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Nick Bryant.
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“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Great to see the updated UK paperback of The Forever War out in the wild in London. New chapters on Trump 2.0 and the 2024 campaign.

It’s the 250-year backstory of Trumpism. It’s the history, stupid.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Even Liberace would have told his interior designer to tone it down a bit…..
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
UK publication day for the paperback edition of The Forever War. Two new chapters on Trump 2.0 and the 2024 election. The Trump presidency has been 250 years in the making. If you look at US history in a different light, as I try to do so in the book his shocking presidency isn’t such a shock.
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Coming soon to the UK and US - the updated paperback version of The Forever War
October 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
America needs more Dolly Partons - my latest column

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How Dolly Parton can save Trump’s America
The US is a nation crippled by mutual loathing. But no-one can find a bad word to say about the celebrated country singer.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Code red for democracy - my interview with the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa on the death of democracy - ABC listen
Under the authoritarian rule of President Rodriguez Duterte in The Philippines, Maria Ressa was targeted online, and had 11 arrest warrants out for her in just over a year. Since then, Duterte has be...
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August 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The updated edition of The Forever War - with chapters on Trump 2.0 and the 2024 campaign - is out in time for Father’s Day.
August 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Trump summer. His presidency in full. My long read on a highly chaotic and highly consequential few months.

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Trump's presidency is fast turning into one of the most consequential in decades
Returning to the US for the first time in four years, I found a country that didn't want to talk about politics, despite being in the eye of the Trump storm.
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August 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Delighted that this is now out in the wild - the updated edition of The Forever War: America's Unending Conflicting with Itself.

A new chapter on Trump 2.0, and a new forward on the 2024 presidential election. It's the 250 year story of the rise of Donald Trump.
July 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I post this every year to mark her birthday - a letter to our beautiful daughter Honor. Five years on, she remains an absolute delight - a real joybringer. If I had to pick one piece from my career with the BBC, this would be it.

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A letter to our newborn American daughter - BBC News
You gulped your first lungfuls of air as protesters across America chanted: "I can't breathe."
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June 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It’s a year since The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself was published. Huge thanks to all those who have read it, listened to it or watched me blather on about it. The book is the 250 year backstory of Donald Trump. 📷 Hugh Stewart
June 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Always a great pleasure to do the Sydney Writers Festival - feels now like a home fixture. And great to share the stage with Barrie Cassidy, Emma Shortis and Peter Beinart
May 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A packed Saturday Extra - Donald Trump with Thomas Friedman; Middle East @rmslim; the mushroom case with @thomashayes, a local reporter covering his first trial; Oz politics with two historians Judith Brett and @fbongiornoanu Eurovision @dreurovision

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Saturday Extra with Nick Bryant - ABC listen
Smart analysis, lively conversations, and great company. Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.
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May 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
From Donald Trump we get ‘the weave.’ From Peter Dutton we got the unraveling. Voters rejected Americanisation and carried out a collective act of Australianisation.
Australia voted for its politics to remain Australian, using its uniquely Australian model of democracy to re-elect an emphatically Australian prime minister. (And Peter Dutton was more Ron DeSantis than Donald Trump.) My latest.

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Spooked by Trump, Aussies stayed close to home and chose ‘dinky-di’ Albo
Voters rejected the Americanisation of our politics, choosing a leader who is characteristically and authentically Australian.
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May 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Australia voted for its politics to remain Australian, using its uniquely Australian model of democracy to re-elect an emphatically Australian prime minister. (And Peter Dutton was more Ron DeSantis than Donald Trump.) My latest.

www.smh.com.au/national/spo...
Spooked by Trump, Aussies stayed close to home and chose ‘dinky-di’ Albo
Voters rejected the Americanisation of our politics, choosing a leader who is characteristically and authentically Australian.
www.smh.com.au
May 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
ABC Saturday Extra - Gaza war with former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert; an American pope - Scott Stephens @ABCReligion; Indo-Pakistan - @MichaelKugelman; historical roots of Donald Trump - @sarahchurchwell; Australian election fallout @markgkenny @janeenorman www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Ehud Olmert's peace plan at Jerusalem Peace Summit - ABC listen
Understand Australia and the world with Nick Bryant.
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May 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thrilled to be at the Australian book industry awards where The Forever War is up for non-fiction book of the year. And honored to be on shortlist of great authors.
May 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
In an election where Australians said they wanted their politics to remain Australian, Anthony Albanese benefited from being authentically and emphatically Aussie. Given the scale of his win, he could become the first PM since John Howard to have the word era attached to his name
May 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Anti-Trumpism, in Australia and Canada at least, has become a more powerful political force than anti-incumbency.
May 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Saturday Extra Election Special - packed programme, with a health check on Australian democracy - and listen until the end for a national treasure. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Australia Votes: Election Day 2025 - ABC listen
Nick Bryant head to the marginal seat of Bennelong in Sydney and does a health check on the state of Australian democracy with the ANU's Dr Jill Sheppard and Iain Walker from NewDemocracy Foundation. ...
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May 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Economist hasn’t been pulling any punches
April 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thrilled to make this shortlist - the books nominated by the booksellers themselves.
April 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
On Saturday Extra, Trump vs Harvard, South Africa, Hanan Khashoggi on her murdered husband, Jamal, campaign 2025 and Colum McCann.

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Harvard v. Trump and Irish author Colum McCann - ABC listen
The showdown between America's elite university and the Trump administration has begun... who will come out on top?  Join Nick as well for an emotional interview with the widow of murdered journalist...
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April 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It’s great to see the new movie The Correspondent getting such brilliant reviews. They are richly deserved. The story of the imprisoned journalist @PeterGreste portrayed by Richard Roxburgh. It was a treat to interview them both on Saturday Extra.

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The Correspondent: Richard Roxburgh plays Peter Greste - ABC listen
Based on the true story of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste's imprisonment in Egypt in 2013, The Correspondent is a gripping thriller about journalism caught in political conflict. While wor...
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April 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM