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The Australian
Both Barack Obama and Australia's governing Labor Party face tough elections in the near future, but Centre CEO Geoffrey Garrett says each is approaching the forthcoming poll with a different set of...
The Australian
In his recent trips to Washington and Beijing, Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott walked an awkward line between sentimentality and realism, says Centre lecturer in the history of the US–Australia alliance...
The Age
Today's presidential candidates could do worse than reflect on Nixon's realism four decades ago, says research associate Tom Switzer. American power is past its zenith, and even Nixon saw it coming.
The Age
If the US and Australia can no longer afford to respond to the full spectrum of defence contingencies, then they have little choice but to agree on a new division of...
The Australian
Critics of Australian military deployments on the left and the right frequently cast the country as a sycophantic subordinate taking orders from its more powerful American ally. Associate professor in American...
The coming year brings new leaders and new challenges for the China-US relationship
Is the US ready for free-for-all First World immigration?
Journalists and politicos jumping on to the Twitter bandwagon are missing out on the real revolution
The US can reverse its economic fortunes by looking to China’s energy policies
The Conversation
The President's latest speech on tax policy aimed not to promote new policy or push legislation forward but rather to re-frame the election as a battle between out-of-touch, intransigent Mitt Romney...
The Sydney Morning Herald
The United States has long considered its global pre-eminence to be a crucial part of its identity. Now, as the nation's power and influence declines, can its next president...
The Australian
The Supreme Court completed its term with its high-profile ruling on the constitutionality of Obamcare, but the attention given to that case obscured other consequential decisions. Centre professor of legal policy...
The Conversation
Although the Supreme Court ruled last week that Obamacare was constitutional, Chief Justice John Roberts eschewed the constitutional doctrines the law was meant to rely upon. Centre lecturer Harry Melkonian explains why, in...
Western firms’ preconceptions about China’s slowness in radical innovation are misplaced. They must prepare for a tsunami of competition from China-based multinationals, which increasingly see the markets of the developed world as their...
The Drum
When the 2012 election is over, is it possible legislation passed under a President Romney wouldn't be too dissimilar from that passed by President Obama? Luke Freedman, who runs the Centre's...
The Canberra Times
The labor disputes in Wisconsin that culminated in Governor Scott Walker facing a recall election have much in common with Australia's 2007 federal election, says Centre professor of legal policy David...
The Conversation
The election of Barack Obama has seen Australian approval of the United States creep steadily up, and Australians generally approve of the US president. But, says Centre lecturer David Smith, the...
The Australian
The Republican Party was once a broad church that could accomodate the likes of Jacob Javitz, John Lindsay, and Nelson Rockefeller, says professor of legal policy David Weisbrot. But is there any...
