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Why Bob Carr is right about China
Benjamin HerscovitchNovember 12, 2014China Spectator

Bob Carr’s Diary of a Foreign Minister was most widely reported for its fetishisation of...

What are we fighting for? Islamism and the threat to liberal values
David KilcullenNovember 12, 2014

As prepared I want first to thank the Centre for Independent Studies for the opportunity...

The difficulty of reforming China’s economy
Simon LouieNovember 10, 2014Online Opinion

Since Deng Xiaoping’s reform and opening up in 1978, China’s economy has enjoyed 35 years...

What is the right standard for success in Iraq and Syria?
Benjamin HerscovitchOctober 24, 2014

  In 1954, then United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld remarked: 'The UN was not created...

Comment: Democracy with Chinese characteristics
Benjamin HerscovitchOctober 10, 2014Business Spectator

Beyond inspiring global solidarity, the impassioned pleas for genuine democracy in Hong Kong are even...

Iraq 2014 : This time it’s different
Amelia HaighOctober 10, 2014

Equating the invasion of Iraq in 2003 with the current anti-Islamic State intervention is misleading...

Political legitimacy, harm protections and our freedoms
Paul TaylorNovember 10, 2025OP211
This article considers different concepts of ‘legitimacy’ and their contribution to understanding the difference between...
The Unworkable Solution: An Economic Assessment of a Cashflow Tax for Australia
Sinclair DavidsonNovember 6, 2025AP93

Executive Summary Australia faces persistent economic challenges. Productivity growth has slowed, business investment is uneven,...

Knowledge is power: What do teachers believe about learning?
Trisha JhaOctober 30, 2025AP92

Executive Summary This report presents findings from literature about what teachers believe about how students...

2025 Neville Kennard Address: The Dire Plight of the Mainstream Right
Andrew NeilOctober 27, 2025OP210

This is an edited version of the speech given to the 2025 CIS Consilium event...

Risky Business. How The Energy Transition Introduces Risks That Raise Retail Costs
Jude BlikOctober 23, 2025AP91

Executive Summary The electricity system in Australia is adjusting to an increase in the overall...

2025 John Bonython Lecture: The Axis of Autocracy – New World Disorder
Andrew NeilOctober 16, 2025OP209
Far from it being the end of history, the story of this century so far...
Trump’s goal to end Ukraine war makes moral sense
Tom SwitzerMarch 4, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN

Friday’s heated exchange in the White House was surely a regrettable moment in American diplomatic...

Albanese could learn from Howard when it comes to Indonesia
Andrew BlythSeptember 3, 2024SPECTATOR

Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto visiting Australia before he has even been inaugurated is a positive...

It’s the most volatile election in living memory and anything can and will happen
Tom SwitzerAugust 10, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

In five decades of living alternately on the two sides of the Pacific, I have...

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NATO’s Prophetic Critics. Expanding the alliance has led to a war many experts predicted
Tom SwitzerJune 10, 2024MODERN AGE

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, a chorus of government officials, academics, commentators, and retired...

Why Republicans are sceptical about funding Ukraine
Tom SwitzerMarch 7, 2024SPECTATOR UK

When US policy-makers supported Nato expansion in the 1990s, it was widely believed that America,...

The West’s bid to expand NATO eastwards was a mistake
Tom SwitzerFebruary 24, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

For the people of Ukraine, the failure of Western nations to help them defeat Russia...

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