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The Australian
As Russia encroaches further upon Ukrainian territory, the United States grows more concerned about Russian expansionism. Research associate Tom Switzer argues that the West has a choice to make in how it...
Fairfax Media
Research associate Tom Switzer says US President Barack Obama was right to order limited air strikes to stop jihadists from carrying out a genocide in northern Iraq. But that does not mean the...
US News & World Report
Will new US educational guidelines expose students to a "dark retelling of US history"? Research associate Nicole Hemmer explains why conservative critiques threaten to turn the teaching of American...
Australian Financial Review
Australian ties with the United States are closer than ever, but the nation's view of China has shifted dramatically in recent times. Research associate Tom Switzer says the reaction to two...
ABC The Drum
Middle Eastern extremist group the Islamic State is the greatest threat to international peace and security since al Qaeda was at its deadly peak. Visiting professor Adam Lockyer and Macquarie University...
The Age
Throughout its history, America has seen far too many events like those over the past week-and-a-half in Ferguson, Missouri. Lecturer Thomas Adams says the problem lies in a politics incapable of changing the...
US News & World Report
The shooting of an unarmed black man by police in Ferguson, Missouri, has stoked both civil rights and civil liberties concerns. The crisis, says research associate Nicole Hemmer...
Like the ideology undergirding Occupy Wall Street, Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the Twenty-First Century exhibits a marked lack of historical consciousness and complexity, writes lecturer Thomas Adams. In this essay, he argues...
The Wall Street Journal
Crippled by debt at home and distracted by crises in Gaza, Ukraine, and the Middle East, America is feared to be no longer able to exercise leadership in the Asia–Pacific...
ABC The Drum
The killing of an unarmed black teenager by police in Ferguson, Missouri, has spurred protests and national attention. Lecturer David Smith says the heavy-handed response from law enforcement has shown Americans the...
The Conversation
Few people expected the opening shots of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign to take aim at the Obama administration. Research associate Nicole Hemmer says the former secretary of state's critique is based on...
ABC The Drum
Barack Obama's approach to the Middle East has been criticised by both the left and right. Research associate Tom Switzer says Obama's cautionary tactics in the Middle East did not create...
US Studies Centre CEO Dr Bates Gill has contributed the chapter "Untapped Trilateralism: Common Economic and Security Interests of the European Union, the United States and China" to a new book exploring the economic...
The former prime minister is right to question the bipartisan complacency about the US–Australia alliance, but he overstates his case for abandonment
US News & World Report
Can Hillary Clinton play the Reagan to Barack Obama's Jimmy Carter? Research associate Nicole Hemmer looks at the possible Democratic presidential contender's recent foreign policy statements.
The Guardian
Does the ouster of Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki justify a more interventionist role in Iraq? Research associate Tom Switzer argues that instead of ending the moral and strategic catastrophe unfolding...
The National Interest
Richard Nixon was a man so driven by insecurities and hatreds that he abused his powers and resorted to dirty tricks and cover-ups. He was also, as research associate Tom...
Australian Financial Review
Since World War II, appeasement has been considered a dirty word in foreign policy circles. Research associate Tom Switzer says it could be due for a 21st century rethink.
Australian Financial Review
Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Fraser believes Australia should abandon its decades long, unquestioning alliance with the US. Professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University Hugh White questions his...
Washington Post
A recent article by Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen criticised the record of the Nixon White House on civil rights. To the contrary, research associate Tom Switzer says, Richard Nixon implemented a...
