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The Australian
Chinese foreign investment is fast becomes a defining feature of the global economy, says Centre CEO and dean of the University of Sydney Business School Geoffrey Garrett. But do the tough challenges...
History News Network
Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s running mate, owes a debt of gratitude to right-wing media similar to that of 1996 Republican vice-presidential pick Jack Kemp and 2008 VP hopeful Sarah Palin...
The Australian
Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate looked like it might have shaken up this year's presidential contest, but US election analyst Luke Freedman, who runs the Centre's...
The Huffington Post
Visiting professor Simon Jackman has been working on a tracking model for polling firm Pollster, and with election day less than three months away, he's found that Barack Obama maintains a...
Executive summary
The strategic changes occurring across Asia underpin thinking about the future of the US-Australia alliance. Over the past decade the regional economy has changed shape, placing China at the centre of...The Drum Online
Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate makes little difference to his chances of winning the election but the Ryan pick will make Romney's life a lot...
Foreign Policy In Focus
Rising inequality and crony capitalism have sparked fears of a return to the "Gilded Age" of the late 19th century. But postdoctoral fellow Marc Palen says the populist remedies for...
The Australian
The withdrawal of Western ground forces from Afghanistan in 2014 could well result in the disintegration of political order in the country, says Anatol Lieven, which is why a possibility of a...
China's tight online grip is having unintended consequences, while in India it's anything goes
Sydney Morning Herald
The 2012 contest is a difficult one for President Barack Obama — much like the 1993 Australian election was for then–Prime Minister Paul Keating, says research associate Tom Switzer. And...
The Age
As a vice-presidential pick, Paul Ryan is pitched perfectly to appeal to the Republican Party's base. But, Centre blogger Jonathan Bradley says, Mitt Romney's choice of running mate is a risk that...
At the heart of Iran's drive for nuclear power is the belief that it can be great again
The Conversation
Even acts of domestic terror as shocking as the recent Oak Creek and Aurora shootings have left Obama unable or unwillinging to pursue a tougher line on gun control. Lecturer in...
The Atlantic Cities
The city of Angkor Wat, Cambodia, was a vibrant, growing metropolis in the late 17th century. Angkor was the New York, Paris or Rome of its time. Yet, Angkor collapsed...
The Australian
Higher education is Australia's third largest export, but growing competition from big name US universities will require local institutions to rethink their approach. In a new report, Centre chief operating officer Sean...
The ninth issue of the Centre's magazine, American Review.
The Canberra Times
Mitt Romney's first overseas trip as a presidential candidate has not offered the Republican much room to explicitly criticise President Barack Obama, but he has nonetheless sought to draw a...
The Australian
In 1972, after the US had bombed the North Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong, Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam sent Richard Nixon a letter urging the two sides to come...
The Cold War alliance is moving to extend its reach well beyond the North Atlantic.
The Conversation
Mitt Romney's trip to the United Kingdom, Israel, and Poland was supposed to make him look presidential, says Centre elections analyst Luke Freedman. Instead, a series of gaffes have made the...
