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by Adam Lockyer
This article explains how foreign assistance to one or both sides in a civil war influences the dynamics of the conflict. It submits that external assistance has the potential of...
The Drum (ABC Online)
Marc-William Palen considers the foreign policy problems with Republican Party presidential candidates, and argues Barack Obama's current pan-Pacific trip may garner support from a large segment of the American...
The Australian
Professor Alan Dupont says in the face of China's rising might, most southeast Asian nations have enthusiastically welcomed a stronger US presence in the region. This is an edited extract from...
The Atlantic
This feature article by US Studies Centre research associate Leah Farrall delves into the big picture of Iran's international ambitions and how they relate to the war in Afghanistan, the hunt...
The Australian
Professor Geoffrey Garrett says US President Barack Obama's goal in the upcoming intense month of regional diplomacy is to lay the foundations for a US-led free trade area of the Asia-Pacific...
The Australian
Professor Shanto Iyengar says new media is no saviour from negative politics, or at least not yet. In the meantime, he adds, our political leaders will continue to thrive and campaign...
The Australian
Dr Sean Gallagher and Professor Geoffrey Garrett say now is the time for our universities to move beyond the exports thinking that has served them so well over the past decade...
Free trade groups are the next step towards greater US involvement in the Asia-Pacific
The International Herald Tribune and New York Times online
Tom Switzer says however controversial the language, the message of “leading from behind” might not be so unappealing if it helps encourage a sense...
On Line Opinion
Will Turner says conservative political leaders in the US and Australia are too busy being political opportunists when they should be showing flexibility and more considered positions on a range...
Global Times
Despite the recently passed bill in the US Senate labelling China as a currency manipulator, Professor Geoffrey Garrett says America's main focus is to see China open its economy in ways...
The Conversation
Brendon O'Connor dissects the global fascination with US politics, arguing it is a combination of interest in America's power as well as the 'soap opera' entertainment value it regularly provides. Brendon...
ABC News online
As the Occupy Wall Street protests rage on in cities across the United States, Siobhan Heanue says there is a different response to the continuing fallout from the dipping economy...
America’s renewed engagement with Asia comes at an opportune time
Perceived American decline has encouraged China’s aggressive posture in the region
Building on Bush’s legacy in South Asia, the Obama Administration is negotiating a delicate new balance of powers
Global Times
Professor Geoffrey Garrett says the partisan warfare the Tea Party inspired is morphing into class warfare as Democrats try to capitalise on the passion and energy of Occupy Wall Street among...
Public opinion against Australia’s involvement in Afghanistan has reached a turning point
There are lessons for present-day policymakers in Eisenhower’s military restraint
The inimitable Harold Bloom marries literary theory, critical prowess, and figurative eloquence in his self-described swansong
