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ABC The Drum
However unsettling, Russia's actions in Crimea are not irrational, says research associate Tom Switzer. In many ways they are a foreseeable reaction to America and the West's decisions since the collapse of...
The Communist leadership could remake itself as an anti-Western nationalist party, struggling against US–led encirclement
Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax Online
Russia's incursion into Ukraine territory is the rational reaction of a great power, not the return of the Cold War, says research associate Tom Switzer. That's why US...
ABC The Drum
Russia's intrusion into the Ukrainian region of Crimea has provoked warnings from the US, but are any of America's options likely to be effective? Lecturer Gorana Grgic says Russia appears to...
The American Conservative
Russia's recent actions don't herald a new Cold War, but a return to great power realism, says research associate Tom Switzer. At a time when Americans are suffering from foreign policy fatigue...
US News & World Report
Do conservative politics have a place for the godless? Research associate Nicole Hemmer explores the history behind a question that has vexed the American right long before the Conservative...
Barack Obama’s problems are a symptom of America’s crisis of confidence, not its cause
As the United States seeks a new global role, it should heed the counsel of the leading post-war realist
Far from asserting global hegemony, the United States is inadvertently acting like a balancer of last resort in the world
Australian Financial Review
Washington should reorder priorities in favour of domestic reforms and a more discriminatory foreign policy, writes president of the Council on Foreign Relations and Centre guest Richard N. Haass...
US News & World Report
As Republican state legislatures push "religious freedom" bills that would permit discrimination against gay citizens, liberals are finding new allies in the business community. Economic prosperity, explains research...
The Australian
Halfway through its two year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Australia has been offered the possibility of greater leverage in securing foreign policy objectives to...
US News & World Report
Grand bargains, NSA spying, and a botched health care roll out. Research associate Nicole Hemmer explains why Barack Obama's Washington is more House of Cards than it is The...
Barack Obama’s political decline reflects his failure to adapt to changing circumstances
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...
