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US News & World Report
The same week the series finale of television comedy Parks and Recreation went to air, season three of the far more cynical melodrama House of Cards debuted. Research...
The Conversation
The Hollywood cliffhanger thrills most intensely when action moves towards foregone conclusions. Lecturer Aaron Nyerges explains why the dramatic device mirrors frustrated sexual excitement.
ABC The Drum
If Ben Carson's prominent role in Republican politics resonates with even a fairly small section of the African-American community as well as Tea Party conservatives, it could just tip the...
US News & World Report
The left-wing alternative to Fox isn't liberal-minded cable news, says research associate Nicole Hemmer. Comedians like Jon Stewart and John Oliver are already doing the job.
Foreign Affairs
The intensified US–Australian relationship in recent years has attracted little congressional attention and awareness among the American public. Nevertheless, CEO Bates Gill and research associate Tom Switzer say Australia now figures more prominently...
US News & World Report
A Florida state senator wants high school students in the students to watch a film by conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza as part of their history education. Research associate...
The Australian
Barack Obama’s request that Congress authorise further action against the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria has drawn criticism from the left and right. Research associate Tom Switzer says escalating...
The New Republic
When NBC news anchor Brian Williams was found to have fabricated a story from the Iraq War, the failure seemed to be one of self-aggrandisement, not bias. Nevertheless, says research...
The Diplomat
US and Pakistan strategic interests have rarely converged converged, says lecturer Sarah Graham. Nevertheless Washington has only limited means of influencing Pakistan.
The Conversation
President Richard Nixon described his 1972 meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong as the "week that changed the world," but US–China was in reality a protracted process. PhD candidate Elizabeth Ingleson says the...
ABC The Drum
If the US provided deadly arms to the Ukrainian army it could simply escalate the crisis with Russia and prove counterproductive. Lecturer Gorana Grgic says diplomatic options haven't been exhausted yet.
The Lowy Interpreter
While there are similarities between the Yalta Conference that brought together Franklin D. Rooevelt, Winsotn Churchill, and Josef Stalin 70 years ago and the situation in Europe today, research associate...
US News & World Report
Presidential love letters show the softer side of White House occupants, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.
ABC The Drum
Research associate John Barron says Scott Walker, a Midwestern governor and conservative hero, might have what it takes to claim the Republican Party nomination, and just possibly the presidency.
Women's Agenda
Melissa Grah-McIntosh, the director of W21, the Centre's 21st Century Women's Initative, says Barack Obama's State of the Union address has made gender equality a priority, one former Secretary of State...
PhD candidate David Howell reviews Sino–US Relations and the Role of Emotion in State Action: Understanding Post–Cold War Crisis Interactions by Taryn Shepperd.
US News & World Report
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's stumble over vaccination is no reason to turn it into a political issue, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.
The Conversation
Can the convergence of cinema and live performance provide a new way of looking at old film? Lecturer Bruce Isaacs watches as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra a live screening of a movie...
US News & World Report
Research associate Nicole Hemmer says the decline of the former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's political fortunes was fully evident at a recent event for Iowa conservatives.
The Australian
Moving beyond the platitudes that can dominate discussion of the Australia–US alliance, a recent Alliance 21 conference in Washington DC underlined the strength of the relationship, writes project director James Brown.
