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Quarterly Essay
It is easier to counter Islamic State on the battlefield than it is to defeat them in the arena of public perception. Nevertheless, says Alliance 21 director James Brown, liberal democracies...
The University of Nottingham China Policy Institute
The US and China have never been close, writes CEO Bates Gill, but Xi Jinping's visit to Washington coincides with many new and troubling fissures in...
US News & World Report
Pope Francis's arrival in the United States coincides with an increased interest among high-profile liberals in discussing their faith, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.
The Lowy Interpreter
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull shares a determination with his predecessor Tony Abbott that the US alliance remains the cornerstore of Australian foreign policy, writes lecturer Malcolm Jorgensen.
The Strategist
Research associate Malcolm Jorgensen says that the US and Australia's push into Syria in the fight against Islamic State helps resolve questions of international law, rather than exacerbating them.
US News & World Report
The Republican presidential contest now pivots solely on immigration, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.
American engagement with international law (IL) is regularly criticised as fraught with contradiction and distorted by beliefs in “exceptionalism.” That raises a puzzling question: Why is American international legal policy framed by commitment...
East Asia Forum
There's nothing new about presidential candidates fearmongering over China. PhD candidate Elizabeth Ingleson says President Barack Obama should disregard Republican calls to cancel Chinese President Xi Jinping's official state visit.
US News & World Report
Conservatives like Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis have long-borrowed civil rights-era protest tactics and rhetoric, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.
The Strategist
The Australian government is likely to join the US-led air campaign in Syria against Islamic State. Research associate Tom Switzer, however, urges skepticism and caution.
The Australian
Bestselling author Naomi Klein argues nations must abandon capitalism to fight climate change. Research associate Tom Switzer says that the experience of the United States and other countries shows instead that capitalism...
ABC The Drum
If Hillary Clinton is to lose the "frontrunner" tag for the Democratic presidential nomination, it will boil down to just one issue: likeability, says research associate John Barron.
The debate over the Russia–Ukraine crisis has its genesis in the arguments over NATO expansion in the 1990s
Sandy Burgoyne, Director of the Future Cities Collaborative, was invited to share with academics and practioners the innovative work of the Future Cites Program at the S3 Singapore Sustainability Symposium held in Nanyang Technological...
US News & World Report
Conservative politics and the Republican Party have changed in four major ways over the past decade, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.
Huffington Post
Lecturer Thomas Adams says the disaster that was Hurricane Katrina affected all residents regardless of their income or racial status. What happened to New Orleans afterward, however, was shaped intrinsically by imbalances...
Jacobin
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, reformers and civic boosters are celebrating the rebirth of New Orleans. Lecturer Thomas Adams asks whether efforts to use the city as a blank...
The Guardian
To effectively prevent China from militarising its new islands, the United States should look to regional economic, rather than military, threats, says Alliance 21 research fellow Ashley Townshend.
Fairfax Media
The United States has formally requested that Australia's support in the fight against Islamic State be extended beyond Iraq to include Syria. Lecturer Malcolm Jorgensen considers the legal implications involved in Australia...
The New York Times
President Barack Obama says Republicans oppose his nuclear deal with Iran for the same reasons they preferred military action over diplomacy in Iraq in 2003. Research associates Nicole Hemmer...
