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Perceptions of subservience to Washington hurt Pakistan’s ruling classes at the ballot box
American conservatives have little to gain by reverting to 18th century principles
ABC The Drum Online
Just how slim does a US presidential hopeful have to be to get elected these days? Research associate and ABC journalist John Barron thinks he knows the answer.
The Christian Science Monitor
Whatever the motivations for the IRS targeting conservative groups, it has drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum. Liberals also worry the scandal will feed right-wing paranoia of government...
Online Opinion
Claims that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against opposition forces were just another in a series of so-called 'red lines' crossed by the Syrian government. But can these claims...
Australian Policy Online
A recent paper shows the considerable health, social and economic consequences of climate change in developing countries of the Pacific Ocean. Research associate Lesley Russell says Australia has a key role to...
The Age
So you think America is in decline and China on the rise? Think again. In an edited extract from the latest edition of American Review, Clyde Prestowitz from the Economic Strategy...
The Australian Financial Review
In an edited extract from their piece in The American Interest, research associate Tom Switzer and foreign policy expert Owen Harries argue the world has changed and America can...
Notwithstanding the removal of combat exclusion, obstacles to genuine gender equality in the US forces remain
Prevention is justified against terrorists, but containment works against rogue states
Kishore Mahbubani shows once again why he is one of the world’s leading thinkers
The Conversation
US president Barack Obama has renewed his promise to close the controversial US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay but research associate Michael Ondaatje says the task will be far from simple.
The Canberra Times
Australian Defence White Papers tend to tell us more about the state of domestic politics than anything else and the 2013 paper is no exception says lecturer Adam Lockyer.
The 12th issue of the Centre's magazine, American Review.
A former high-profile pessimist does a volte face on US economic decline
The Conversation
Last week's Boston Marathon bombings and the manhunt generated wide-spread media coverage that sometimes put expediency over accuracy. Research associate in counter terrorism Leah Farrall looks at how academics can both...
The Australian
The news media's initial response to the Boston bombings was marked by an admirable restraint, says research associate Nicole Hemmer. In the days that followed, however, the reporting took a turn...
ABC The Drum
Foreign policy analysts believe Kim Jong Un's sabre-rattling on the Korean peninsula is a high-risk gamble or a gambit designed to reassure the North Korean people. Then again, says lecturer...
The Conversation
Ninety-one per cent of Americans want laws requiring tougher criminal background checks for people who want to buy guns. Lecturer in US politics and foreign policy David Smith explains why the Senate...
