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John Mearsheimer: ABC interview excerpts
John MearsheimerOctober 23, 2023ABC Radio Queensland

While in Australia with the Centre for Independent Studies, John Mearsheimer took time to speak...

Andrew Neil at CIS
Andrew NeilMay 4, 2023
Conversation with Andrew Neil at CIS...
The West as we know it faces a serious crisis
Maya KuranaMarch 23, 2023
The post-Cold War era has resolutely ended with the Russian attack on Ukraine and China...
Self-inflicted challenges hit West on four fronts
Tom SwitzerDecember 14, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

As 2022 draws to a close, most people will be glad to see the back...

Partisan games stir up the divided states of America
Tom SwitzerNovember 8, 2022THE AUSTRALIAN

US midterm elections are always a vote of confidence in incumbents, and this year’s midterms...

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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)...
Accountable Authoritarianism: Why China’s Democratic Deficit Will Last
Benjamin HerscovitchOctober 31, 2013FPA8

The Chinese Communist Party’s evolving model of ‘accountable authoritarianism’ is set to prove that prosperity...

Australia and the Asian Ascendancy: Why Upskilling is Not Necessary to Reap the Rewards
Benjamin HerscovitchFebruary 19, 2013IA137

Australia’s Asian embrace: Australia’s exports to Asia are almost triple its exports to the rest...

Future Submarine Project Should Raise Periscope for Another Look
Simon CowanOctober 24, 2012PM130

The Future Submarine Project – replacement of Australia’s 6 ailing Collins Class submarines with 12...

Australia’s Asia Literacy Non-Problem
Benjamin HerscovitchSeptember 5, 2012IA133

New large-scale Asia literacy programs are not necessary for Australia to prosper in the Asian...

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...

Malaysian Dilemma: The Enduring Cancer of Affirmative Action
John LeeFebruary 23, 2011FPA6

In March 2010, Prime Minister Najib Razak announced a New Economic Model (NEM) for Malaysia....

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...

Gulliver Unbound: Can American Rule of World?
Joseph JoffeNovember 30, 0001OP85

Twenty first century America is the Gulliver of our times. It dominates the international sphere...

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