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The Conversation
The government shutdown has put more than 800,000 non-essential federal workers on unpaid leave. Lecturer in US politics David Smith looks at how the Congressional conflict might evolve over the coming days and...
The National Interest
Renewed interest in the legacy of John F. Kennedy is most fruitful when it focuses on the lessons of the former president's tenure. Centre 2012 postdoctoral fellow Rob Rakove considers what...
The Conversation
If Congress can’t agree on a funding bill soon, the federal government closes its doors. Research associate Nicole Hemmer offers you a guide to what happens next.
The American Conservative
Whether the deal to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles is enforceable and verifiable is an open question. But what is clear is that some cautionary lessons have already emerged from...
The Globalist
What are the architects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreements trying to keep secret? Research associate Marc Palen argues that the TPP negotiations deserve greater openness and international debate.
Complete withdrawal in good order and in good time may well be the best option available
Washington and the West should recognise Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear enrichment and do business with the new leader
Five key diplomats set the scene for America’s intervention and triumph in World War II
Detroit Free Press
Unions in the US are sufering from declining membership and hostile regulation, say visiting professor Margaret Levi and the University of Wisconsin-Madison's John S. Ahlquist. Will reforms proposed by...
Australian Financial Review
Russian president Vladimir Putin provoked outrage in the US when the New York Times published an opinion piece chiding American leadership and denouncing US military intervention. But Barack Obama might...
The Sydney Morning Herald
Ensuring women are represented in the ranks of executive leadership is one of the most pressing issues for gender equality in the workforce both in the US and in...
ABC The Drum
President Barack Obama's response to Syria has been uncertain and contradictory, says research associate Tom Switzer. The result is that American credibility and prestige have been dissipated and squandered.
The Lowy Interpreter
President Barack Obama's recent efforts to mobilise support for a military intervention in Syria that would have only modest positive effects, at best, are hard to comprehend, writes Centre tutor Gorana...
The Conversation
Does Barack Obama even want the US to launch an attack against Syria? Lecturer David Smith thinks the tell-tale sign Obama doesn’t actually want a military strike is the fact he asked Congress...
In the Interest of Others develops a new theory of organisational leadership and governance to explain why some organisations expand their scope of action in ways that do not benefit their members directly...
The Sydney Morning Herald
The US response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria has inserted foreign policy into the Australian federal election campaign. Lecturer Malcolm Jorgensen says both Prime Minister Kevin Rudd...
The Australian
The constraints on any response the US makes to the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria are political, not military, says lecturer Adam Lockyer. But America's desire...
The Sydney Morning Herald
Wednesday 28 August will mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, but the civil rights leader should not be reduced to a single...
The Conversation
From Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon, White House pets have a long history of attracting public sympathy for their presidential masters. Lecturer David Smith looks at the politics of Barack Obama's new...
The Conversation
As CNN and NBC ready documentaries and miniseries on Hillary Clinton, attention once again turns to the former secretary of state's future prospects. Research associate Nicole Hemmer considers the big three questions...
