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Assistant Secretary Kerri-Ann Jones on the scientific alliance
14 March 2013
In this interview, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Kerri-Ann Jones discusses the important science and technology aspects of the US-Australia relationship. Dr Jones begins by discussing the Joint Commission Steering Committee Meeting (JCM) on science and technology between high level Australian and US officials she is attending in Sydney. Watch Online
Esther Duflo on evidence-based policymaking
4 February 2013
In this interview, Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Esther Duflo discusses the need to incorporate more data into policy making. The co-author of Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty, she begins by discussing the movement towards using better and greater evidence in policymaking. Duflo was in Australia for the Centre's conference on evidence-based policymaking. Watch Online
Former Prime Minister John Howard on gun control
30 January 2013
In this interview, former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard discusses the vexed issue of gun control in the US. Conducted by research associate and American Review editor Tom Switzer, Mr Howard begins by discussing his New York Times opinion piece, in which he offers his own experience of gun law reform as a potential model for action. Watch Online
David King on the changing US media landscape
11 December 2012
In this interview, 2012 World Press Institute fellow and journalist at The Australian newspaper David King, discusses the changing media environment in the US in the face of new mobile technology and a wealth of free content available online. King has just returned from his two month tour, supported by the US Studies Centre, and begins by describing the media, cultural and academic elements of the program. Watch Online
Karen Harbert on energy security in the alliance
7 December 2012
In this interview, president and CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy Karen Harbert discusses America and Australia's energy security policies and the growing importance of shale energy to both countries. Harbert was a speaker at the Alliance 21 Energy Security conference in Sydney, Australia. Watch Online
Kath Rowley on green energy co-operation
6 December 2012
In this interview, director of North American Research at the Climate Policy Initiative, San Francisco, Kath Rowley discusses collaboration between state and federal governments in green energy and the lessons Australia can learn from the American experience. Rowley was a speaker at the Alliance 21 Energy Security conference in Sydney. Watch Online
Claude Barfield on trade in the Asia-Pacific
4 December 2012
In this interview, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C, Claude Barfield discusses trade in the Asia-Pacific and its role in the US-Australia alliance. Barfield was a speaker at the Alliance 21 Trade and Investment Conference in Sydney. Watch Online
Joanna Shelton on Trans Pacific Partnership shortcomings
4 December 2012
In this interview, former deputy secretary general of the OECD and lecturer at the University of Montana, Joanna Shelton discusses the Trans Pacific Partnerships and its potential shortcomings. Shelton was a speaker at the Alliance 21 Trade and Investment Conference in Sydney. Watch Online
Why Mitt will win
23 October 2012
In this shortened exceprt of the Australia Institute of Internatonal Affairs NSW panel on the US presidential election, research associate Tom Switzer gives his thoughts on why Mitt Romney will win the US election. Watch Online
William Galston on polarisation and lessons from Australia
11 October 2012
In this excerpt from an interview with Jim Fallows appearing in the upcoming November issue of American Review, Brookings fellow and director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at University of Maryland, College Park, William Galston discusses increased political polarisation in the US and it's potential remedies. What lessons can America learn from Australia? Watch Online
VIDEOS & INTERVIEWS
Lobbyists are often blamed when legislation fails but Centre visitor Burdett A. Loomis says their negative impact is often overstated and that lobbying forms an important part of our modern democracy.
An armed attack during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans has left 19 injured, but lecturer Adam Lockyer says it looks unlikely to progress the debate on gun reform in the US.
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