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Romney is making tardy moves to build bridges with the Hispanic electorate
It is not nuclear weapons that threaten world peace but conventional weapons and the will to use them
The Conversation
The goal of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, this week isn't simply to court "undecideds", writes US elections analyst Luke Freedman. It’s to convince voters who are unsure...
The Conversation
In her first post for The Conversations election blog, research associate Nicole Hemmer highlights what to look out for, both good and bad, in the lead up to November 6 and...
The Age
With two months to go before the presidential election, America's trademark sense of irrepressible optimism and purpose has been shrouded in uncertainty, acrimony and historic levels of dissatisfaction. And as research...
The Australian
With the American midwest suffering through the worst drought since 1956, winner of the Centre's World Press Institute fellowship David King profiles the farmers who are doing it tough in Iowa.
The Australian
After a New Orleans-bound hurricane scotched their convention kick-off for the second time in a row, Republicans must have wondered what they did to deserve such rotten luck. But these attention-grabbing...
The Australian
A new charter school in Minneapolis is turning stereotypes about demography and destiny on their head, using a kindergarten to college model to achieve amazing results. Winner of the Centre's World...
The Conversation
Hey, you just met him. And this is crazy. But here's Mitt Romney. Next POTUS, maybe? Lecturer Adam Lockyer gives you the low down on how the 2012 campaign might play...
There is a fine line between comment and cant in the online forums of Asian analysis
Executive summary
Led by China, economies across the region have dug, built, manufactured, paved, mined, and “infrastructured” their way toward economic success. At the same time, ‘soft’ power has not paralleled these ‘hard’...Executive summary
The Australia-US alliance is confronted with a range of political, economic, social and demographic changes that have redefined the character of the Asian region and how Asia interacts with the rest...Executive summary
In spite of the lessons from history that rising powers almost always upset the status quo and cause conflict, the early 2000s saw a China that was seemingly rising "peacefully." However, despite the...ABC News Online
The 1973 purchase of Blue Poles for $1.3 million divided public opinion then but four decades later, the purchase of Jackson Pollock's painting is regarded as a masterstroke. Former recipient...
The Atlantic
Mitt Romney isn't famed for his oratory like Barack Obama, but chair in US media James Fallows says the President underestimates his Republican opponent at his peril. The video record shows that...
Foreign Policy
Much to US displeasure, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced last week that he would attend the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. Nonalignment, says postdoctoral fellow Rob Rakove, is something the...
The Canberra Times
In 2012, the first Tuesday in America won't just mean Melbourne Cup day for Australians — they'll also be watching the finish of another horse race. Associate professor Brendon O'Connor considers...
The Spectator Australia
Any Australian viewers who tune in to Romney's speech at the Republican National Convention next week may be struck by his similarities to former Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull. But as...
The Conversation
When Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin claimed that women rarely get pregnant from a "legitimate rape," condemnation from both sides of politics was swift and without reservation. But the comments...
A rare glimpse into the daily routine of a bohemian from Down Under
