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?
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>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.
]]>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.
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