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America and the World: The Crisis of Legitimacy
Robert KaganDecember 28, 2004OP93

America is suffering a crisis of international legitimacy. So where will it find it?  ...

The Pacific is Viable!
Helen HughesDecember 2, 2004IA53

All is quiet in the Pacific. The past year has seen no coups or new...

Morality and Foreign Policy
Owen HarriesNovember 19, 2004OP94

Owen Harries explores the intellectual heritage of two opposing positions on morality in foreign policy;...

How Highly Taxed Are We? The Level and Composition of Taxation in Australia and the OECD
Peter BurnNovember 19, 2004PM67

Taxation imposes costs. Some of these arise from its effects on international competitiveness, for taxes...

The Very Idea of a Flat Tax
Lauchlan ChipmanOctober 29, 2004PM66

Arguments about the desirability of this or that taxation measure or policy invariably involve assertions...

In Defence of Secure Property Rights, 2nd revised edition
Wolfgang KasperOctober 19, 2004OP92

Secure private property rights are vital to the development of a growing, healthy Australian economy....

Guts to say no before it’s too late
Owen HarriesSeptember 28, 2001The Australian

Why such a panic about a mere 430 boat people?  Given the scale of the...

A reminder of darker times
A. Hamlin, James Q. Wilson, Jeremy Shearmur, L.J. Hulme, Neil McInnesSeptember 14, 2001The Daily Telegraph

It has been said that those who lack the imagination of disaster are doomed to...

Time to reconsider our US ties
Owen HarriesSeptember 10, 2001The Australian Financial Review

You win one, you lose one. Immediately after coming out of the Tampa affair well...

Equity and the costs of learning
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 31, 2001The Daily Telegraph

Once again the knives have come out over school funding. But what is the real...

Modern perils in a lucky country
Jennifer Buckingham OAMAugust 31, 2001The Daily Telegraph

What is the state of our nation? For the most part, Australians are better off...

Sorry, we’re not a soft target
Helen HughesAugust 29, 2001The Australian

Church and other refugee support groups are absolutely right.  The plight of the boat people...

Trump capitalised on the growing divide: Tom Switzer
November 7, 2024
Donald Trump’s election victory stands as one of the most remarkable political comebacks in modern...
JBL Eberstadt
The Coming Global Depopulation
October 13, 2024
What could plunging birth rates mean for Australia?...
In Depth Q&A: Mearsheimer and Varghese disagree on US Grand Strategy, Ukraine, Russia and China.
John Mearsheimer, Peter VargheseNovember 7, 2023

PART 2. Following a lecture from Professor John Mearsheimer in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October....

Israel-Hamas, Ukraine-Russia and China: John Mearsheimer on why the US is in serious trouble!
John MearsheimerOctober 31, 2023

PART 1. Professor John Mearsheimer addressed an audience in Brisbane on Monday, 23 October as...

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The Michaela Way
Katharine BirbalsinghOctober 27, 2022

It’s no secret that Australian schools’ performance has been in decline for many years. That’s...

On Liberty EP75 China’s risky path to riches
Salvatore Babones, Rowan CallickNovember 17, 2021On Liberty

The Chinese Communist Party is at the peak of its power, entering its second century....

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