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ABC The Drum Unleashed
Tom Switzer points out why the transition from dictatorship to a genuine democracy in Egypt will be more difficult than many expect. He says that Egypt lacks the civic...
ABC The Drum Unleashed
The outpouring of affection for Ronald Reagan, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday this weekend, has been fascinating, beyond what one would expect even for one of America's...
ABC The Drum Unleashed
The crisis in Egypt has once again shone a light on the limits of American power or, more precisely, its inability to use its power, writes Adam Lockyer.
The Australian
Rowan Callick says Australia lacks a role with a broad, public-intellectual remit on Asia such as that of the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
The Drum Unleashed (ABC online)
Tom Switzer says the current upheaval in Egypt may result in the Middle East becoming more anti-American. Due to this potential, Switzer argues Barack Obama is wise to...
The Weekend Australian
The Obama administration and congressional Democrats' full-throated campaign to defend the healthcare law and increase support for the measure seems to be working, says Dr Lesley Russell. For this reason...
The Australian
In the current circumstances America's strategy of playing down its differences with China is wise rather than weak, argue Tom Switzer and Owen Harries. Tom Switzer is a research associate at...
US Studies Centre senior lecturer on the US Constitution Harry Melkonian has written the book Defamation, Libel Tourism and the SPEECH Act of 2010: The First Amendment Colliding with the Common Law published...
The Australian Financial Review
Professor Ed Blakely says the tendency to get back to normal is one that must be tempered with the requirement to make a safer and better place for the...
Fox News online
Tom Switzer brings the US audience up to speed with both the physical and political situation following the massive flooding in Queensland. Tom Switzer is a research associate at...
The Australian
Lesley Russell says Australia ranks behind Britain and ahead of the US in a "quality of death" measure of health care. Dr Russell is a research associate at the US Studies...
The Canberra Times
For the moment at least, says Lesley Russell, there is greater civility on Capitol Hill following the shooting in Arizona. However Dr Russell is not optimistic about how long this...
The Courier-Mail
Whilst invoking a weapons metaphor on the campaign trail may be provocative, Tom Switzer says both sides of politics use such language. Furthermore, he argues this kind of speech is hardly...
The Drum (ABC online)
As a repercussion of the shooting in Arizona involving congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, John Barron says it will be harder for candidates to get in tune with the concerns of...
The Drum Unleashed (ABC online)
Arnold Schwarzenegger's greatest legacy may well be that he charted a path that is ultimately very different from that promoted by George W. Bush or Sarah Palin, argues...
Quadrant Magazine
Tom Switzer examines the political, social and economic happenings of the past two years and argues that America's famous capacity to rebound from adversity is going to be put to a...
by Jason Casellas
This book argues that Latino representation in U.S. legislative institutions is shaped not only by demographics but by legislative institutional design, as well as elite-driven methods, features of the electoral...
The Canberra Times
The repealing of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of the US military toward gays and lesbians is welcome news, says Dr Harry Melkonian. Dr Melkonian is a lecturer in...
The Sydney Morning Herald
The headlines about the world's biggest and most unbalanced bilateral economic relationship obscure what is really going on in US-China economic relations, argues Professor Geoffrey Garrett. He says the...
Justin Stevens, a producer at the ABC's 7.30 Report, was chosen by the US consulate in Sydney to take part in the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists run by the US...
