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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
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
Professor Jack Rakove on the lasting importance of the US Constitution
4 April 2012
Pulitzer Prize winning historian Professor Jack Rakove discusses the importance of the US Constitution in contemporary American life. Why do Americans unite so strongly around this document and what do fights about its meaning say about American national cohesion? Watch Online
Joe Bozich on the success of his ethical apparel brand Alta Gracia
29 March 2012
Founder of the US college clothing giant Knights Apparel, Joe Bozich, talks about how he has pioneered a new ethical business model through his Alta Gracia brand. Based in the Dominican Republic, the factory pays it's workers over three times the country's minimum monthly wage and respects their rights to safe working conditions and freedom of association. He begins by discussing what makes the Alta Gracia project special. Watch Online
Ian Shapiro on US democracy, inequality and foreign policy
19 March 2012
Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University and visitor to the US Studies Centre, Professor Ian Shapiro is one of America's foremost political scientists and speakers. In this interview, he discusses the prospect of a second global financial crisis and the threat that both Afghanistan and Iran pose to the foreign policy goals of the US. He begins by discussing inequality in America and how money plays a crucial role in determining US presidents and their policies. Watch Online
Walter Russell Mead talks to James Fallows about a nuclear Iran
6 March 2012
In an edited extract from the May edition of American Review, Chair in US Media and National Correspondent for The Atlantic Professor James Fallows talks to Editor-At-Large of The American Interest Walter Russell Mead about the potential challenges posed by a nuclear Iran. Could this point mark the end of recent nuclear non-proliferation attempts? And what should the US policy be towards Iran? Watch Online
Scott Anderson on the risks and opportunities of natural gas extraction
2 March 2012
Senior Policy Advisor at the Environmental Defense Fund and Visitor at the US Studies Centre, Scott Anderson, discusses the risks and opportunities offered by natural gas extraction. Although much of the criticism against natural gas production is targeted at hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking', Anderson says this has obscured the legitimate discussions that need to be taking place about regulation of the industry.
He says energy companies need to focus more on winning back community trust. He begins by discussing the risks inherent to shale gas production. Mr Anderson was in Australia for the unconventional gas production seminars co-hosted by the United States Studies Centre's Climate, Energy and Water Nexus Project. Watch Online
Dr Ian Duncan on the realities behind the demonisation of hydraulic fracturing
2 March 2012
The process of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" has come under fire in both Australia and the US, with accusations by local communities of large scale air and water pollution caused by shale and coal seam gas extraction.Dr Ian Duncan, a Research Sceintist at the University of Texas at Austin and visitor at the US Studies Centre says that scientific studies have shown that many of these claims are either overstated or unrelated to the new shale gas projects.
His research points to areas that energy companies can improve on to make the projects safer in the long term. Dr Ian Duncan was in Australia for seminars on unconventional gas production co-hosted by the United States Studies Centre's Climate, Energy and Water Nexus Project Watch Online
Shawn Treier: US Studies Centre postdoctoral fellow
14 February 2012
Dr Shawn Treier describes his research into the framing of the US Constitution, which he is using his 2011-12 postdoctoral fellowship to turn into a book, co-authored with Jeremy Pope. Far from having a united voice, Treier says the Founding Fathers were divided over many issues and the final constitution is a product of negotiation and compromise. He discusses his use of the mathematical technique of spatial modelling to graphically depict the ideological differences between those such as Hamilton, Washington and Madison on the issues discussed at the Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1787. What were the motivations behind those divisions? Are those issues still relevant in contemporary politics? Watch Online
Adam Lockyer on civil development in Afghanistan
13 February 2012
In this interview, Lecturer in US Politics and Foreign Policy Dr Adam Lockyer, discusses his article published this month in the Australian Journal of International Affairs. Dr Lockyer evaluates civil development programs in Afghani counterinsurgency operations and says previous methods for measuring the success of projects that attempt to 'win the hearts and minds' of civilians have produced little evidence of effectiveness. Instead he advocates a more scientific approach. Watch Online
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Dr David Smith analyses how Obama's public support of same sex marriage may affect his re-election chances.
Edward Blakely discusses his new book 'My Storm' and the lessons that Australians can learn from Hurricane Katrina.
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