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Despite a difficult first two years, history may yet be on Barack Obama's side.
The Australian Financial Review
Tom Switzer looks at the grim prospects for any significant US legislation to combat man-made global warming being passed in the foreseeable future. Tom Switzer is a research associate...
The Drum Unleashed (ABC online)
Hillary Clinton clearly recognises the limits of unilateralism and is working to build American foreign policy built on cooperation and consultation, according to Professor Harry Melkonian. Professor Melkonian...
Our new column on American–Asian relations looks at Team Obama's attempts to rekindle the flame in the region.
The Drum Unleashed (ABC online)
Brendon O'Connor notes that supporters of Obama have drawn some solace from the fact that Bill Clinton's shellacking in the first mid-term elections of his presidency in 1994...
Increasing links between Western research institutions and their counterparts in China are opening up new opportunities.
America may be a wild and crazy country but that doesn't make it any easier explaining what's going on.
The Weekend Australian
It is still too early to know whether we will in the end be disappointed or impressed by Barack Obama's record as president, according to James Fallows. James Fallows is...
National Times
Edward Blakely says tax increment financing, an urban planning strategy pioneered in the US, can enable important infrastructure projects in Australia and Britain. Edward Blakely is a Professor in Urban...
As China presses ahead with its economic revolution, its dependence on the United States is becoming less important.
Can Barack Obama do what Bill Clinton did and comeback from the political dead?
Canberra Times
Under the circumstances in Washington DC, there are just two courses of political action available to lawmakers according to Lesley Russell: compromise or gridlock. At this point, early in the process...
OnLine Opinion
As knowledge based industry become a larger part of economic exports our cities must be competitive places for people to come and build their ideas into economically competitive products and services...
The Australian
Edward Luce says that Bill Clinton got steadily better at the tactical skills of governing as time wore on. The same may be true of Obama. Given the alternatives, friends of...
As the situation in Afghanistan deteriorates, policy realists are having to face up to some unpalatable truths.
Barack Obama appeared on the political scene promising a new era of consensus, cooperation and a brighter future. So where did it all go wrong?
Inside Story
In the wake of the midterms, identifying any common ground is almost impossible, writes Lesley Russell in Washington. Dr Lesley Russell is a research associate at the US Studies Centre...
ABC The Drum Unleashed
The court case surrounding Westboro Baptist Church's anti-gay protests at US military funerals has raised interesting questions about free speech, writes David Weisbrot.
The Drum Unleashed (ABC Online)
Tom Switzer says no amount of sugar coating can change perceptions of this mid-term election result: it is a forceful repudiation of the legislative agenda of both president...
The Newcastle Herald
A few years ago, the conventional wisdom held that Kevin Rudd and Barack Obama had transformed the political landscape in Australia and the United States. Tom Switzer looks at where...
