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The Australian
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's tough talk in response to Vladimir Putin reflects public sentiment. But research associate Tom Switzer says banning Russia's president from the G20 would be counterproductive to the...
ABC The Drum
Visiting scholar Adam Lockyer argues that any contribution Australia makes to US fight against the Islamic State terror group is largely symbolic. As such, Australians should consider whether the risk of...
Society for US Intellectual History
In 2010, libertarian writer Julian Sanchez said movement conservatives had fallen victim to a system of "epistemic closure." Research associate Nicole Hemmer explores why the roots of this malady...
US News & World Report
A district judge has struck down a Texas voter-ID law struck down that she said unfairly targeted minorities. Research associate Nicole Hemmer says the decision shows it's time for...
Hillary Clinton’s account of her time as secretary of state is no companion to Kissinger’s Diplomacy or Thatcher’s Statecraft
US News & World Report
Republicans say their push for tighter regulations governing abortion providers is designed to protect the health and safety of the women using their services. Instead, research associate Nicole...
The publication of the Alliance 21 report, The Australia-US Partnership marks the completion of three years' research and collaboration at the highest levels of the Australia-US alliance. It sets out clear strategic guideposts...
The Australian
The deployment of Australian military personnel to fight alongside the United States in the Middle East underlines the importance of the two nations' alliance. However, co-director of the Centre's Alliance 21 project Robert...
History News Network
Have elites and the public gone their separate ways on foreign policy? Research associate Marc Palen says the work of early 20th century thinkers lends credence to the idea that the...
The Lowy Interpreter
In a rare television interview, former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard recently reflected on his decision to commit Australia to the US's 2003 Iraq invasion. Lecturer Malcolm Jorgensen says current Prime...
The Canberra Times
Last week, the community of San Diego set records for electricity consumption, yet none of the heatwave-induced demand was supplied through coal-generated power. Visiting scholar Tony Haymet explains how California offers...
History & Policy
Could imperialism arise from aristocracy, and, if the United States has no aristocracy, what might explain that nation's militarism? Research associate Marc Palen considers the lessons the history of imperialism might...
The Guardian
Developed countries were not properly prepared for the outbreak of ebola in west Africa, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Shalailah Medhora visited the CDC as part of the...
The Australian
Research associate Tom Switzer has found himself out of step with prevailing conservative opinion on the wisdom of the US-led mission against the Islamic State terrorist group. In this piece, he explains...
The tenth anniversary of the passing of America’s 40th president is a timely moment to examine the Reagan myth
A special edition of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (Vol 14, Issue 1, 2014), edited by the US Studies Centre's Professor Roger Benjamin has been published. Entitled “American Art, Australian...
For all the 37th president’s flaws, he had an amazing ability to bounce back from serious setbacks
The Australian
The new US-led mission in Iraq sounds like a noble cause. But research associate Tom Switzer warns the fight against the Islamic State terror group is more complicated than the war's proponents...
ABC The Drum
Barack Obama's failure to put the rise of Islamic State in the context of the broader Sunni–Shia dispute was a crucial, and revealing, oversight in his address, writes research associate...
The Conversation
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott wants to prevent Australians fighting alongside the Islamic State jihadist group from returning home. Visiting scholar Adam Lockyer and Macquarie University associate lecturer George Milad say when...
