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Big trouble with big China
John LeeFebruary 4, 2010Foreign Policy

U.S. President Barack Obama has spent much of the last 12 months emphasizing the ‘mutual...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

G-20: Donald Trump Just Saved Huawei (But the Trade War Isn’t Over)
Salvatore BabonesJune 29, 2019The National Interest

“The trade war is doing permanent damage to the Chinese economy every month since once...

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