Publications

Can China innovate?

26 June 2012

by Bruce McKern

Western firms’ preconceptions about China’s slowness in radical innovation are misplaced. They must prepare for a tsunami of competition from China-based multinationals, which increasingly see the markets of the developed world as their targets. Multinationals must actively participate in innovation in China with the aim of using China as a platform for global innovations. Read article

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The Mormon dilemma: Causes and consequences of anti-Mormonism in the 2012 elections

13 June 2012

By David Smith

In this draft paper, David Smith argues that aversion to Mormons is still an important force in American public opinion, and one that seriously affects Mitt Romney’s chances of winning the presidency, even if he ultimately overcomes it. Romney's victory in the 2012 Republican primary has convinced many observers that Romney’s religion is now irrelevant to his electoral chances. The thesis that Mormonism does not matter seems to have found some empirical support in a recent online survey experiment, though other survey experiments conducted with random national samples have found the opposite. Romney received a rousing reception from an evangelical audience when he delivered a commencement address at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University in May 2012; he described himself as a Christian rather than a Mormon. Does Romney’s success in the 2012 primary really mean that religious identity has melted away as an issue? Read Paper

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A Canadian Yankee in King Cotton's Court

9 June 2012

Marc Palen writes of his discovery of a travel narrative by an unnamed Canadian, who offered a unique and detailed foreigner's perspective as he trekked from Texas to Ottawa in the first months of the Civil War. Read article

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VIDEOS & INTERVIEWS

Adam Lockyer

Iran elections and Syrian aid

Lecturer Adam Lockyer discusses the election of new Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and the US decision to send military aid to Syria's rebels


Gill

Trans-Pacific trade and a rising China

CEO Bates Gill looks at the implications of a rising China for the Asia-Pacific and how the Trans-Pacific partnership is shaping the region. 

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