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CIS Occasional Interviews: Daniel Pipes
September 23, 2011
The march of democracy in Southeast Asia
September 20, 2011Online Opinion

Does economic development lead to democracy? Up until now, several East Asian states have seemed...

Will development lead to democracy in Southeast Asia?
September 16, 2011

Does economic development lead to democracy? Until now, several East Asian states have seemed determined...

The Kingdom of God is Forcefully Advancing and Forceful Men Lay Hold of It
David ColtartSeptember 14, 2011OP123

In the CIS’s annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom, Senator David Coltart discusses the...

Skilled arrivals work in Australia’s favour
Oliver Marc HartwichSeptember 7, 2011The Newcastle Herald

ALTHOUGH in many respects Australia, Britain and Germany are very different countries, there is one...

CIS Occasional Interview – Emile Hokayem
September 5, 2011
The Argument For Debate: how school debating can improve academic outcomes and foster a stronger democracy
Deidre Clary, Fiona MuellerDecember 5, 2024AP77

Introduction The Education Goals for Young Australians prioritise “excellence and equity” and the formation of...

Gorillas In The Mist. How government obscures its spending
Gene TunnyNovember 21, 2024PP59

Executive Summary Government overreach: The federal government’s planned $78 billion of off-budget measures over the...

The Future of Australian Multiculturalism
Peter Kurti, Damien Freeman, Jonathan Cole, Bryan TurnerOctober 24, 2024AP76
The tolerance and diversity of which we have been rightly proud has given way to...
The Coming Global Depopulation. John Bonython Lecture 2024
Nicholas Eberstadt October 16, 2024OP204
What lies ahead? What will depopulation mean for society, the economy, politics and international relations?...
Land Use Restrictions and the Australian Housing Policy Debate
Peter TulipOctober 15, 2024FABIAN SOCIETY
Planning restrictions are a major reason why housing in Australia is so expensive. For example,...
Truth Decay
Andrew BellOctober 3, 2024OP203
The issue with which this year’s lecture engages is truth and the challenges presented by...
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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