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Retrospective Graeme Dobell 25 July 2014 Will this contest be more like a nineteenth-century battle than a twentieth-century clash?
International Kerry Brown 19 May 2014 China’s regional muscle-flexing reflects its feeling that it faces significant geographical and symbolic constraints, writes Kerry Brown International Lesley Russell 31 March 2014 The next US presidential election is two-and-a-half years away, but some key decisions are likely much sooner, writes Lesley Russell Essays & reportage Peter Mares 11 March 2014 The number of people imprisoned in the United States has fallen every year for the past three years, yet the land of the free still has a far higher incarceration rate than any… International Lesley Russell 6 February 2014 Barack Obama has only limited time to cement his legacy before attention shifts to the next presidential election, writes Lesley Russell
International Graeme Orr 4 February 2014 The United States isn’t the obvious place to look for ideas about how to clean up political funding. But Graeme Orr found a New York agency that can teach us a lot…
Books & arts Gabrielle Appleby 17 January 2014 Whistleblowers fill a gap left by legislatures and the courts. How can they be protected without creating an accountability vacuum, asks Gabrielle Appleby James Panichi 8 January 2014 Australia’s clash with Philip Morris over plain packaging has disrupted trade talks between the United States and Europe, reports James Panichi in Brussels International Lesley Russell 7 January 2014 Americans see Obamacare as either the president’s greatest achievement or his biggest failure, writes Lesley Russell. But the signs are growing that its success… International Peter Mares 3 January 2014 Optimism is growing, reports Peter Mares in New York, but getting the legislation through Congress will only be the first of the challenges
Peter Mares 23 December 2013 After serving a maximum three terms as mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg will be replaced by Democrat Bill de Blasio on New Year’s Day. As Peter Mares reports…
International Lesley Russell 23 October 2013 Can Barack Obama turn the chaos in Republican ranks to the advantage of the Democrats, asks Lesley Russell Essays & reportage Geoffrey Barker 27 September 2013 Within months of the end of the second world war, an iron curtain had fallen across Europe. Its impact reached into the inner suburbs of Melbourne, writes Geoffrey Barker Books & arts Lesley Russell 11 September 2013 Lesley Russell reviews a sweeping account of the United States in the twenty-first century by New Yorker writer George Packer International Klaus Neumann 15 July 2013 Popular unease about US surveillance of German citizens could pose a problem for Angela Merkel as national elections loom, writes Klaus Neumann
Books & arts Fergal Davis 24 June 2013 Fergal Davis reviews a vivid account of the human cost of the Guantanamo Bay trials
Books & arts Richard Denniss 12 June 2013 A new book by Barack Obama’s former “regulatory czar” shows how government can harness the benefits of behavioural economics, writes Richard Denniss International Lesley Russell 3 June 2013 Opponents of Obamacare will have to face the fact that the scheme is being implemented across the United States, even in some unlikely places, writes Lesley Russell International Lesley Russell 16 April 2013 The Republicans have a problem and the Democrats have an opportunity, writes Lesley Russell International Andy Butfoy 5 April 2013 Despite the cuts, the United States will remain the world’s military giant for the foreseeable future, writes Andy Butfoy
Books & arts David Stephens 14 February 2013 Western policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan are based on an outdated imperial playbook and a modern but mistaken belief in “surgical strikes,” writes David Stephens
International Lesley Russell 12 November 2012 Lesley Russell on the US election wash-up and the looming cliffhanger International H.D.P. Envall 7 November 2012 The failure to agree on a realignment of America’s military presence in Okinawa generates problems for the US–Japan alliance, Japanese grand strategy, and the region… International Lesley Russell 29 October 2012 Responding big and responding fast is the theme of the last days of the race, writes Lesley Russell Lesley Russell 14 September 2012 Congress is back in session after the party conventions, with the differences between Democrats and Republicans sharper than ever, writes Lesley Russell
International Dennis Altman 29 August 2012 What would a Romney presidency mean for Australia, asks Dennis Altman
Books & arts Geoffrey Barker 14 August 2012 Hugh White offers a provocative but not entirely persuasive account of the implications of China’s growing strength, writes Geoffrey Barker Lesley Russell 6 August 2012 With less than one hundred days to run, the presidential campaign seems at a standstill, writes Lesley Russell in Washington Books & arts Jill Kitson 20 July 2012 Jill Kitson reviews a new account of Barack Obama’s formative years Books & arts Jamie Hanson 25 June 2012 Lyndon Johnson took on the frustrating role of vice-president to shake off the taint of Southern racism and conservatism. And the rest is history