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Political farce or functional democracy in PNG?
31 May 2012
ABC Radio The World Today
Papua New Guinea's political system has turned on a farce in recent months, delivering one prime minster after another. So just how functional is democracy in Papua New Guinea? Dr David Weisbrot discussed the issue ahead of new parliamentary elections next month. Listen Online
Notes on America: The fourth estate, Obamacare pessimism, and Indigenous art in Seattle
30 May 2012
In this edition:
- Washington Post correspondent talks media and politics in the US
- Conservative court casts doubt on Obamacare
- Aboriginal art on show in Seattle
- Events and commentary Read more
Professor Lawrence Gostin on Obamacare
29 May 2012
With Barack Obama's landmark healthcare legislation now under deliberation in the Supreme Court, Jonathan Bradley speaks to Professor of Global Health Law at Georgetown University Lawrence Gostin about the law. Is it constitutional? Will the Supreme Court uphold it? And is this the end of healthcare reform in America? Watch Online
Australia needs to dispel "China myths"
28 May 2012
ABC Radio Australia
Australia stands between a traditional ally in the United States and economic opportunity in a growing China, but can it effectively maintain these two relationships? Centre CEO Geoffrey Garrett dispels the "three large misconceptions" Australians have about the world around them. Listen online
Romney also needs to ignite an enthusiasm with the people
28 May 2012
The Canberra Times
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has admired GOP Congressman Ron Paul's ability to spark a connection with people. Centre postdoctoral fellow Marc Palen suggests one arena in which Romney might tap into some of Paul's appeal: foreign policy issues. Read article
Greek economics, Obamacare challenged, and an Afghanistan veteran
27 May 2012
ABC News Radio Inside America
This week in Inside America, research associate John Barron talks to Centre guest Lawrence Gostin about the Supreme Court challenge to President Barack Obama's health care reforms. Barron also speaks with Jerry Lynch of Purdue University about the troubles with the Greek economy, and Afghanistan war veteran Sergeant Jacob George about why he gave back his medals to protest the ongoing war. Listen online
US and China want to make money, not war
26 May 2012
The Weekend Australian
With American troops headed for Darwin and China set to overtake the US as the world's largest economy, many observers fear Australia will be caught in the middle of two great powers at odds with one another. Centre CEO and Dean of the University of Sydney's Business School Geoffrey Garrett says, however, that the world will contain two superpowers, and Australia won't have to choose between them. Read article
Digging into Romney's Bain years
24 May 2012
ABC Radio 702
With the presidential election campaign heating up, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are digging into each others backgrounds. Centre lecturer David Smith tells Dominic Knight why Romney's time with private equity firm Bain Capital has proven to be so politically contentious — for both candidates. Listen online
Tough voting laws threaten Obama
24 May 2012
The Australian
A higher than usual turnout of black, Latino and young voters was seen to be crucial to Obama's historic election victory in 2008. Professor David Weisbrot suggests there is no greater evidence of this than the new voting restrictions proposed in 34 states with Republican-held legislatures this year. Read more
Will Obamacare be quashed?
23 May 2012
ABC Radio PM
One of Barack Obama's landmark achievements in his first term, his healthcare reform, now faces a powerful legal challenge in the Supreme Court. Professor Lawrence Gostin, an expert in the publich health law and guest of the US Studies Centre and the Law School at Sydney University, explains why the Court's decision could be fatal. Listen Online
Notes on America: Obama's foreign policy and first term
22 May 2012
In this edition:
- Obama shows lead in foreign policy
- Keating looks at economic shift to the Pacific
- US in the World: Assessing Obama's first term
- Events and commentary Read more
NATO Summit represents historic shift
22 May 2012
ABC News Breakfast
The latest NATO summit in Chicago, only the second time the meeting has been held outside Europe, represents a shift in priorities for the organisation, says Dr Adam Lockyer. Is this another step in Obama's pivot to Asia? Watch Online
What's next for NATO?
21 May 2012
The Conversation
Last year – for the first time in modern history – Asia outspent Europe on their militaries. Dr Adam Lockyer says the true significance of this milestone lies in how easily the Asian countries were able to achieve it. Read more
Merkel stands alone at the G8
20 May 2012
ABC News 24
A call for growth creation by the EU and a commitment to keep Greece in the Eurozone have been the main take aways from the G8 Summit in Camp David this weekend. Dr David Smith says this leaves German Chancellor Angela Merkel alone on the side of austerity. Watch Online
Containing China
18 May 2012
The Australian
China's problematic rise to new heights has led to a resurgence in the popularity of Soviet-era strategies. Postdoctoral fellow Marc Palen suggests a new US strategy of Chinese containment is crystallising, borrowing heavily from the Cold War playbook. Read more
US Internship an invaluable experience
18 May 2012
Hills Shire Times
While most university students spent summers relaxing, Cherrybrook resident Carol Yu was in the US interning with Senator James Inhofe, thanks to a US Studies Centre scholarship. Read more
The Press v The President - a ‘Despicable Impartiality’?
17 May 2012
The Miller Centre Elections Blog
Failures of political journalism can quickly become failures of governance, thanks to the influence over elections the press has historically wielded, but how should journalists cover a campaign? Don’t ask them, says postdoctoral fellow Nicole Hemmer. Read more
Ron Paul out of the Republican primary race
15 May 2012
ABC 702 Sydney Evenings
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. Listen Online
Bruce Jentleson on why foreign policy matters in 2012
15 May 2012
In this interview for the US Studies Centre, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science Bruce Jentlesen discusses the importance of foreign policy in the 2012 election. Professor Jentleson says how both candidates articulate their foreign policy positions and view America's place in the world could make the difference between winning and losing a close race in 2012. Watch Online
Notes on America: Obamacare, Indiana shock, and SSMART research
15 May 2012
In this edition:
- Lawrence Gostin: Obamacare and the Supreme Court
- Indiana ousts long-term moderate Lugar
- SSMART Research training
- Events and commentary Read more
Indiana Republican shock has big ramifications
14 May 2012
The Canberra Times
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. Read more
Obama presidency a disappointment around the world
13 May 2012
Associated Press
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. Read more
Richard Nixon's model campaign
11 May 2012
New York Times Online
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. Read more
States will decide on gay marriage, not Obama
11 May 2012
The National Times Online
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". Read more
Will Obama's pro-gay marriage stance cost him?
10 May 2012
Sky News Paul Murray Live
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. Watch Online
Obama 'evolves' on gay marriage
10 May 2012
ABC News Radio
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. Listen Online
Obama backs same sex marriage
10 May 2012
SBS TV World News Australia
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. Watch Online
Obama's support of gay marriage will energise his campaign
10 May 2012
Triple J Hack
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. Listen Online
Anti-Americanism in the Western Balkans
8 May 2012
SBS Croatian News
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. Listen online
Notes on America: China tension, Urban planning, and Cambridge
8 May 2012
In this edition:
- US/China tensions at high pitch
- Centre backs international city symposium in Sydney
- Cambridge fellowship for O'Connor
- Events and commentary Read more
Drones, 1-WTC, and Ron Paul
6 May 2012
ABC NewsRadio Inside America
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. Listen online
Technology underpins better water management
6 May 2012
Business Environment Network Online
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. Read Online
Chen wants Hillary's help
5 May 2012
2SER Razors Edge
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. Listen Online
Bin Laden sought control and urged restraint
5 May 2012
The National Online
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. Read Online
Can Obama afford to be the Entertainer-In-Chief?
4 May 2012
ABC TV Planet America
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. Watch Online
Crisis in US-China relations looms
3 May 2012
ABC Radio National Breakfast
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. Listen Online
Transforming New Orleans
2 May 2012
ABC Radio National Late Night Live
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. Listen Online
Lessons for Australia from Hurricane Katrina
2 May 2012
Sky Business The Perrett Report
Following the release of his new book, My Storm, Professor Edward Blakely talks to Janine Perrett about his person experience as recovery czar of Hurricane Katrina and the lessons that Australian lawmakers, city planners and residents can learn from the disaster. Watch Online
Obama makes surprise visit to Kabul
2 May 2012
Sky News
On the first anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's death, President Barack Obama has made a surprise visit to Kabul to outline the plans for American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Dr Adam Lockyer says this is the first foreign policy salvo fired by the incumbent in his battle with Mitt Romney for the White House. Watch Online
Notes on America: UN Talks, Contesting America and Sustainable Fuel
2 May 2012
In this edition:
- Centre joins UN global soil crisis talks in New York
- Contesting 'America' - postdoctoral research findings
- Sustainable air travel
- Events and commentary Read more
Andrea Koch on the threat of soil degradation
1 May 2012
In this interview, program leader for the US Studies Centre's Soil Carbon Initiative (SCI), Andrea Koch talks to Jonathan Bradley about why the SCI was set up, what they hope to achieve and why soil is such a central issue to the health of our planet. She also reports on the latest meeting she attended at the UN in New York this month that was trying to put soil security on the agenda at the Rio+20 Summit later in the year. Watch Online
Chinese dissident creates sensitive moment for Sino-US relations
1 May 2012
Australia Network Newsline
The intrigue surrounding the escape of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng continues, with rumours the activist will be taken to the United States. US Studies Centre CEO Geoffrey Garrett talks to Jim Middleton about how the issue might test relations between the two powers. Watch Online
