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China’s Icarus sheds light on the limits of the law
Benjamin HerscovitchSeptember 27, 2013

Last week's conviction of former Chinese political superstar Bo Xilai was riveting legal drama. The...

Ben Herscovitch on Democracy & China – CIS Big Ideas 2013
September 19, 2013
Don’t Go Back To Where You Came From & The British Dream
Peter KurtiSeptember 9, 2013Policy

Don’t Go Back To Where You Came From: Why Multiculturalism Works By Tim Soutphommasane The...

Tepid foreign policy debate sets the right tone
Benjamin HerscovitchAugust 23, 2013

Amidst the posturing and confected outrage of the election campaign, foreign policy stands out as...

Submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee
Benjamin HerscovitchAugust 1, 2013

Submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee

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Nothing to fear from China’s foreign policy
Benjamin HerscovitchJuly 8, 2013The Canberra Times

Despite last year's sabre-rattling in the South and East China seas, China's foreign policy under...

The Darkest Path: The Puzzling Resilience of Antisemitism. Acton Lecture 2025
Rabbi Benjamin EltonMarch 19, 2025OP206

Foreword The annual Acton Lecture, presented by the Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society program at...

Super for Housing
Matthew Taylor, Peter TulipMarch 13, 2025RR50

  1. Summary and Introduction This paper discusses a proposal that home buyers be enabled...

Fractured Loyalties. Australian citizenship and the crisis of civic virtue
Peter KurtiMarch 6, 2025AP79

Can citizenship survive the end of tolerance? One of the principal tenets of a secular...

Interest, Usury and the Common Good
Ian Harper, Peter KurtiFebruary 20, 2025OP205

Introduction: Is there a problem with interest? Making money out of lending money has generated...

Less Crowded Houses. NZ’s housing policy success and implications for Australia
Stuart DonovanFebruary 11, 2025PP60

Introduction Many Australians are increasingly concerned by deteriorating housing affordability and its implications for socio-economic...

Fractions Minus the Friction. A guide to four teaching practices
Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, Allison McClure, Cassandra HatfieldDecember 12, 2024AP78

Introduction Understanding fractions has a significant impact on both individuals and society. Fractions are an...

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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