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The Conversation
More than one hundred thousand Americans are shot or killed with a gun each year, writes professor of legal policy David Weisbrot. But only after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary...
The Conversation
Once upon a time, the thought that Congress would allow the United States to default on its financial obligations to be beyond the pale, says elections analyst Luke Freedman. Will the...
Can social media calm the waters between Japan and China?
The Huffington Post
Worldly. Flexible. Adaptable. Research associates Tom Switzer and Nicole Hemmer say former president Richard Nixon had another side and today's Republicans would do well to learn from him.
The Conversation
The United States' debt ceiling has caused a fabricated crisis, writes research associate Nicole Hemmer, but it can be solved with a fabricated solution. Could a trillion dollar coin save the American...
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
Once upon a time, realism in foreign policy was the domain of the Republican Party, says research associate Tom Switzer. But the opposition to Chuck Hagel...
The Spectator
Richard Nixon was a conservative more like the Tories of old than today's Republican party, argue research associates Tom Switzer and Nicole Hemmer. But today's GOP — and American politics — might...
The Australian
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the 37th president of the United States, Richard Nixon. Despite the ignominy surrounding his memory, research associates Tom Switzer and Nicole...
The Australian
Last week, Australian treasurer Wayne Swan took to Twitter to criticise US Tea Party politicians for their fiscal policies. Swan's hypocrisy, says research associate Tom Switzer, is astounding.
ABC The Drum
As the United States steps down in Afghanistans, local troops need to step up to replace US forces. Lecturer in US foreign policy Adam Lockyer identifies one problem: the Afghan National Army...
The Australian
On the same day Barack Obama was re-elected to another four year term, the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico voted to becomes a new US state. Research associate Marc Palen says Australia's...
The Australian
After the hope accompanying the Arab spring and the subsequent adoption of a new constitution, Egypt has found itself with a polarised political climate. Research associate Leah Farrall says if mob violence...
ABC The Drum
The United States has always had a gun culture, but it's recently adopted an unprecedentedly militiaristic quality. Lecturer in US politics David Smith says the gun industry and its political wing...
The Conversation
After the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school Barack Obama seems for the first time resolved to defy the difficult politics of gun control. Lecturer in US politics David Smith explains just...
The Australian
In the words of former president George H.W. Bush: Who the hell is Grover Norquist? Research associate Nicole Hemmer looks at the man who introduced into US politics an anti-tax pledge...
History News Network
This past November, Puerto Rico voted to become the 51st state of the Union. Research associate Marc Palen explores how the US first took control of the Caribbean island, and considers...
ABC The Drum
Barack Obama warned the this week against using chemical weapons on its own people. Lecturer in US foreign policy Adam Lockyer says America's tough talk is a sign it's trying to...
The Conversation
The fiscal cliff is an uneccessary and easily avoidable crisis, says research associate Nicole Hemmer. The grand bargain Barack Obama is cobbling together with Republicans would only hurt the most vulnerable.
The Australian
The Obama administration is pursuing its Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, but it has run into competition from an alternate regional trade deal, says research associate Marc Palen. Can the US-led TPP co-exist...
The US lacks a united foreign policy elite to deal with its relative decline
