Canberra: An Over-Mighty Territory
The nation's overgrown capital is more than nine times the minimum size originally envisaged. John Stone explains why-and how-it should be cut down to size.

Quality of Life And the Prophets of Gloom
Opinion polls showing pessimism about the economic reforms of the past two decades should not be taken at face value, argues Andrew Norton

Conservation Inc.: The Business of Saving Wildlife
Putting a dollar value on endangered species may be their best hope for survival, as the success if an Australian conservation company demonstrates. Michael De Alessi reports.

The ‘We’ Word: And the Tyranny of the Majority
False collectives-what Americans call 'weasel words'-poison the language we use to talk about public affairs by cobbling together spurious majorities, writes Roger Kerr.

American Grand Strategy: The Imperial Logic of Bush’s Liberal Agenda
The US-led intervention in Iraq is a logical consequence of the Bush administration’s larger vision of America’s role in the world, in which the United States will pursue a ‘forward strategy for freedom’–by force of arms if necessary. Yet this liberal democratic crusade misunderstands not only the scale but also the nature of the task.

Responses:
Rhetoric Matters Owen Harries
The 'vision thing' Allan Gyngell
A call to inaction Peter Jennings
Fighting words Coral Bell
Three cheers for the Anglosphere David Flint

Living with the Dragon
China in the National Interest
This volume of work collects articles from The National Interest, edited by Owen Harries, that examine the complex development in the US-China relationship
Reviewed by Stuart Harris

Turning Off the Television: Broadcasting’s Uncertain Future
By Jock Given Reviewed by Andre Stein

The Liberal Archipelago: A Theory of Diversity and Freedom
By Chandran Kukathas Reviewed by Andrew Norton

Man of Honour: John Macarthur Duellist, Rebel, Founding Father
By Michael Duffy Reviewed by D.J. Goodsir-Cullen