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The Christian Science Monitor
Barack Obama has failed to articulate a clear vision for America’s role in the world, says research associate Nicole Hemmer, so his actions often appear haphazard and aimless. But can a...
The Lowy Interpreter
Relations between the US and Russia have recently taken a frosty turn, but talk of a new cold war is overheated. PhD candidate and Centre tutor Gorana Grgic says there's less to...
Planetizen
The 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin by Geoge Zimmerman was the result of expansive ideas of property rights created by gated communities, says honorary professor in urban policy Edward Blakely. Until these communities...
Could US ingenuity during the war show the way forward to renewing America today?
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are leading the greatest upheaval in university education since the advent of the printing press according to a new report co-authored by chief operating officer and research associate at...
The 13th issue of the Centre's magazine, American Review.
The Conversation and the New Zealand Herald
There is a real debate to be had about the proper balance between freedom of information and classified government operations, says PhD candidate Malcolm Jorgensen. But was...
David R. Howell reviews Rosemary Foot and Andrew Walter's book China, the United States, and Global Order for the July issue of China Journal.
It is imperative that Canberra thinks clearly and coldly about what the national interest requires with respect to China
The Weekend Australian
Have the forces of progress, peace, and prosperity reshaped international relations to the point where an increasingly globalised world is "converging towards peace"? Research associate Tom Switzer considers in this review of...
The Australian
Dennis Blair, a former commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Command and former US director of National Intelligence, says Americans would find it difficult to understand economic relations with China causing Australia to...
The Conversation
Against the backdrop of American history, the Trayvon Martin case was always going to be about race, says lecturer David Smith. But the subject or race was mostly avoided in the...
The Conversation
Instead of praising the Washington Post and American journalist Glenn Greenwald, who reported on the NSA's online surveillance programs based on information leaked by Edward Snowden, many members of the American...
The Spectator
Research associate Tom Switzer reviews Richard N. Haass's Foreign Policy Begins at Home, calling it a book that should be on President Barack Obama's reading list.
The career of a distinguished US diplomat during the Cold War has lessons for America’s place in the region today
The Conversation
When the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, it didn't just permit the federal government to recognise same-sex marriage. Research associate Nicole Hemmer says the...
ABC The Drum
For the people of Syria, the continued conflict in their nation is tragic, says research associate Tom Switzer. Nevertheless, Barack Obama has been right to ignore calls to commit US forces...
The Lowy Interpreter
The parallels between the current conflict in Syria and the crisis in Bosnia of the 1990s are tempting: humanitarian conditions, regional dynamics, and US reluctance are all points of similarity...
ABC The Drum
Free trade agreements have long been accused of sending jobs overseas, but tarriffs and subsidies have just as long a history with outsourcing. Research associate Marc Palen why protectionism is again...
The Age and Fairfax Online
The American people don't want another war. Barack Obama has tried to stay out of the conflict. So why is the US arming rebels in Syria, in what...
