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War correspondent Mark Danner discusses 25 years of covering conflicts
28 February 2010
Sky News Sunday Agenda
War correspondent and Mark Danner discusses his new book 'Stripping Bare the Body: politics, violence, war' which reflects on the part played by American foreign policy in conflicts around the world over the last 25 years. Mark Danner is in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. Watch Online
Treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo
26 February 2010
ABC PM
Mark Colvin asks war correspondent Mark Danner about what he discovered upon reading an International Red Cross report last year about the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Mark Danner is in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. Listen Online
Reporting from war zones across the globe
25 February 2010
702 ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler
Mark Danner talks about his extensive experience of seeing violence and war with his own eyes in places including Haiti, Bosnia and Iraq. These experiences feature in his latest book Stripping Bare the Body: Politics, Violence, War. Mark Danner is in Australia as a guest of the US Studies Centre. Listen Online
Student from US Studies Centre acknowledged in Congress
25 February 2010
Erin Riley, Masters student with the US Studies Centre has been recognised in the congressional record as "an outstanding student-ambassador" during her Uni-Capitol Washington Internship Program (UCWIP). The UCWIP gives students from eight universities from Australia opportunity to intern for eight weeks in a range of congressional offices in Washington, D.C. The Honourable Sam Farr of California anounced in the House of Representatives on 22 February that the UCWIP was "a wonderful educational experience" and encouraged his colleagues to support the program.
US Studies Centre Masters students Jaime Serpanchy and Jonathan Bradley are also currently in Washington D.C. with the program. Erin and Jonathan are both currently blogging for the Centre about their experiences.
Notes on America: Street-level bureaucrats, politics and war
25 February 2010
In this edition:
- Renowned US journalist, Mark Danner, reviews US foreign policy
- Street-level bureaucrats: Ultimate policy makers - An interview with Michael Lipsky
- US Studies Centre welcomes doctoral student, Malcolm Jorgensen
- Interview with urban policy expert, Ed Blakely Read More
Street level bureaucrats: ultimate policy makers
24 February 2010
Street level bureaucrats are the teachers, police officers, social workers and other professionals who interact directly with citizens on behalf of the state. Professor Michael Lipsky’s pioneering work Street Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of the Individual in Public Service brought the significance of these workers in the public policy-making process to the attention of governments around the world. As an updated edition of his book is due for release in May on the thirtieth anniversary of its original publication, Michael Lipsky discusses why his findings continue to have currency. Michael Lipsky is Senior Program Director at Demos, a public policy research and advocacy organization based in New York. Watch Online
Obama's healthcare gamble
23 February 2010
Inside Story: Current Affairs and Culture
Lesley Russell examines President Barack Obama's strategy to convince his doubters ahead of this week's healthcare reform summit. Read Article
Stripping bare the body
23 February 2010
ABC Melbourne
One of the world's leading war correspondents, Mark Danner, discusses his experiences from the world's war zones which he has detailed in his new book Stripping Bare the Body, a moral history of American power during the last 25 years. Danner is in Australia for a public forum hosted by the US Studies Centre and Sydney Ideas. Listen Online
War correspondent Mark Danner discusses Iraq and Haiti
19 February 2010
ABC2 Breakfast
In this interview Mark Danner discusses the occupation of Iraq and Haitian politics. Danner has reported and written on foreign affairs, politics and war for twenty five years and will discuss his career with Geoffrey Garrett at a public forum in Sydney. Watch Online
War and politics
18 February 2010
Australia Network Newsline
The threat of cyberwar is just one foreign-affairs challenge facing the US. Jim Middleton speaks to Mark Danner, journalist and author of 'Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War' who is in Australia for an event hosted by the US Studies Centre and Sydney Ideas. Watch Online
Politics, violence and war: Mark Danner interview
18 February 2010
Radio National Breakfast
An interview with US Studies Centre guest Mark Danner who has been writing about political conflict and upheaval for over two decades: from the aborted Haiti election in 1987 to the civil war in the Balkans during the 1990s. More recently his focus has been on the occupation of Iraq, the war on terror and torture of detainees by the US. Listen Online
Global preparedness for natural disasters
18 February 2010
Edward Blakely, Professor of Urban Policy and disaster recovery expert, believes a global effort is required to prepare for natural disasters. In this interview he discusses what role the United States can play in forming a disaster response corp, what the US has learnt from the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort in New Orleans and how Haiti can benefit from the New Orleans experience. Watch Online
World‐renowned investigative journalist Mark Danner to speak at the University of Sydney
18 February 2010
One of the world’s most distinguished investigative journalists and war reporters, Mark Danner, will appear in conversation with US Studies Centre chief executive Professor Geoffrey Garrett at the University of Sydney on Thursday 25 February. Read More
Dow Chemical chief on Business Today
17 February 2010
Australia Network Business Today
CEO of the Dow Chemical Company, Andrew Liveris, who announced the Dow Sustainability Program at the US Studies Centre during his trip to Australia, discusses the issues concerning global business in the current economic climate. Watch Online
Notes on America: Sustainability, defence & foreign policy
17 February 2010
In this edition:
- US$2m Dow Sustainability Program launch
- Senior US Defence official talks down China threat
- New series examines diversity of US foreign policy
- Interview with Deputy Director of the Hoover Institution, David Brady Read More
Tough future predicted for developed economies
16 February 2010
ABC Lateline Business
Andrew Liveris, the chairman of industry giant Dow Chemical, warns that 2010 will be tough for the world's developed economies. Liveris announced the Dow Sustainability Program at the US Studies Centre during his trip to Australia. Watch Online
US Defense Deputy Secretary talks down China threat
16 February 2010
Despite occasional disagreements, the Chinese military build-up need not be a threat to the US or Australia, the US Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn has told the US Studies Centre. Watch Online
Harnessing existing science in new ways
16 February 2010
Charles Sturt National Radio News
In this news item US Studies Centre chief executive Professor Geoffrey Garrett explains how the the Dow Sustainability Program launched at the Centre last week will seek to develop action based solutions to specific sustainability issues. Listen Online
US Studies Centre announces Dow Sustainability Program
15 February 2010
The US Studies Centre is pleased to announce the launch of a three‐year research program on sustainability made possible by US$2,000,000 in support from The Dow Chemical Company Foundation in the United States. Read Media Release
First lady effective health lobbyist
15 February 2010
The Canberra Times
Lesley Russell writes about the ambitious program announced by First Lady, Michelle Obama, to end the American plague of childhood obesity. Read Article
Deputy Defense Secretary discusses US-Australia alliance
13 February 2010
Defense.gov News
US officials are “very satisfied” with the contributions Australia is making in Afghanistan and will not ask the nation for more troops in the country, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said during an interview with the US Studies Centre. Read Article
US ruling throws a spanner in the works for rights push
12 February 2010
The Australian
Free speech just got a whole lot more expensive, especially where it is connected with the massive financial demands of modern election campaigns, writes David Weisbrot. Read Article
Partisan politics in the US: Four minutes with David Brady
12 February 2010
Deputy Director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, Professor David Brady, considers if Obama's supporters are becoming disillusioned and what the democrats' prospects are for the November mid-term elections. He also discusses the difficulties for Obama to pass legislation as the divide between the left and right seems to be increasing.
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New series highlights diversity of American foreign policy traditions
11 February 2010
A new series from Associate Professor Brendon O’Connor aims to highlight the variety within US foreign policy history. As editor of the four‐volume series, Dr O’Connor has drawn on the best existing scholarship on America’s foreign policy to examine both the development of the so called American tradition and the emergence of what Dr O’Connor calls the anti‐American tradition. Read More
Notes on America: Obama down under, political polarisation, G2 in G20 and more
11 February 2010
In this edition:
- David Brady on polarised politics in the US
- Obama to visit Australia
- China, the US and the world after the GFC
- David Weisbrot, distinguished legal policy expert, joins the US Studies Centre
- Australia Day honours for Mark Johnson and Zeke Solomon Read More
Political polarisation
10 February 2010
Australia Network Newsline
Sarah Palin has addressed the Tea Party movement as the political debate becomes rancorous in President Obama's second year. Jim Middleton speaks to David Brady, deputy director of the Hoover Institution. Watch Online
The state of US politics
4 February 2010
ABC Mornings with Margaret Throsby
Deputy Director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, David Brady, discusses current issues in US politics. Listen Online
US returns to polarised partisan politics
4 February 2010
ABC PM
Professor David Brady, deputy director of the Hoover Institution, talks about how America has reverted to a strongly polarised, right left divide. And the difficulty that President Barack Obama has had in pushing through his policy agenda. Listen Online
US decision to sell arms to Taiwan strains relations with China
4 February 2010
ABC2 Breakfast
Relations between China and the United States are becoming increasingly strained. China is unhappy that the US is selling arms to Taiwan and that Barack Obama is planning to meet the Dalai Lama. Geoffrey Garrett, an expert on US-China relations, provides analysis of the issues in this interview. Watch Online
'Rock star welcome' for Obama
3 February 2010
The Canberra Times
Geoffrey Garrett says, in this report by Ross Peake, that it is good news for Kevin Rudd that Barack Obama is visiting Australia for bilateral talks. Read Article
Obama's visit to Australia: What's on the agenda?
2 February 2010
Ten News
US President, Barack Obama, will visit Australia in March. Associate Professor in US Politics, Brendon O'Connor, analyses what this means for US-Australia relations and what he expects Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Obama will discuss.
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Coming down under
2 February 2010
SBS World News
President Barack Obama has announced his first official visit to Australia will be in March. On the agenda for talks with Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, will be the global economic recovery, clean energy, climate change and Afghanistan. Watch Online
US Studies Centre appoints David Weisbrot, distinguished legal policy expert
1 February 2010
The US Studies Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of the former President of the Australian Law Reform Commission, Emeritus Professor David Weisbrot AM, as Professor of Legal Policy. Read Media Release
Obama pitches to middle class
1 February 2010
The Canberra Times
The economy and jobs were key issues in Obama's State of the Union speech, Lesley Russell writes. Read Article
Notes on America: State of the Union, Massachusetts massacre & Haiti earthquake recovery
1 February 2010
In this edition:
- Obama's State of the Union address
- Democrats' Massachussets election loss
- Expert advice for Haiti earthquake recovery Read More
