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Robert Burgelman on driving innovation for competitive advantage in a global financial crisis

31 March 2009

An interview with Centre visitor Robert Burgelman, Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Management at the Stanford School of Business who is in Australia to speak about driving innovation for competitive advantage in a turbulent environment. Watch Online

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Robert Burgelman on corporate innovation strategy in a turbulent economy

30 March 2009

ABC2 Business Today

Robert Burgelman is Professor of Management at the Stanford School of Business. He speaks about driving innovation for competitive advantage in a turbulent environment during his visit to Australia as a guest of the University of Sydney and the United States Studies Centre. Watch Online

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Innovation vital despite downturn, says business expert

30 March 2009

ABC The World Today

As world leaders gather in London for the G20 summit, Silicon Valley business specialist, Robert Burgelman, says it is essential that the economic crisis does not make companies cautious about innovating. Professor Robert Burgelman is from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and is visiting Australia as a guest of the United States Studies Centre. Listen Online

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Helen Dalley interviews former White House advisor Barry Jackson

29 March 2009

Sky News Sunday Agenda

Former advisor to President George W. Bush was in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. He was interviewed by Helen Dalley. Watch Online

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Great minds don’t agree on everything

25 March 2009

Spectator Magazine

However sweet the rhetoric, the priorities of Obama and Rudd should differ in Afghanistan, warns Tom Switzer. Read Article

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Garrett discusses geopolitics of financial crisis with emerging military leaders

19 March 2009

Professor Geoffrey Garrett, Chief Executive of the US Studies Centre, discussed the geopolitical implications of the global financial crisis with emerging military leaders from Australia, Asia and the United States at the Australian Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies. CDSS is the senior professional military education institution in Australia and conducts a 12 month Defence and Strategic Studies Course for around 50 senior officers of Colonel equivalent rank from 20 different countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Garrett's presentation focused on emerging challenges for post-GFC Australian foreign policy regarding China, the US, protectionism, and global governance.

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AIG bonus fiasco provides lessons beyond US

17 March 2009

The Australian

Jennifer Hewett quotes Barry Jackson, a guest of the US Studies Centre, in this article about outrage at the greed of financial executives, this time over bonuses paid at the insurance giant American International Group. Read Article

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Interview with former White House advisor Barry Jackson

16 March 2009

Former key advisor to George W. Bush, Barry Jackson, speaks about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the causes of the global financial crisis, the Bush Administration and the future of US-Australia relations. Jackson was a guest of the United States Studies Centre in March 2009. Watch Online

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Insider's View: Jim Middleton interviews Barry Jackson

16 March 2009

Newshour

George W. Bush left office nearly two months ago, expressing confidence that history would judge him a successful US President. Jim Middleton talks to Barry Jackson, who was deputy to Bush's advisor Karl Rove. Watch Online

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Barry Jackson on the achievements of George W. Bush

13 March 2009

ABC NewsRadio

John Barron interviews former White House advisor Barry Jackson who is in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. Listen Online

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O'Connor and Beazley speak at forum in Perth

13 March 2009

On March 10 US Studies Centre staff member Brendon O'Connor appeared at a public forum on the Obama Administration at the University of Western Australia.  Read More

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Eleanor Hall interviews Barry Jackson

12 March 2009

ABC The World Today

Former advisor to President George W. Bush, Barry Jackson, blames the media for the negative perceptions of the Bush presidency. He was the assistant to the president for strategic initiatives and external affairs, and an assistant to senior white house advisor Karl Rove. Jackson was in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. Listen Online

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George W. Bush advisor discusses the Iraq war

12 March 2009

ABC2 Breakfast

Barry Jackson, former key advisor to George W. Bush, is interviewed on the sixth anniversary of the Iraq war discussing the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan. Watch Online

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Healthy attitude generates change

9 March 2009

The Canberra Times

Lesley Russell writes that Obama is taking a clinical approach to vital health reform.

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Economics forecaster, Ed Leamer, interviewed by Helen Dalley

8 March 2009

Sky Business

Professor Ed Leamer, Director of UCLA Anderson Forecast, speaks about his expectations for the current financial crisis. Leamer was in Australia as a guest of the United States Studies Centre. Watch Online

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Fears US spending will not shorten recession

6 March 2009

ABC Radio Australia

Economist Edward Leamer is interviewed by Karon Snowdon. Leamer is the Director of the University of California's Anderson Forecast and was in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. Read Transcript

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Garrett speaks at Old Parliament House

5 March 2009

Professor Geoffrey Garrett, Chief Executive of the US Studies Centre, addressed the impact of the Obama presidency on Australia's policy options regarding the war in Afghanistan at Old Parliament House in Canberra. The workshop was convened by the ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. Participants included former generals and senior officials from the Department of Defence as well as Australian and international security policy experts. Read Transcript

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Spending is 'key to financial recovery'

4 March 2009

The Australian

Mike Steketee interviews American economic forecaster Edward Leamer about the Obama administration's stimulus package. Leamer is in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. Read Article

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Economics forecaster Ed Leamer on the global financial crisis

4 March 2009

SBS World News

Director of UCLA's Anderson Forecast, Professor Edward Leamer, is interviewed by Anton Enus. Watch Online

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Ed Leamer on Business Today

4 March 2009

ABC2 Business Today

Economist Edward Leamer is interviewed by Whitney Fitzsimmons. Leamer is the Director of the University of California's Anderson Forecast and was in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. Watch Online

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At a loss

4 March 2009

Newshour

Insurer AIG has reported the biggest loss in American corporate history. Jim Middleton asks Edward Leamer, professor of economics and statistics at UCLA and guest of the US Studies Centre, if the financial crisis is worsening. Watch Online

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Margaret Throsby in conversation with Ed Leamer

4 March 2009

ABC Mornings With Margaret Throsby

Professor Edward Leamer, Director of the Anderson Forecast at UCLA spoke to Margaret Throsby. Leamer, one of the leading economists in the US, was in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. Listen Online

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Professor Edward Leamer joins Lateline Business

3 March 2009

ABC Lateline Business

Edward Leamer, a visiting fellow at the US Studies Centre, discusses the ailing US economy with Ali Moore.

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Predicting the downturn and what happens next

3 March 2009

ABC PM

Mark Colvin interviews Professor Edward Leamer about his forecast for the future of the economy. Leamer is in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. Listen Online

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Ed Leamer provides expert analysis on the global economic crisis

3 March 2009

Centre visitor Edward Leamer, one of America's leading economic forecasters, speaks to the US Studies Centre about the global economic crisis. Leamer is director of the Anderson Forecast, professor at UCLA and a visiting scholar at the IMF and the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System. He was the first to predict the 2001 US recession and to warn of the seriousness of America's growing housing bubble in 2005. Watch Online

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Levi to run workshop in Zambia

3 March 2009

Margaret Levi and one of her PhD students at the University of Washington, Audrey Sacks, will be running a workshop in Lusaka, Zambia on March 24 for NGO workers and government officials based in Zambia. The meeting is sponsored by the World Justice Project (WJP) of the American Bar Association and has additional support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). They are presenting their research on how the provision of services by donors such as the Gates Foundation, the World Bank and the UNDP improve or undermine citizen confidence in governmental capacity and trustworthiness.

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Nixon as culture warrior

2 March 2009

Institute of Public Affairs Review

Tom Switzer reviews Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein. Read Article

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