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: Putin on top as Kyiv scrambles to play catch-up on the battlefield
May 24, 2024 08:10 am UTC| Insights & Views
Vladimir Putin has been looking pretty chipper of late. Two weeks ago saw him wearing his trademark vulpine smile as he presided over the Victory Day commemorations in Moscow. It was a rather more upbeat occasion than in...
Ukraine recap: US$60 billion aid package brings fresh hope to desperate Kyiv
Apr 26, 2024 01:31 am UTC| Insights & Views
Across the broad sweep of history, its usually overly simplistic to talk about a single event as a turning point. This is especially the case in a conflict such as the one in Ukraine. So many factors geopolitical,...
Ukraine recap: Russia won’t attack Nato countries says Putin, believe it or not
Apr 01, 2024 03:48 am UTC| Insights & Views
Vladimir Putin says has no intention of attacking any Nato members. Visiting an airbase in Torzhok, on the road between Moscow and St Petersburg, the Russian president told a group of pilots he didnt plan to spark a war...
Ukraine recap: Russian election special – and the winner will be … Vladimir Putin
Mar 16, 2024 07:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Russian voters have been heading to the polls this week. But it would be misleading to say they were voting to choose a president. Thats already been done for them itll be Vladimir Putin. If there had ever been any...
Ukraine recap: prospect of renewed US funding a boost for beleaguered Zelensky
Feb 16, 2024 07:06 am UTC| Insights & Views
Its appropriate, a fortnight out from the second anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion, to look back and see what the mood was this time last year as we marked the end of the first year of all-out war in Ukraine....
Ukraine recap: possibility of imminent Russian offensive focuses minds on Kyiv's weapons shortages
Jan 20, 2024 06:04 am UTC| Insights & Views
As youd expect, Ukraines president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has been working the room at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. After a disappointing end to 2023 on the battlefield, with signs of battle fatigue among...
Gaza Update: as the world debates 'ceasefires' and 'pauses', Israel silent on the 'day after'
Nov 19, 2023 05:53 am UTC| Insights & Views
I spent several hours on Wednesday night wrestling over how we could best cover the raid by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Gazas al-Shifa hospital. My initial plan was to get an expert in international law to write a...
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