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Marc Palen writes of his discovery of a travel narrative by an unnamed Canadian, who offered a unique and detailed foreigner's perspective as he trekked from Texas to Ottawa in the first months...
The Australian
Last month, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology began offering some of their courses online and at no cost to anyone who wants to take them — with certificates...
The Canberra Times
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has admired GOP Congressman Ron Paul's ability to spark a connection with people. Centre postdoctoral fellow Marc Palen suggests one arena in which Romney might tap...
The Weekend Australian
With American troops headed for Darwin and China set to overtake the US as the world's largest economy, many observers fear Australia will be caught in the middle of two...
The Australian
A higher than usual turnout of black, Latino and young voters was seen to be crucial to Obama's historic election victory in 2008. Professor David Weisbrot suggests there is no greater...
The Conversation
Last year – for the first time in modern history – Asia outspent Europe on their militaries. Dr Adam Lockyer says the true significance of this milestone lies in how easily...
The Australian
China's problematic rise to new heights has led to a resurgence in the popularity of Soviet-era strategies. Postdoctoral fellow Marc Palen suggests a new US strategy of Chinese containment is crystallising...
The Miller Centre Elections Blog
Failures of political journalism can quickly become failures of governance, thanks to the influence over elections the press has historically wielded, but how should journalists cover a campaign...
China’s three decades of miraculous growth is over, soon the table will turn in America’s favour
The Canberra Times
In a shocking decision, Indiana Republicans rejected their own six-term incumbent, Senator Richard Lugar, opting instead to nominate his more conservative challenger, Richard Mourdock. Postdoctoral fellow Rob Rakove says the...
New York Times Online
For Mitt Romney to win in November, he has to find a way to woo, but not wed, conservative media. Postdoctoral fellow Nicole Hemmer says there’s no better example...
The National Times Online
President Barack Obama's announcement that he now supports the rights of gay and lesbian couples to marry came a day after North Carolina passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex...
by Adam Lockyer
This article published in the Australian Journal of International Affairs argues that opposition political parties can play an important role in determining when and how a democracy exits a small...
The eighth issue of the Centre's magazine, American Review.
The division between home and market has long been a key dimension of family life and shifts across the home/market boundary are important for both gender inequality and the family. Two shifts across...
The Conversation
The launch of former Arkansas governor and previous presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's talk radio show shouldn't be a surprise, says post-doctoral fellow Nicole Hemmer. The marriage between conservative media and Republican...
The Canberra Times
In this excerpt from an essay appearing in the May issue of the US Studies Centre's journal, American Review, editor of the Lowy Institute's The Interpreter blog Sam Roggeveen argues...
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's imminent departure from Afghanistan, announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard this week, is long overdue, writes research associate Tom Switzer. The war in central Asia, he says, is...
