‘Limerence’ by Rachael Wenona Guy

‘Questions for Mai: Joshua Reynolds’s portrait and the memory of Empire’ by Kate Fullagar

‘AI will kill us/save us: Hype and harm in the new economic order’ by Judith Bishop

‘Sediment’ by Tracey Slaughter

‘Albanese’s “Australian Way”: The rise of “progressive patriotism” and its complex past’ by Sean Scalmer

‘Deeper into darkness: Iran after the twelve-day war’ by Zoe Holman

‘“Come nearer to Asia”: Australia’s place at Bandung, 1955’ by Nathan Hollier

‘Shelling’ by Tara Sharman

‘“Without undue suffering”: Japan’s August 1945 and the superweapon alibi’ by Clinton Fernandes

‘Other Orientalisms: Refusing to be spectacle’ by Lynda Ng

‘Dogged pursuit: Australia’s “America first” policy’ by Marilyn Lake

‘Some undefined peace: Moving beyond “migrant writer”’ by Felicity Plunkett

‘Balance sheet blues: The pros and cons of Pax Americana coming to an end’ by James Curran

‘Consolation of Clouds’ by Robin Boord

‘Mao’s mango: Cultural Revolution as history or farce’ by Shan Windscript

‘“Rejecting the system it created”: How Trump’s America is reshaping Australia’s regional relations’ by Rebecca Strating

‘A worse world: History from the future’ by André Dao

‘The Chirp/The Scream’ by Natasha Sholl, runner-up in the 2025 Calibre Essay Prize

‘Method and message: Rethinking Australian military history’ by Kate Fullagar

'Diary' by Peter Rose