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US News & World Report
The media's fixation on candidates' diets tells us nothing about their leadership potential, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.
There is much more to the story of Australia simply following the Mother Country into battle
The Strategist
Has a lack of upper-tier leadership doomed the US pivot to Asia? Alliance 21 research assistant Andrew Kwon says new secretary of defense Ashton Carter has the potential to revitalise the strategic...
US News & World Report
Research associate Nicole Hemmer says the much-feared backlash to same-sex marriage has already come and gone.
The Democratic frontrunner has no compelling message for why she wants to be president
US News & World Report
Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio wants to double down on the most disastrous decade in US foreign policy history, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.
ABC The Drum
Less extreme and more likeable than Ted Cruz, more mainstream and electable than Rand Paul, newly declared Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is one to watch. Research associate John Barron warns...
ABC The Drum
Hillary Clinton has joined the race for the US presidency again. Research associate John Barron says the assumption she will snap up the top job this time might just prove her greatest...
Marco Rubio is trying to unite the four different factions of modern American conservatism.
A successful agreement with Iran will have repercussions far beyond nuclear proliferation.
Western Europe is showing serious signs of splintering over isolating Russia.
The new nuclear deal between the United States and Iran charts a new direction for American foreign policy that makes the Middle East and the world a safer place.
ABC The Drum
Libertarian standard-bearer Rand Paul is a Washington senator running against the DC machine. Research associate John Barron weighs his chances of winning the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
US News & World Report
Rand Paul's 2016 campaign is libertarian in style, but not substance, says research associate Nicole Hemmer.
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...
