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The Australian
A new charter school in Minneapolis is turning stereotypes about demography and destiny on their head, using a kindergarten to college model to achieve amazing results. Winner of the Centre's World...
The Australian
After a New Orleans-bound hurricane scotched their convention kick-off for the second time in a row, Republicans must have wondered what they did to deserve such rotten luck. But these attention-grabbing...
The Conversation
Hey, you just met him. And this is crazy. But here's Mitt Romney. Next POTUS, maybe? Lecturer Adam Lockyer gives you the low down on how the 2012 campaign might play...
There is a fine line between comment and cant in the online forums of Asian analysis
Executive summary
The Australia-US alliance is confronted with a range of political, economic, social and demographic changes that have redefined the character of the Asian region and how Asia interacts with the rest...Executive summary
Led by China, economies across the region have dug, built, manufactured, paved, mined, and “infrastructured” their way toward economic success. At the same time, ‘soft’ power has not paralleled these ‘hard’...Executive summary
In spite of the lessons from history that rising powers almost always upset the status quo and cause conflict, the early 2000s saw a China that was seemingly rising "peacefully." However, despite the...ABC News Online
The 1973 purchase of Blue Poles for $1.3 million divided public opinion then but four decades later, the purchase of Jackson Pollock's painting is regarded as a masterstroke. Former recipient...
The Atlantic
Mitt Romney isn't famed for his oratory like Barack Obama, but chair in US media James Fallows says the President underestimates his Republican opponent at his peril. The video record shows that...
Foreign Policy
Much to US displeasure, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced last week that he would attend the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. Nonalignment, says postdoctoral fellow Rob Rakove, is something the...
The Canberra Times
In 2012, the first Tuesday in America won't just mean Melbourne Cup day for Australians — they'll also be watching the finish of another horse race. Associate professor Brendon O'Connor considers...
The Spectator Australia
Any Australian viewers who tune in to Romney's speech at the Republican National Convention next week may be struck by his similarities to former Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull. But as...
The Conversation
When Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin claimed that women rarely get pregnant from a "legitimate rape," condemnation from both sides of politics was swift and without reservation. But the comments...
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...
