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The Conversation
Dr Martijn Konings argues that important lessons from the global financial crisis have not been properly learnt by decision-makers in the United States, and says the lack of constraints of America's...
The Australian
Dr Sean Gallagher argues that the problem with global university rankings is that they don't recognise the value of interdisciplinary research. He says the world's leading universities are strategically investing in...
Inside Story
Lesley Russell says in the thirty years since HIV/AIDS was first identified much has been achieved in the United States and Australia. She notes, however, that complacency has been a major...
On Line Opinion
Professor Ed Blakely examines the best tax and incentive systems from the US and elsewhere that solve the problem of traffic congestion: an increasingly important issue as cities around the...
The Australian
Tom Switzer says Kevin Rudd is among the most well-travelled foreign ministers in recent memory, seeking inclusion in matters such as the Libyan intervention even though Australia has no military commitment...
The Conversation
In this article David Weisbrot discusses the hope for greatly improved health outcomes, with better diagnostics, treatments and cures, as well as the beginning of pharmacogenomics and truly personalised medicine thanks...
ABC News Online
In this article, ABC journalist Siobhan Heanue discusses Chief Operating Officer of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service Michael Pezzullo's claims that asylum seekers are being deterred from making the...
The Australian
In this article Dr. Adam Garfinkle discusses the killing of Osama bin Laden and what kind of closure his death can bring to American policy makers. Also discussed is whether a...
The Australian
US Studies Centre board member and former Premier of NSW Bob Carr explores the accomplishments of former US President John F. Kennedy and the conspiracy theories surrounding his assassination.
The Drum (ABC online)
Tom Switzer says we've been at war in Afghanistan since 2001, and like America and Britain today, we are out of patience, political rationale and public support. Tom...
The Australian
Dr Sean Gallagher says that American university research output is suffering from the concentration of financial resources in their top-tier universities. He argues Australia is similarly top-heavy with research concentration, and...
The Drum (ABC online)
Will Turner puts the September 11 attacks into historical perspective in relation to American foreign policy since World War Two. Additionally, he argues that US President Barack Obama's approach...
Griffith Review
Andrea Koch argues that soil carbon sequestration is an important solution to a combination of the world's pressing problems related to food production, climate change and water management. Andrea Koch is...
Inside Story
Republican presidential candidates are gathering for the race, but many seem reluctant to line up at the starting gate, writes US Studies Centre Research Associate Lesley Russell from Washington.
The Drum (ABC online)
John Barron appraises the reasons behind Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee both pulling out of the race for the 2012 Republican Party's presidential nomination, and says that Barack Obama...
by John S. Ahlquist and Margaret Levi
Leaders are part of virtually all organized political life. There have been important recent advances in modeling "leaders" as well as clever and innovative empirical studies...
The Sydney Morning Herald
Professor Geoffrey Garrett says Osama Bin Laden's death signifies the end of the 9/11 decade, just four months short of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the...
The Australian
Citing the defeat of George H.W. Bush by Bill Clinton in 1992 so soon after Bush's foreign policy success in the Gulf War, Tom Switzer argues it is far too soon...
The Drum (ABC online)
Following a general mood of pessimism surrounding American politics for the last two years, Dr David Smith says the successful elimination of Osama Bin Laden will be a fascinating test...
As China and India exert their influence, a growing range of expert opinions emerges.
