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Aussies more green than US
28 November 2009
The Border Mail
One in three Australians does not believe climate change is caused by humans, a survey by the US Studies Centre suggests. Read Article
E-news: November 2009
27 November 2009
In this edition:
- Survey: Australians, Americans & Climate Change
- US Studies Centre hosts luncheon for Murdoch
- Recipients of 2010 research grants announced
- Election expert joins US Studies Centre team
- Harvard partnership
- American Review in stores now
$25000 grant
24 November 2009
Melville Times
Murdoch University associate professor Mick Broderick has been awarded one of two $25,000 Researcher in Residence grants from the US Studies Centre. Read Article
Whose fault is climate change?
23 November 2009
Wellington Times
A report on the results of a US Studies Centre opinion survey, Australians, Americans and Climate Change. Read Article
The future of the China-US relationship
22 November 2009
ABC Radio
James O'Laughlin interviews Professor Geoffrey Garrett about the unique relationship between the United States and China. Listen Online
Increasing demand for food assistance in the US
21 November 2009
2ser
Forty-nine million people in the United States struggle to get enough food to eat. Associate Professor Brendon O'Connor comments on this alarming statistic. Listen Online
In this climate Australians lead, Americans lag behind
21 November 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald
Why is Australia leading and America lagging on climate change? Because Australians have decided it is time to do something about emissions. Americans aren't there yet. Geoffrey Garrett and Simon Jackman write about the latest opinion survey conducted by the US Studies Centre, "Australians, Americans and Climate Change". Read Article
Climate debate drawn on political lines: study
20 November 2009
ABC The World Today
Simon Jackman discusses the results of a survey that shows broad support in the US and Australia for the idea that humans are causing climate change but a large division between the attitudes of the centre-right and centre-left political forces. Listen Online
We value climate over jobs
20 November 2009
The Herald Sun
A report on the US Studies Centre's opinion survey, Australians, Americans and Climate Change, states that Australians are "greener" than Americans with more Australians prepared to act on climate change even if it costs jobs and cuts living standards. Read Article
Differences in attitudes on climate change
20 November 2009
ABC NewsRadio
In this interview about the US Studies Centre opinion survey, Australians, American and Climate Change, Professor Simon Jackman says Australians are more likely than Americans to believe climate change is a result of human activity. Listen Online
Harvard down under
20 November 2009
The Australian
The Australian reports that the Harvard University Committee on Australian Studies has committed $US120,000 to support three conferences in collaboration with the US Studies Centre between 2010 and 2012. Read Article
Aussies greener than Americans, survey says
20 November 2009
AAP Newswire
A report on a US Studies Centre survey that found one in three Australians don't believe climate change is caused by humans. Read Article
Talkin' 'bout Obama
20 November 2009
ABC Radio Brisbane
Brendon O'Connor from the US Studies Centre suggests that the gloss may be wearing off the Obama machine and Anthony Dever talks about the whereabouts of one of the key players in the 2008 election, Obama Girl. Listen Online
Australians, Americans and Climate Change
20 November 2009
A major survey on Australian attitudes to climate change released today by the US Studies Centre mirrors recent polling among Americans. Professor Simon Jackman, Visiting Professor at the USSC and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University in California, conducted the survey comparing attitudes of Australians with those of Americans. Professor Jackman said the survey results showed that climate change is a “wedge” issue in both countries, but the Rudd government has bigger incentives than the Obama administration to pass legislation because Australians are on average greener than Americans.
Asian tour
19 November 2009
Australia Network Business Today
Simon Palan speaks to Professor Geoffrey Garrett about the success of US President Barack Obama's visit to Asia. Watch Online
Obama arrives in South Korea
19 November 2009
ABC2 Breakfast
Barack Obama has arrived in South Korea for the final stop of his visit to Asia. Discussion is expected to focus on North Korea's nuclear ambitions. Associate Professor in American Politics, Brendon O'Connor, provides analysis of Obama's visit to China and Japan. Watch Online
US, China move closer to agreement
18 November 2009
ABC The World Today
Geoffrey Garrett discusses comments by President Barack Obama that the US and China are seeking a global deal on climate change at the Copenhagen Summit that would have "immediate effect", suggesting the world's two biggest greenhouse polluters have come to some agreement. Listen Online
9-11 terror suspects to get civilian trial
17 November 2009
2ser
The US government has announced it will hold trials for five terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay in a civilian court in New York. The families of the victims of the 9-11 terror attacks, as well as Republicans, have criticised the decision saying that there is a risk that evidence will not be accepted because it was obtained through torture. US constitutional lawyer, Harry Melkonian, talks about the challenges the US faces in trying the terror suspects in a civilian court. Listen Online
Switzer addresses Australian Navy, Army and Airforce Reserves
14 November 2009
US Studies Centre Research Associate, Tom Switzer, spoke to Australian Navy, Army and Airforce Reserves at the Waterhen Base auditorium about the Afghanistan conflict. Read Speech
Profile: Fiona Quinn
14 November 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald
US Studies Centre PhD student Fiona Quinn talks about her research for the Brand Sydney project. She is evaluating how Sydney is perceived internationally. Read Article
A novel solution to the republican debate
14 November 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald
The way ahead for Australia is to elect our own monarch, writes Harry Melkonian. Read Article
Obama visits Asia
13 November 2009
Sky Agenda
The US Studies Centre's Brendon O'Connor and James Morrow discuss President Obama's visit to the Asian region. Obama will visit Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore and has a number of issues to address. Watch Online
US Studies Centre hosts luncheon for Rupert Murdoch
12 November 2009
Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, discussed a range of global issues ranging from the global economic crisis to US-China relations and the future of the media with a group of Australian leaders from politics, business, academia and the media at a luncheon on 3 November in Sydney co-hosted by the US Studies Centre and Goldman Sachs JB Were. Read More
Journalist and American election expert joins US Studies Centre team
12 November 2009
ABC broadcaster and journalist John Barron has been appointed a Research Associate at the US Studies Centre. While continuing with his role at the ABC, Barron will join a growing band of media specialists at the Centre. Read Media Release
Engaging with Asia
11 November 2009
Australian Network Newshour
Associate Professor Brendon O'Connor is interviewed about Barack Obama's visit to Asia. Watch Online
How Rudd is undoing the Aussie miracle
11 November 2009
Far Eastern Economic Review
Australia is now the envy of the industrialised world, having recorded faster growth than the United States this decade, even as it provided universal health care and other social services that the US does not. Tom Switzer writes that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is in the process of repudiating the free-market approach that has produced Australia's miracle economy and is rolling back the reform agenda of the last three decades. Read Article
Levi speaks at University of Wisconsin
10 November 2009
Margaret Levi gave the opening talk at a workshop on "Improving Labor Standards" at the University of Wisconsin on November 6.
She will also run the scholars' program and panels at the World Justice Forum, Vienna, November 11-14.
The Monday morning after
10 November 2009
Inside Story
Can Democrats in the US Senate use the same techniques as their colleagues in the House to turn healthcare reforms into law, asks Lesley Russell. Read Article
US Studies Centre announces first round of research grant winners for 2010
10 November 2009
In the first announcements from a research grant pool totalling $100,000, the US Studies Centre has awarded two Researchers in Residence grants totalling $50,000. The winning researchers are Dr Jennifer Day from the University of Melbourne and Associate Professor Mick Broderick from Murdoch University in WA. Read Media Release
Here's hoping for the iron in Obama's velvet glove
9 November 2009
The Canberra Times
Coral Bell asks if the President has got what it takes to deal with the Middle East crisis. This is an edited extract from Coral Bell's essay, "Seven years to get it right", in American Review, a new publication of the US Studies Centre. Read Article
First anniversary of Obama's election
8 November 2009
Sky Sunday Agenda
Barack Obama came to power on an ambitious plan of reform but where does that reform stand today? On the anniversary of Obama's election the Democrats have been beaten in two state governors elections and Republicans say this reflects dissatisfaction with the president. In this interview, National Correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and Chair in US Media at the US Studies Centre, James Fallows, is asked how well Obama is progressing. Watch Online
Garrett addresses Beijing Forum on post-GFC China-US relations
6 November 2009
US Studies Centre CEO Geoffrey Garrett addressed the sixth Beijing Forum that was held in the Chinese capital 6-8 November 2009. The Forum, a collaboration between Peking University and the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies, brought together scholars from the Asia Pacific and around the world to assess the impact of the global financial crisis on relations between countries and peoples. Keynote addresses were delivered by Nobel laureate for economics Kenneth Arrow and President of the American Political Science Association Peter Katzenstein. Prof Garrett participated in the stream of the Beijing Forum on International Impacts and Responses along with political scientists and economists from Britain, China, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United States.
Levi participates in labour standards workshops
6 November 2009
Professor Margaret Levi participated in two workshops focusing on improving labour standards and supply chains to ensure protection of workers and environment. The workshops were at MIT, 29-30 October, and the University of Wisconsin, 6 November.
Republicans victorious in two key elections for governor
5 November 2009
ABC2 Breakfast
Elections for governor in the states of New Jersey and Virginia were being viewed as the first electoral test for Barack Obama's leadership. Dr Brendon O'Connor is interviewed about the election results on the first anniversary of Barack Obama's election as President. Watch Online
Obama one year on: Has change come to America?
4 November 2009
SBS World News
A year since Obama's election as US President, opinion is divided on his performance. This week's elections in the US show decreasing support for the Democrats. This is a review of the major issues the President is facing with comments from Dr Brendon O'Connor. Watch Online
A year of change?
4 November 2009
ABC Unleashed
One year ago today Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, and in what is being seen as a test of the administration so far, the Democrats have lost ground to the Republicans in two key elections. While he is doing a good job on many fronts, Obama has so far failed to deliver the transformational presidency of his campaign rhetoric, says Dr Brendon O'Connor. Read Article
James Fallows on Obama's first year, the US-China relationship and the media
4 November 2009
National Correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and Chair in US Media at the United States Studies Centre, Professor James Fallows, talks about the successes of the Obama administration in its first year, the challenges Obama now faces, the US-China relationship, Australia's role in the US-China relationship and the differences between mass media in China and the US. Watch Online
The shuffle president
4 November 2009
ABC Triple J
In Obama's first year his approval rating has greatly declined. In this interview, Dr Brendon O'Connor is asked if Obama promised too much. Listen Online
Has Obama brought about change?
4 November 2009
ABC NewsRadio
One year since the election of Barack Obama as the 44th US President, Dr Brendon O'Connor is asked if Obama's policies have improved foreign relations. Listen Online
Obama slogs his first year
4 November 2009
Courier Mail
David Atkins quotes Professor James Fallows, Chair in US Media at the US Studies Centre, in this article on the first anniversary of Obama's election as US President. Read Article
Fine words from Obama but little action to date
4 November 2009
The Canberra Times
It seems climate change is a low priority for the US President, Dr Brendon O'Connor writes. Read Article
Australian urban policymakers visit the United States
4 November 2009
Honorary Professor in Urban Policy, Edward Blakely, led a party of Australian urban policymakers on a tour of the United States in October 2009. Read More
One year of Obama
3 November 2009
ABC NewsRadio
Professor James Fallows is asked to assess Barack Obama's performance in the one year since his presidential election victory. Listen Online
Finally Obama can tackle his own agenda
3 November 2009
The Australian
After the mess he inherited, new fights lie ahead for the US President, writes Geoffrey Garrett. Read Article
China's global economic influence growing
3 November 2009
ABC Radio Australia
It has been a year since China overtook Japan, to become the United States' largest foreign creditor, with Beijing thought to be holding nearly one dollar in every ten of US public debt. The growing dependence on Chinese cash is granting Beijing extraordinary influence, even though the US remains a major force in the world economy. Sen Lam interviews Professor James Fallows, Chair in US Media at the US Studies Centre. Listen Online
James Fallows discusses his career as National Correspondent for The Atlantic
2 November 2009
ABC Mornings with Margaret Throsby
Chair in US Media at the US Studies Centre, James Fallows, talks frankly about his career as a journalist in China and Japan and the future of media. Listen Online
Carcass of US war policy
2 November 2009
The Australian Financial Review
The US is facing the historical dictum that Afghanistan is the ‘graveyard of empires’, writes Tom Switzer. Read Article
Hawke and Howard visit US Studies Centre
2 November 2009
Former Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and John Howard visited the US Studies Centre on 24 September 2009 to participate in the Centre's inaugural Council of Advisors meeting. They were joined at the meeting by Council Co-Chair Mark Johnson who is also Chairman of Macquarie Infrastructure Group, CEO of Citigroup Australia Stephen Roberts, University of Sydney Vice Chancellor Michael Spence, former Australian parliamentarian Michael Baume, Chairman of the US Studies Centre Malcolm Binks and Centre CEO Geoffrey Garrett. Read More
Deciding Afghanistan
2 November 2009
The New York Times
The New York Times published a letter to the editor written by US Studies Centre postdoctoral fellow Jeremy Pressman. Read Letter
