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China’s potential enemy is US’ good friend
John LeeNovember 3, 2009The New Straits Times

The choice of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as President Barack Obama’s first state visitor...

Dynamics of difference
Oliver Marc HartwichSeptember 26, 2009The Canberra Times

Globalisation, it is often claimed, has created a global village. The world has become smaller....

Why America will lead the ‘Asian Century’
John LeeAugust 19, 2009FPA1

The beginning of the end of America’s strategic primacy in Asia is commonly predicted. We...

The Waning Challenge of the ‘Authoritarian Capitalists’
John LeeApril 29, 2009The Diplomat

In 1990 Charles Krauthammer famously introduced the notion of the ‘unipolar moment’ to denote the...

Double-edged sword in Obama’s use of technology
John LeeJanuary 20, 2009Online Opinion

Is Barack Obama looking to broaden the appeal of the Democratic Party or is he...

Defend the individual and so the West
Ayaan Hirsi AliAugust 4, 2008The Sydney Morning Herald

Thinkers of the Enlightenment, a set of new intellectual attitudes that remade Western culture in...

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Defining Democracy Down: Political Judicialisation, Judicial Politicisation
Helen DaleJuly 21, 2022PP46
The overruling of Roe v Wade by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)...
Investor-State Arbitration and the Rule of Law: Debunking the Myths
Patrick CarvalhoApril 13, 2016Research Report 13

Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) is a legal provision in international agreements that enables foreign investors...

The Wasatia Movement: Moderation & Tolerance in Islam
Mohammed DajaniJune 4, 2015

Dr Mohammed Dajani, founder of the Wasatia Movement, discussed the formation of Al Wasatia, the...

What are We Fighting For? Islamism and the Threat to Liberal Ideas
David KilcullenMay 3, 2015OP140

Counterinsurgency expert and military strategist Dr David Kilcullen delivered The Centre for Independent Studies’ 2014...

Preserving Peace as China Rises II: Preparing for a Post-American Asian Order
Benjamin HerscovitchSeptember 1, 2014FPA10

With US leadership unable to guarantee peace and security in the Indo-Pacific this century, the...

Preserving Peace as China Rises I
Benjamin HerscovitchMarch 13, 2014FPA9

Inventive foreign policy that can simultaneously reassure the Indo-Pacific’s established powers and accommodate Chinese ambitions...

We aren’t just larrikins
Oliver Marc HartwichDecember 24, 2009The Australian

That Australia is one of very few countries to survive the global economic crisis relatively...

China fears climate change openness
John LeeDecember 23, 2009The Guardian

During the frantic final two days of negotiations at Copenhagen over the weekend, Barack Obama...

Don’t overlook India’s consumer market for China’s
John LeeDecember 22, 2009BusinessWeek

The scale of China’s potential consumer market has always fascinated Western companies. Back in 19th-century...

Chinese Urbanization Put on Hold
John LeeDecember 19, 2009The Korean Herald

The communiqué released last week after the annual Central Economic Work Conference, reportedly the most...

For once it’s better to end with a whimper
John LeeNovember 25, 2009The Straits Times

Washington has pulled out all the stops for President Barack Obama’s first state visitor: Indian...

Boring summits are better for everyone
John LeeNovember 24, 2009Foreign Policy

When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives as U.S. President Barack Obama’s first official state...

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