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US News & World Report
Conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck plans to donate teddy bears and soccer balls to immigrant children detained after crossing the US border, but his act of charity is stoking...
US News & World Report
An experiment by Facebook, in which the social network changed the variety of content it presented people so as to manipulate their emotions, has outraged users. Research associate...
The Conversation
Australian artist Sia has not only found international success as a performer, but also as a writer for American stars like Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Britney Spears. Lecturer Rebecca Sheehan discusses how the singer-songwriter's...
A novel of race and immigration draws US culture with comic precision
Obama’s feckless foreign policy has encouraged Russian intransigence in Ukraine
US News & World Report
In an America suspicious of commercial power, the Supreme Court is becoming increasingly business friendly in its rulings. Research associate Nicole Hemmer says in its Hobby Lobby decision, the...
The Conversation
American soul singer Bobby Womack, who died this past week, has been rightly eulogised as an R&B great. Lecturer Rebecca Sheehan memorialises his career.
In this book US Studies Centre lecturer Thomas J. Adams and the University of New Orleans's Chair in Latin American Studies Steve Striffler look at the history and politics of labour in New Orleans.
In this new era of uncertainty, the security alliance has never been more important to Australia’s security
What does a corporation owe to the country from which it straddles the globe?
A controversial 1992 defence strategy has helped shape the US foreign policy mindset of containing Russia in its own backyard
US News & World Report
The crisis in Iraq has re-energised the foreign policy fight in the Republican Party, says research associate Nicole Hemmer. But on the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton is shifting...
The Australian
Explanations that seek to pin the sectarian conflict in Iraq on Western withdrawal from Iraq or inaction in Syria have merit. But research associate Tom Switzer says the true blame lies with...
US News & World Report
Leading conservative commentators are trying to pin the present turmoil in Iraq on President Barack Obama's foreign policy. Research associate Nicole Hemmer, however, says the country's troubles have...
ABC The Drum Online
Defence Minister David Johnston's frank comments to Tony Jones on Lateline, made in the context of a rising China, may be more revealing about US-Australia relations than the White...
The Conversation
Courts are increasingly making use of functional magnetic resonance imaging to pinpoint psychopathy. Visiting fellow Micol Seigel says the science rests upon a number of questionable assumptions, particularly about the efficacy of the...
Australian Financial Review
As Australian prime minister Tony Abbott heads to Washington, commentators are predicting an American retreat from the world. Research associate Tom Switzer says that although the US will cease to act like...
US News & World Report
In a new book, conservative pundit Andrew McCarthy argues Congress should impeach President Barack Obama. Research associate Nicole Hemmer is not convinced.
In the midst of the Congressional primaries taking place across America this summer, the Tea Party’s history continues to be written. Tea Party membership and funding have continued to grow over the last...
The National Interest
A recently published foreign policy essay in The New Republic says that the United States must reaasert its global preeminence. Research associate Tom Switzer says the author, Robert Kagan, has made...
