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When George W. Bush left office as one of the most unpopular presidents in modern times, he predicted he would be vindicated by history. In this review of James Mann's account of the...
The American Interest
First prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew was not just one of the most influential figures of postwar Asia, he was also a respected thinker or international relations. Research...
US News & World Report
A new Indiana law widely seen as permitting discrimination against gay men and women shows how concerns over "religious freedom" can have wider ramifications, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.
The Saturday Paper
A corporate coup against people and planet or an unprecedented opportunity to bring increased prosperity and productivity to nearly a billion people? Alliance 21 director James Brown looks at the arguments...
The Australia Matters for America/America Matters for Australia report is part of the Asia Matters for America initiative at the East-West Center in Washington. This edition was produced in partnership with the United...
US News & World Report
Conservative media personalities can't bestow the Republican Party nomination on a candidate, but they do play a big part in the selection process. Research associate Nicole Hemmer considers whether...
ABC The Drum
Ted Cruz might never be the US president, but his freshly announced campaign will reveal whether the Tea Party and libertarian factions of the GOP can be drawn successfully into...
History passes its judgement on Lee Kuan Yew, the father of Singapore.
The Age
Democracy meant that the majority Shiites became the new winners in post-Saddam Iraq; and the minority Sunnis the new losers, writes research associate Tom Switzer.
The Lowy Interpreter
On the death of former Malcolm Fraser, research associate Tom Switzer eulogises the former prime minister and salutes his foreign policy nous, both while in government and in the decades after.
The US–Japan–Australia trilateral security relationship shows the best way to transform relations in the Asia–Pacific for a more integrated and networked future.
The Lowy Interpreter
Research associate Tom Switzer writes in praise of Brent Scowcroft, America's leading foreign-policy strategist of the past 40 years.
The National Interest
Many supporters of the US's invasion of Iraq still refuse to acknowledge its ongoing impact on the nation today. Research associate Tom Switzer says neo-conservatives should abandon their foreign-policy fairy tales.
The Australian
Critics say the US response to China's planned Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has been confused and contradictory. Visiting professor Linda Jakobson argues Australia should distance itself from the American stance.
The Lowy Interpreter
Australia's likely decision to become a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) marks the loosening of America's 70 year command over global governance, says lecturer Malcolm Jorgensen.
US News & World Report
Mike Huckabee's peddling of a questionable diabetes treatment should leave GOP voters wary says research associate Nicole Hemmer.
ABC The Drum
Given all the Clintons have been accused of, perhaps it's not surprising Hillary Clinton has developed a reputation for being secretive and suspicious, says research associate John Barron. Clinton's recently revealed...
US News & World Report
Research associate Nicole Hemmer says the Republican Party's focus on voter fraud lends itself to an image of discrimination.
The American Conservative
The United States would be wise not to intervene in a fight against the Islamic State terror group that is, in reality, a sectarian dispute in the Middle East, says...
The Guardian
Before Australia's 2013 federal election, Prime Minister Tony Abbott had beceme a straight-talking skeptic of Western intervention in Iraq, says research associate Tom Switzer. A newly announced deployment of 300 troops to...
