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Benjamin Herscovitch

Policy Analyst, Social Foundations Program

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Before joining CIS, Benjamin Herscovitch was a Policy Graduate at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, where he served on the Pakistan desk and worked on the department’s public diplomacy programs. He also recently completed a PhD thesis that advances a liberal theory of federalism. Benjamin’s academic research spans philosophy, political theory, and political science, and he has published in all these disciplines.

At CIS, Benjamin is working on social policy issues, including social mobility and multiculturalism.

Email: bherscovitch@cis.org.au

Publications by Author

  1. FEATURE: Liberal Values and the End of History

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 07 Feb 2012 | POLICY Magazine

    The Arab Spring’s call for the institutionalisation of liberal values is reason to pause and reconsider Francis Fukuyama’s... Read More...

  2. FEATURE: Democratic Accountability and the Australian Federal System of Government

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 22 Mar 2010 | POLICY Magazine

    With better design, federalism can still bring government closer to voters.

Opinion & Commentary by Author

  1. Reduced defence spending may well be sound public policy

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 21 May 2012 | The Canberra Times

    Australia is under US protection and the world is a more peaceful place now.

  2. War-war when jaw-jaw fails?

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 18 May 2012 | ON LINE Opinion

    Despite a United Nations and Arab League-sponsored ceasefire agreement and the deployment of growing numbers of UN observers,... Read More

  3. Liberal democracies do it their own way

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 27 Feb 2012 | The Newcastle Herald

    Arab Springs don’t bring Western clones

Ideas@TheCentre by Author

  1. Defence-lite is sound policy

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 18 May 2012 | Ideas@The Centre

    Notwithstanding chatter about a US-China confrontation, Australia remains safe under America’s security embrace.

  2. Tiger mothers and the social escalator

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 13 Apr 2012 | Ideas@The Centre

    Academic achievement relies more on the values and aspirations of fellow students, parents and teachers – not so much on... Read More

  3. 'Of its essence a great mistake'

    Benjamin Herscovitch | 23 Mar 2012 | Ideas@The Centre

    Canberra fails as a capital city.