Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism

The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics

The Future of Power

Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II

erhaps because networking and microcomputer companies have been so successful during the past few years, the current tendency in Washington, D C , is to give the industrial sector all the credit for the grand successeq in computing of the past half-century In fact, at least as much of the technology that has driven this revolution originated in acadernid, and much 01 the research in both sectors would not have been under taken without the far sighted support of the U S government By far the largest Federal supporter of computer R&D has been the Information Processing Techniques Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa, or, during the first couple years of the Clinton administration, themselves in military terms alone Examples of Darpa-sponsored technologies employed effectively by the Pentagon include such military computer networks as Milnet and Simnet, graphically oriented flight simulators used by the U S Air Force, packet-switching radio and satellite systems for a digital military communications system, and advanced command-and-control systems, among many others Darpa originated in 1958 as a response to the Soviet Union's launch of the first spacc satcllite, Sputnik In setting up the agency, President Dwight D Eisenhower's intention was to transcend the rivalries among the military services in advanced research and development The agency's early years were devoted to the space program and nuclear test verification, and it was not until 1962 that the Information Processing Techniques office was formed But the computing program grew with a vengeance, and within a year its expcriditures were large1 than dll other U S government outlays on computing R&D combined The influence of Darpa's computing office h a s been most not iceable in breakthrough technologies In t h e 19605, for example, it supported the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Project MAC, which built the first timesharing computer The result was that

Inventing the internet

Australia has been very successful in recruiting international students. The Australian government regularly reports students’ high levels of satisfaction with their educational experiences; however, there is also evidence of some dissatisfaction with regard to social and educational experiences. This paper explores the extent to which universities are meeting the social and educational needs of international students by analysing their experiences through the two dominate rationales in international education, namely neoliberal and cosmopolitan rationales. It discusses findings from a project examining the perceptions and experiences of international students at a large metropolitan Australian university. The study was conducted in two phases: an online questionnaire, followed by focus group interviews. The findings indicate that while international students might rate their overall satisfaction as high on questionnaires, deeper analysis through focus groups highlights the lack of social integration and belongingness that international students perceive. These results challenge universities to innovate their practices in order to develop and integrate cosmopolitan experiences that not only may benefit students but also assist in sustaining the neoliberal rationale of the sector.

International students’ experience in Australian higher education: can we do better?

Discussions of middle powers in international relations scholarship are hampered by a lack of clarity about what the term ‘middle power’ actually means. This has not stopped increasing numbers of states that cannot claim great power ranking but resist being categorised as small powers imagining middle power status for themselves in regional and global affairs. In an attempt to shed light on middle power imagining, three concepts of middle power are identified. It is contended that one or more of these concepts influences the foreign policies of states ambitious for middle power recognition in regional and global affairs. Identifying which concept, or which combination of concepts, influences a state's middle power imagining may contribute to deeper understandings of the effectiveness, or otherwise, of its foreign policies.

Imagining middle powers

From Whitlam to Fraser : reform and reaction in Australian politics

This essay proposes a defence of a form of teaching eroded by what Sennet (2006) calls ‘the culture of the new capitalism’. The term coined for the form under consideration here is ‘affective pedagogy.’ Affective pedagogy is evident in teachers who: • value a discipline (or disciplines) and their associated practices; • value imparting them to students; • challenge students’ learning achievements while respecting their developing intellects; • assess students’ academic progress transparently and constructively; • encourage students to move beyond their knowledge comfort zones; and • engage students in ‘dramatic friendship’

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The Art Of Loving In The Classroom : A Defence Of Affective Pedagogy.

A leading rationale for increased internationalising of higher education is that it provides a cosmopolitan experience for students, preparing them to become global citizens. On the other h...

Allan Patience

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International students’ experience in Australian higher education: can we do better?

Imagining middle powers

From Whitlam to Fraser : reform and reaction in Australian politics

The Art Of Loving In The Classroom : A Defence Of Affective Pedagogy.

Chinese Students in Australia: Generators of Cosmopolitanism, Evidence of Economic Necessity or Agents of Political Influence?