for Ukraine suggests that over the next week or so the weather is going to get steadily warmer. The rising mercury has fuelled speculation that Ukraines much discussed spring...
Ukraine recap: downbeat US intelligence leak suggests no end in sight for the misery of this war
Apr 14, 2023 14:10 pm UTC| Politics
What we know or think we know about the progress of the war in Ukraine over the past few days has come courtesy of leaked Pentagon documents which appear to cover, in some detail, a wide range of issues around the...
Feinstein's death raises the question: How are vacant Senate seats filled?
Closer relations between Australia and India have the potential to benefit both nations
Temporary carbon storage in forests has climate value — but we need to get the accounting right