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The East Asian Summit can tackle even bigger issues this year thanks to the presence of America and Russia.
Suddenly Barack Obama has a clearer policy and political agenda.
For those who crudely put all US right-wingers into one ideological pigeon hole, Hard Line is must reading.
An alarming number of Americans just don't want to know about climate change.
September 11 shattered America's vision of a global democratic utopia where the battle was all but won.
Sometimes it's the leaders of democratic countries who find it hardest to be truthful with their people.
Arab unrest is finding pointed parallels on the streets of America.
It was the day religion and politics collided. Ten years on, what has America done to itself?
Corrupting a country's currency is the first step to destroying it.
The Conversation
Featuring in this panel of experts discussing the death of Osama Bin Laden, Brendon O'Connor says special forces performing targeted operations like the one that got Bin Laden might have been...
It takes a sophisticated understanding of how to wield power to capture the hearts and minds of other nations.
The fourth issue of the Centre's magazine, American Review.
Unions are struggling as the American Midwest bears the brunt of globalisation.
George W. Bush never shied away from hard decisions in his battle to keep America safe.
Dr Susan Pond, Adjunct Professor for the Dow Sustainability Program, has compiled this report on the microalgal, advanced biofuels industry in the USA and Australia. It summarises the, scientific basis for microalgal biofuels...
The Conversation
Professor Geoffrey Garrett answers the main questions surrounding Donald Trump's interest in unseating Barack Obama in 2012. Professor Garrett is chief executive of the US Studies Centre.
The Drum (ABC online)
John Barron examines the "birther" conspiracy and the decision by US President Barack Obama to respond by releasing his full birth certificate, arguing that the 24-hour news cycle is...
The Canberra Times
At the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century, Dr Lesley Russell says the United States is in transition from being a largely white-and-black nation experiencing robust population...
The Canberra Times
The 2012 presidential campaign cycle is starting late thanks to a reluctant batch of Republican candidates, says Dr Lesley Russell. She adds that the Obama-Biden team will be difficult to...
The Drum (ABC online)
Given that China and the US show no signs of embracing an economy-wide cap and trade scheme, Tom Switzer argues the Gillard Government's carbon price will remain a tax...
