Publications

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Commentary
Tom Switzer

ABC Radio National Between the Lines

Research associate Tom Switzer says Republican outrage over President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran has a familiar ring.

30 July 2015
 
Commentary
Nicole Hemmer

US News & World Report

The GOP's populism problem leads it to briefly back unelectable candidates like Donald Trump, says research associate Nicole Hemmer, even if it won't back them for the presidency.

28 July 2015
 
Commentary
Tom Switzer

Australian Institute of International Affairs

Polls show a clear majority of the American people say the US invasion of Iraq was not worth it. Research associate Tom Switzer explains why Republican policy on the...

24 July 2015
 
Commentary
Nicole Hemmer

US News & World Report

Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me is vital reading at this moment in America, writes research associate Nicole Hemmer.

21 July 2015
 
Commentary
Tom Switzer

The Australian

A nuclear deal struck by the United States with Iran has elicted a hostile response from Congressional Republicans and America's allies in the Middle East. Research associate Tom Switzer says the agreement...

18 July 2015
 
Commentary
Tom Switzer

ABC Radio National Between the Lines

Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was blown from the Ukrainian sky a year ago. Twelve months on from the tragedy, research associate Tom Switzer examines the causes of the underlying...

16 July 2015
 
Report
Hugh Bradlow

Today digital technology is viewed as additive to the physical world: something that enhances but does not replace the use of physical infrastructure. However, this paper by Hugh Bradlow and Arjun Jayachandra, presented at...

14 July 2015
 
Commentary
Nicole Hemmer

US News & World Report

Research associate Nicole Hemmer explains how Donald Trump is foiling the GOP's efforts to win over Hispanic voters.

14 July 2015
 
Commentary
John Barron

ABC The Drum

It's time for the Republican Party to forget about gadfly candidates and take a very close look at genuine contenders like Scott Walker, who could actually keep the Clintons out...

14 July 2015
 
Commentary
Tom Switzer

ABC Radio National Between the Lines

Twenty years ago this week, Serbian forces overran the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, expelled its women and children, and massacred 8,000 Muslim men and boys. Research associate...

9 July 2015
 
Commentary
Tom Switzer

The Age

Research associate Tom Switzer says President Barack Obama will be remembered for moving the political centre to the left.

8 July 2015
 
Commentary
Nicole Hemmer

US News & World Report

Arguing for a return to traditional marriage is arguing for a return to inequality and coercion, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.

7 July 2015
 
Commentary
John Barron

ABC The Drum

Both the greatest asset and the greatest liability for Chris Christie's chance of securing the Republican presidential nomination is Chris Christie himself. Research associate John Barron consider whether the New...

3 July 2015
 
Speech
Robert Zoellick

The Australia–US Free Trade Agreement: 10 Year Celebration Conference: remarks by Robert B. Zoellick.

2 July 2015
 
Commentary
Malcolm Jorgensen

The Lowy Interpreter

Lecturer Malcolm Jorgensen says Barack Obama's struggles to obtain fast-track authority from Congress to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership is indicative of the obstacles the legislative branch poses to coherent American leadership in...

30 June 2015
 
Commentary
Nicole Hemmer

US News & World Report

Research associate Nicole Hemmer says President Barack Obama's Charleston eulogy bookends his Jeremiah Wright speech on race.

30 June 2015
 
Journal article
Ali Wyne

The primary challenge to the pivot to Asia comes from other foreign-policy priorities.

29 June 2015
 
Commentary
Tom Switzer, Bates Gill

The National Interest

A rare moment for bipartisanship in Washington has seen Barack Obama given fast track authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership. CEO Bates Gill and research associate Tom Switzer say the agreement...

26 June 2015
 
Commentary
Gorana Grgic

ABC The Drum

President Barack Obama has announced that the US government will communicate with hostage takers, but this is more about increasing transparency than breaking from the past, says lecturer Gorana Grgic.

25 June 2015
 
Commentary
Nicole Hemmer

US News & World Report

Charleston shooter Dylann Storm Roof found inspiration in apartheid regimes that once posed a conundrum for many on the American right, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.

23 June 2015