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Matthew Dal Santo

Matthew Dal Santo is an Australian historian and foreign affairs writer resident in Europe and co-founder of the Simone Weil Centre for Political Philosophy. He’s a former fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Articles by Matthew Dal Santo (33)

Matthew Dal Santo 7 Jul 2020

Yes, to balance China, let’s bring Russia in from the cold

The West’s isolation of Russia has helped Moscow acquiesce in an expanded Chinese presence it would once have resented.
Matthew Dal Santo 13 Jul 2017

Trump's Warsaw speech: Heed the message, not the messenger

In the uproar over Trump’s speech, is it the borders and civilizations that are resented, or the political duties they imply?
Matthew Dal Santo 10 May 2017

Macron and the uprooting of France

‘Whoever is uprooted themselves,’ wrote Simone Weil, ‘uproots others.’ France will not be a happier country five years from now if the only legacy of a Macron presidency is further uprooting.
Matthew Dal Santo 26 Apr 2017

French election a swansong for liberal globalism

Should Macron win, you won't need to be a supporter of Le Pen's to believe that French democracy will be worse off.
Matthew Dal Santo 15 Mar 2017

The Russian Revolution, a century on

Russia’s last emperor Nicholas II remains a divisive subject, posing unresolved questions about the country’s past and present.
Matthew Dal Santo 13 Mar 2017

Francois Fillon’s fall from favour

The candidate who stands to gain the most out of the Républicains’ difficulties is the Front National’s Marine Le Pen.
Matthew Dal Santo 27 Jan 2017

A grand bargain: What Russia now wants from the West

2017 will pose more sharply than at any time since the fall of the Berlin Wall the question of what Russia wants from the United States and the world system more broadly.
Matthew Dal Santo 20 Jan 2017

Theresa May's Brexit speech ushers in a post-liberal age

‘No’, she said, in words which many still struggle to believe, ‘the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.’ And with that May upended more than four decades of British foreign and economic policy.
Matthew Dal Santo 22 Dec 2016

Russia's revolutionary centenary

For those who would seek to understand Russia today, the Revolution’s unsettled legacy cannot be ignored.