Libertarian candidate Ron Paul has announced that he won't contest the upcoming Republican primaries, switching to a strategy that focuses on the Convention but has confused some supporters. Dr David Smith explains what happened and the mark that Paul has left on the race.
]]>In a shocking decision, Indiana Republicans rejected their own six-term incumbent, Senator Richard Lugar, opting instead to nominate his more conservative challenger, Richard Mourdock. Postdoctoral fellow Rob Rakove says the loss of Senator Richard Lugar will harm US foreign policy.
]]>In a world weary of war and economic crises, and concerned about global climate change, the consensus is that Obama has not lived up to the lofty expectations that surrounded his 2008 election. But Dr Adam Lockyer says Obama's focus on connections with the Asia-Pacific as authoritarian China grows have been warmly received in Australia.
]]>For Mitt Romney to win in November, he has to find a way to woo, but not wed, conservative media. Postdoctoral fellow Nicole Hemmer says there’s no better example to follow than Richard Nixon in 1968.
]]>President Barack Obama's announcement that he now supports the rights of gay and lesbian couples to marry came a day after North Carolina passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. As Dr David Smith explains, while Obama's announcement was symbolically important, it is important to remember where the real power lies in America's so-called "culture wars".
]]>Barack Obama has expressed his personal support for same sex marriage but will the benefits outweigh the costs? Dr David Smith says the announcement should be a welcome boost for the incumbent with the elections less than 6 months away.
]]>US President Barack Obama has expressed his personal belief that same sex couples should be afforded the same rights to marriage as heterosexual Americans. As Dr David Smith notes, this is an important symbolic move that should help strengthen his re-election campaign and energize his progressive supporters.
]]>US President Barack Obama has 'evolved' and revealed his personal support for gay marriage. Dr David Smith spoke with Janice Petersen about Obama's controversial policy change, the reasons for his decision and how it will effect the race to the White House.
]]>Obama's 'evolution' on the issue of gay marriage has culminated in the announcement of his personal support for gay marriage. But with little ability to enact legislative change at a federal level, Dr Rebecca Sheehan suggests that this is a shrewd move by the incumbent with an eye to the general election in November.
]]>Where does opposition to American policies end and anti-Americanism begin? Lecturer in American politics and foreign policy David Smith talks to Gorana Grgic about attitudes to the United States in the Western Balkans and why Croatia is like Western Europe.
]]>This week in Inside America, research associate John Barron talks to author Jason Rink about Ron Paul's still continuing presidential campaign. He also discusses the morality of America's drone program with Code Pink's Medea Benjamin, and asks Nathaniel Hollister of the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat about One World Trade Center, the skyscraper being constructed at Ground Zero in New York.
]]>Water holds the key to Australia’s long-term productivity and quality of life based on technological innovation and scientific advances, according to a new report released on Friday. Jamie Pittock, Program Leader on Australia and United States Climate, Energy and Water for the US Studies Centre, spoke at the launch.
]]>Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has appealed to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to seek asylum after staying at the American embassy. Lecturer in US politics and foreign policy, Dr David Smith, says the incident will be trying but the China-US alliance won't be permanently tarnished.
]]>Osama bin Laden was preoccupied with the mounting challenges his terrorist organisation faced, including its dismal perception among Muslims and a new generation of online militants who even senior leadership considered dangerously fanatical. "It is very clear [that bin Laden was] trying to control acts of violence that fall outside of what he views as morally acceptable," said Leah Farrall, research associate in counter terrorism at the US Studies Centre.
]]>The right wing media in the US came out strongly against appearances made by President Obama this week on Jimmy Fallon and at the White House Correspondents Dinner, but were these criticisms fair? Postdoctoral Fellow Nicole Hemmer talks to the ABC's John Barron about the news landscape in the US and how both Obama and Mitt Romney will navigate the airwaves in this campaign.
]]>Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has pleaded to President Obama to help get him and his family out of China just hours after being released from the US Embassy in a deal done with Chinese officials. Chair in US Media Professor James Fallows dissects the highly complex issue and what it means for Hillary Clinton's current visit to Beijing.
]]>Honorary Professor in Urban Policy at the US Studies Centre Edward Blakely was announced as the recovery 'czar' in New Orleans in January 2007, sixteen months after Hurricane Katrina. Phillip Adams asks Professor Blakely about the challenges, opportunities and experiences that comprised the massive rebuilding effort.
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