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The Chronicle of Higher Education
Some of the best history written about America comes from those observing from distant places like Australia, argues Professor Shane White. Shane White is a professor of American...
The Conversation
Producing more food for an ever-burgeoning population has been hard on our soils, say Andrea Koch and Professor Alex McBratney. Additionally, they argue that In the same way that we think...
The Drum (ABC online)
John Barron argues the first step for Barack Obama's re-election campaign is rebuilding the base of volunteers and donors that made his journey to the White House possible. Along...
The Age
Professor Geoffrey Garrett argues that Barack Obama's speech on America's role in Libya spelt out the "Obama doctrine" which says the US can no longer afford to go it alone with military...
Inside Story
With the recent ascendency of the Republican Party in America, the spending debate in Washington is coming to a head, writes Dr Lesley Russell. Lesley Russell is a research associate at...
The Australian
Creating more good jobs in America and Australia depends on innovation in higher education rather than simply more people with degrees, argues Dr Sean Gallagher. To this end he advocates financial...
The Sydney Morning Herald
Professor Geoffrey Garrett says putting US troops on the ground in Libya is out of the question for President Barack Obama, whom he says is following Bill Clinton's idealism-realpolitik...
The Canberra Times
Lesley Russell says denialist politicians in Australia and America are simply protecting their own interests in opposing attempts to put a price on carbon. Dr Russell is a research associate...
Sydney Papers
Tom Switzer says a regrettable by-product of today's media, especially on the internet, has been its frequent lack of decency and respect but the late US political reporter David Broder sets...
The Drum Unleashed (ABC online)
Brendon O'Connor contrasts the Gillard/Howard approach to relations with America with the tactics of Keating and Rudd, arguing that apart from the sentimental appeal to mutual loyalty that...
Wall Street Journal
Tom Switzer says Labor's recent experience in Australia indicates President Obama could face a voter backlash if he seeks to put a price on carbon, which is something he campaigned...
The Australian
Geoffrey Garrett says there is every reson to believe the US-Australia alliance will be at least as important to both countries in the next half century as it has in the...
The Age
Tom Switzer says Prime Minister Julia Gillard needs to keep a steady eye on reality amid the thrill of Washington. Gillard will address a joint session of Congress, following in the...
The Drum (ABC online)
Whatever shortcomings there may have been in the Obama presidency to date, says John Barron, his campaign team has one critical advantage over all the others - they know...
National Times
As Christchurch moves from the phase of rescue to recovery, Professor Ed Blakely says the city needs to be looking at the best international alternatives in earthquake safety, citing California and...
The Australian Literary Review
US Studies Centre research associate and senior lecturer James Curran has adapted this essay from his latest book Curtin's Empire published by Cambridge University Press. The book is about...
Inside Story
Lesley Russell says Washington is in the midst of a protracted and partisan war over budgets and deficits. Furthermore, she says, the outcome of the dispute is very uncertain and may...
by Allison Pugh in Poetics
Much existing work in the sociology of culture implicitly assumes actor motivations of status and domination. Yet this theoretical consensus attends only glancingly to the flip side of...
The Drum Unleashed (ABC online)
The issue of US bases might be about to re-emerge as a hot-button political issue, according to Adam Lockyer and Rob Muir. In this article they explain the...
The Canberra Times
The need to do more to address the needs of the mentally ill is always in the news and daily on the minds of those who care for these people...
