Creative thinking can transform public policy.

New Zealand is analysing the potential and prospects of a Regulatory Responsibility Act.

If North Korea refuses to give up its nuclear ambitions, all palatable options will have run out.

A new generation of collaborators is caving in to the new conquerors of Europe.

Despite China's current rise, the strategic environment in Asia is changing more slowly than many believe.

There is no economic rationale for providing additional health care subsidises for GP Super Clinics.

Shared parenting laws are under threat from feminists with no intention of giving fathers a fair go.

The federal government must see through the politics of child protection to ensure that states better protect vulnerable children.

Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell (Basic Books, 2009.)

Vital Signs: Stories from Intensive Care by Ken Hillman (UNSW Press, 2009.)  Paul Cunningham asks who and when should pull the plug.

The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University by Louis Menand (W. W. Norton, 2010.)

The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism by Joyce Appleby (W. W. Norton, 2010.)

When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World by Martin Jacques (Allen Lane, 2009.)

The New Vichy Syndrome—Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism by Theodore Dalrymple (Encounter Books, 2010.)

Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times by Barry Wain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.)

Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.)

Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner (HarperCollins, 2009.)

Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why The U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey—and Even Iraq—Are Destined To Become The Kings of The World’s Most Popular Sport by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski (Nation Books, 2009.)