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Dennis Phillips explains the US Electoral College system.
Dr Lesley Russell, a Reseach Associate of the US Studies Centre, released the first of a series of short papers focussing on health care reform today. It is an analysis with attention to...
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President-Elect Obama has announced a proposed economic recovery plan for the US involving the expenditure of possibly trillions of dollars to rebuild decaying infrastructure and to develop sustainable sources of energy...
The Centre has released the first publication of the innovation research program, a background report titled Innovation in America: a Comparative Study. The report, prepared by researcher Dr Thomas Barlow, provides a...
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Dennis Phillips ask the question: To what extent, if any, is the United States an 'exceptional' nation?
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While the world and America celebrates the election of Senator Barack Obama as the new American President, it is also important for the Republicans, the big losers to do more than...
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Before the 2008 elections out of a total of 1,907 US Senators only three black Senators had been elected and only two black governors had been elected out of a total...
A phone survey of 800 respondents and on-line survey of 3,000 respondents commissioned by the US Studies Centre to assess Australian impressions of the United States close to the end of the US...
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Brendon O'Connor writes that the future of anti-Americanism may depend on the outcome of the US presidential election.
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Foreign distaste for American populism is nothing new and Palin fits a well established set of tropes and stereotypes, writes Brendon O'Connor.
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Dennis Phillips writes that the presidency of George W. Bush has elevated anti-Americanism to a global sport more popular in some quarters than World Cup Football. The end of the Cold...
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Dennis Phillips writes that there is a real danger lurking for both Obama and the country he so ardently desires to lead: his promise of extensive ‘change' risks raising public expectations...
A report on the US Studies Centre's 2007 National Summit "21st Century America - Reflections, Aspirations and Challenges" featuring academics from the US and Australia.
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Recent opinion polling and more importantly a key Supreme Court decision put an exclamation point on the fact that America is now just as opposed to the Bush administration as are...
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In this two part series of articles, Dennis Phillips argues that the current crisis in the $US5 trillion a year global energy industry must be met with a worldwide response. Read...
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In this two part series of articles, Dennis Phillips argues that the current crisis in the $US5 trillion a year global energy industry must be met with a worldwide response. Read...
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Geoffrey Garrett writes that despite the unpopularity of President George Bush and public opposition to the Iraq war, McCain is in a statistical tie with Obama in notional national polls for...
The US Studies Centre commissioned the most comprehensive survey of Australian attitudes towards the United States ever undertaken. Part II canvasses the attitudes of Australians towards a number of US institutions, various aspects...
The US Studies Centre commissioned the most comprehensive survey of Australian attitudes towards the United States ever undertaken. Part One examines the views of Australians on foreign, economic and trade policy issues.
