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History News Network
When the Bureau of Labor announced unemployment had dropped below 8 per cent for the first time in the Obama presidency, some Mitt Romney supporters claimed the statistics were skewed...
The Australian
In a speech at the Virginia Military Institute on Tuesday, Mitt Romney laid out his foreign policy prescription for the world: strong US leadership underpinned by a belief in American greatness...
The Conversation
It may not be Sarah Palin on stage but this year's vice-presidential debate is important for a more substantive reason says elections analyst Luke Freedman: Paul Ryan has a played a...
China Economic Review
Just two years ago, Australia was sitting on an education-export gold mine. Today, the picture has changed and Australian universities are losing Chinese students to the US and the UK...
The Canberra Times
With only a month left until polling day, Mitt Romney's most plausible paths to victory are looking arduous. US elections analyst Luke Freedman looks at the structural problems facing Romney...
The Conversation
The first debate in Denver was always Romney's to win and Obama's to lose. As such, says PhD candidate Malcolm Jorgensen, the key question is not who “won” on the night...
Foreign Policy
Nuclear disarmament has slowed in recent years, and the hard task of reducing weapons of mass destruction is being complicated by new strategic considerations. Centre CEO Bates Gill says that advances in...
The Sydney Morning Herald
In his rambling apologia on Sunday morning, Alan Jones compared his situation to that of the US Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney. Although the comparison may not be perfect...
ABC The Drum
Mitt Romney's small target strategy throughout the campaign has been designed to put the focus on Obama's handling of the economy, says research associate Nicole Hemmer. The problem for the...
The Conversation
With Barack Obama looking almost unbeatable at the beginning of October, Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s last chance is a stellar performance in the three presidential debates that will take place this...
The Conversation
With Romney entering the October debates as a decided underdog, elections analyst Luke Freedman revisits some of the most memorable presidential comebacks and what Romney can learn from them.
The Australian
Cash-strapped US public universities have finally begun doing in earnest what Australian universities have done for two decades - making up for shortfalls in government funding by aggressively recruiting in Asia...
The Conversation
With sections of both the Democratic and Republican bases critical of their party's chosen presidential candidate, the time seems ripe for a third party force to enter the electoral fray. Lecturer...
ABC The Drum
When broadcaster Alan Jones compared his "died of shame" speech to Mitt Romney's "47 per cent" fundraiser comments, he was being more revealing than he realises, says lecturer in US...
Australian treasurer Wayne Swan recently declared the biggest threat to the US economy to be "the cranks and crazies that have taken over a part of the Republican Party." Research associate Tom Switzer says the...
The Australian
Hispanics make up about 16 per cent of the US politician, and both presidential candidates are fighting hard for their votes this election. The Centre's World Press Institute media fellow David...
Parental spending on children is often presumed to be one of the main ways that parents invest in children and a main reason why children from wealthier households are advantaged. Yet, although research...
MIPIM World Blog
Despite our rural mythology, Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world with over 80% of it's population living in cities. Honorary professor of urban policy Edward...
The Conversation
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s comment that 47% of households pay no federal income tax is true but when you dig beneath the bumper-sticker headline, things start to get much more...
