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The Wall Street Journal Asia and The Australian
Skeptics continue to question the Obama administration's signature foreign-policy initiative, the so-called "pivot," which devotes additional US attention and resources to Asia. But Centre CEO...
US News & World Report
Conservative pundits Glenn Beck and Laura Ingraham didn't like Coca-Cola's America The Beautiful Super Bowl ad. Research associate Nicole Hemmer says that's bad news for the GOP.
In this article for The Historical Journal, research associate Marc Palen examines how The Wealth of Nations (1776) was transformed into an amorphous text regarding the imperial question throughout the late nineteenth and early...
Although the latest instalment’s explanation of the 2012 election is limited, it offers useful insights into American political culture and campaigns
US News & World Report
Two hours before kick-off on Super Bowl Sunday, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News sat down for an interview with President Barack Obama. Research associate Nicole Hemmer says O'Reilly's...
ABC The Drum
When President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address to highlight gender-based pay inequality, he also publicly backed the increasing numbers of high-achieving American women who are making world...
Historians are often charged — sometimes correctly — with precipitously proclaiming a “new” field of study: a field that, upon further investigation, is shown to be remarkably similar to earlier turns in the...
The 15th issue of the Centre's magazine, American Review.
The Age and Fairfax Online
In his State of the Union address, Barack Obama announced a new tactic for political change: the "pen and phone" approach. But research associate Nicole Hemmer doubts whether executive...
Washington should reorder priorities in favour of domestic reforms and a more discriminatory foreign policy
US News & World Report
New proposals aren't enough for Barack Obama's presidency; he needs to convince the public he has a plan on how to actually enact them. Research associate Nicole Hemmer says...
The Conversation
On the eve of Barack Obama's sixth State of the Union address, research associate Nicole Hemmer previews a speech that will big on rhetoric but may offer little hope for those...
Relations between the new Australian government and China got off to a rocky start, writes Centre visiting professor Linda Jakobson. In this essay for the Asan Forum, she focuses on relations between the...
The US News & World Report
A slow-down in Chinese growth might benefit the US in realpolitik terms, but co-director of the Centre's Alliance 21 project Geoffrey Garrett says incorporating the Middle Kingdom into free...
The Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax Online
Five years after Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States, hopes of monumental change have been dashed. Research associate Tom Switzer says...
US News & World Report
Democrats are getting increasingly excited about a Hillary Clinton presidential run, but research associate Nicole Hemmer is not enthused. Are dynastic politics going to be too big a part...
The Atlantic
Can media be objective and partisan at the same time? Research associate Nicole Hemmer says the idea of a "fair and balanced" counterpart to mainstream media didn't begin with Fox News.
US News & World Report
A new book pitches Fox News as "a political machine that employs journalists." Research associate Nicole Hemmer takes a broader look at the history of conservative media and finds...
Government News
From Portland, Oregon, to Los Angeles, to Boulder, Colorado, US cities offer lessons on how municipalities might adapt to a changing environment. Honorary professor in urban policy Edward Blakely recounts what mayors...
