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The future of the Quad in the age of Trump
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Quad partnership between Australia, India, Japan and the United States has emerged as major pillar of diplomatic architecture in the Indo-Pacific ...
Securing the Indian Ocean: India-Australia maritime partnership
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Indian Ocean is fast becoming one of the world’s most geo-strategically contested maritime arenas. The region’s littoral and island states are...
A look back at year one of Trump 2.0
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The last 10 months have seen the longest federal government shutdown in US history, the highest levels of US tariffs imposed in nearly a century, unpr...
Tides of partnership: Australia-India maritime collaboration in the Indian Ocean region
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of recent Australia-India Defence and Foreign Ministers’ meetings, the United States Studies Centre and the Observer Research Foundation...
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Can allies shape US strategy?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Panel discussion at the Sydney International Strategy Forum featuring Dr Kori Schake, Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies...
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Keynote address from General David Berger (Ret’d)
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keynote address at the Sydney International Strategy Forum from General David Berger (Ret’d), former Commandant of the US Marine Corps on the topic ...
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Leading on economic security: AI and critical minerals
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Panel discussion at the Sydney International Strategy Forum featuring Dr Jeffrey Wilson, Director of Research and Economics at the Australian Industry...
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Navigating disruption in trade and finance
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Panel discussion at the Sydney International Strategy Forum featuring Dr John Kunkel, Senior Economics Adviser at the United States Studies Centre, Bi...
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Keynote address from HE the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A keynote address at the Sydney International Strategy Forum from His Excellency the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC, Australia’s Ambassador to the United Stat...
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Are US alliances fit for purpose? AUKUS, the Quad, and the future of security cooperation
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Panel discussion at the Sydney International Strategy Forum featuring Dr Lavina Lee, Director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studi...
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Is China winning in the Indo-Pacific?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Panel discussion at the Sydney International Strategy Forum featuring General David Berger (Ret’d), former Commandant of the US Marine Corps, Dr Mir...
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Keynote address from Avril Haines
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines joined the Sydney International Strategy Forum live by video link to discuss with Chief Executiv...
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | America abroad, America at home: How much has changed?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Panel discussion featuring Lisa Curtis, Director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, Dr Mira Rapp-Hooper, ...
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Fireside conversation with Dr Kurt Campbell
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To open the 2025 Sydney International Strategy Forum, former US Deputy Secretary of State, Chairman and Co-Founder, The Asia Group, Dr Kurt Campbell, ...
Weaponising words: Russia's global influence playbook
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Russian disinformation and foreign influence campaigns have increasingly become defining features of today’s information landscape. Their reach exte...
Japan's defence revolution and Australia-Japan-US trilateralism under Trump 2.0
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A panel of experts unpacked Japan’s National Security Strategy and explored the opportunities and challenges for Australia-Japan-US trilateral strat...
Can Ukraine survive?
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the second Trump administration has made sweeping changes to US foreign policy priorities and moved ...
Kelly Magsamen: The future of US defence policy
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The transition to a new US Administration has sharpened Washington’s focus on the Indo-Pacific, while also exposing deep strategic and political ten...
David Shambaugh: How China won and lost America
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For more than five decades following the 1972 rapprochement between the United States and China, the two countries seemed to be steadily building a so...
Trump's tariffs and the future of the global order
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The future of the global economic order is in flux. Beijing's coercive economic policies, President Trump’s unprecedented tariffs, and the embrace o...
Expert discussion of Kathryn Schumaker's book, Tangled Fortunes: The hidden history of interracial marriage in the Jim Crow South
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To launch USSC senior lecturer Dr Kathryn Schumaker's new book, Tangled Fortunes: The Hidden History of Interracial Marriage in the Jim Crow South (Ba...
Space traffic jam: Challenges facing space sustainability
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Out of sight, out of mind. Low Earth Orbit has undeniably become busier, with upwards of 10,000 satellites and millions of pieces of space debris curr...
Cosmic shield: A panel on space security
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As space technologies proliferate and international political competition heats up, space has become a hotly contested strategic and operational domai...
100 days of the second Trump administration
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Studies Centre hosted an exclusive event in partnership with The Sydney Morning Herald.April 30 marked 100 days of the second Trump ...
US export controls, AUKUS and Australia
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Export controls and investment screening are taking centre stage in the United States as Washington attempts to protect military and industrial advant...
US-China competition: AI, chips and export controls — where to next?
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As US-China technology competition intensifies, governments across the world are keeping a tighter grip on the advanced semiconductor chips, AI models...
Geopolitical trends to watch in 2025
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, 20 January 2025, President-elect Donald Trump was sworn in as 47th President of the United States. He has said he’ll end the war in Ukrai...
The future of the Quad
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, the first Donald Trump administration revived the Quad partnership between Australia, India, Japan and the United States after years of inact...
Building bridges across the Indian Ocean: Australia-India cooperation for connectivity and growth
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Indian Ocean Region brims with economic promise, yet it faces growing challenges — from inadequate infrastructure to fierce geoeconomic competit...
Who will be America's next president: Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 presidential race is already emerging as one of the most important elections of our generation, and could shape Australia’s foreign policy ...
Competition in cyberspace and the future of US security leadership
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are increasingly living our lives in cyberspace — from global banking and financial transactions, to managing critical infrastructure and supply ...
Folk singers and the FBI
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An eye-opening exploration of the intersection between folk music and political activism, writer and historian Aaron J. Leonard dived into the lives o...
Understanding the 2024 US Election: A webinar for educators
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Studies Centre held a discussion hosted by Lecturer in American Studies and political scientist, Dr Kathryn Robison. This webinar fe...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 9: Reconciling security and prosperity: What’s at stake in 2024?
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 8: Indo-Pacific energy security and Australia’s role in the energy transition
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 7: Technology dynamics, disruption, and de-risking: the security-prosperity nexus
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Dinner panel | Fusing security and economic interests: Practitioners’ perspectives
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 6: Global economic governance: Where to for the “rules-based order”?
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 5: Economic statecraft in an age of strategic competition
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 4: Political risk and global shocks: What keeps C-suites up at night?
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Keynote address by Dr Steven Kennedy PSM, Secretary to the Australian Treasury
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 3: US-China economic competition: An insider’s perspective
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 2: Economic security strategies in practice: Who’s doing what?
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 1: Geopolitical turmoil and the search for economic security
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Economic security in a turbulent world | Welcome and address by Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 19 and 20 June 2024, the United States Studies Centre hosted a major international conference in Sydney spotlighting the search for “economic sec...
Allies and Partners Poll 2024: Australia, the United States and Japan converge on alliances and China despite US election uncertainties
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Studies Centre launched the latest edition of the USSC’s annual public opinion polling. The 2024 Allies and Partners Poll by USSC ...
Cyber threats, disinformation and sabotage: Lessons learnt from Russia's war in Ukraine
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the eve of its February 2022 invasion, Russia conducted a massive cyber attack on Ukraine’s satellite communications that not only downed service...
Expert discussion of Frances Clarke's prize-winning book: Of Age: Boy Soldiers and the American Civil War
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The USSC hosted historians Frances Clarke, Michael Green, Michael McDonnell, and Kathryn Schumaker of the University of Sydney and the United States C...
Inside the Republican Party: In conversation with Barbara Comstock
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In his third run for the White House, Donald Trump’s hold over the Republican Party appears to be stronger than ever. Even his former rivals are ral...
Election Watch 2024: The Democratic National Convention
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 US presidential race now looks dramatically different compared to just three weeks ago. Democrats will head into the party’s national conve...
AUKUS enablers? Assessing US and Australian defence export control reforms
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The AUKUS countries are on the verge of an historic moment. Over the past twelve months, lawmakers and officials in Australia, the United Kingdom, and...
Election Watch 2024: New Cold Wars in a year like no other
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the United States heads towards one of the most consequential elections in its history, US allies and partners around the world are watching intens...
Election Watch 2024: Reflections on the Republican National Convention
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 US presidential election campaign is reaching fever pitch. Former president Donald Trump’s coronation as the 2024 Republican presidential n...
Governing AI: How are governments engaging with generative AI?
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Generative artificial intelligence has dominated headlines across the world for the past two years. Popular models include OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’...
AUKUS, allies and partners
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
AUKUS is making waves internationally as an ambitious program of industrial integration, economic development, and strategic alignment between the US ...
Sydney launch of Red book | Blue book 2024: A guide to the next US administration
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2024 we are once again faced with the prospect of either Joe Biden or Donald Trump back in the Oval Office. However, this time we have presidential...
Parliament House, Canberra launch of Red book | Blue book 2024: A guide to the next US administration
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2024 we are once again faced with the prospect of either Joe Biden or Donald Trump back in the Oval Office. However, this time we have presidential...
The future of democracy in the Pacific and Southeast Asia
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Studies Centre hosted a launch event for the USSC major report, Aligning values and interests: Japanese and Australian democracy sup...
Climate transition heating up: The race for the clean energy transition in the Indo-Pacific
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Albanese and Biden governments are united in positing that climate change poses an existential threat and are modernising their alliance relations...
Election Watch 2024: Trump v. Biden redux?
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Iowa caucuses on 15 January were the first test of whether any GOP challengers can make a dent on former president Trump’s dominating lead in th...
Taiwan's upcoming election: The implications for Australia
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Although global attention is focused on the upcoming US presidential election in November 2024, a key regional election looms much sooner — the Taiw...
The insider's guide to the 2024 US presidential election
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One year out from the presidential election, and less than three months until the first of the Republican primary contests, the coming year is set to ...
Sydney International Strategy Forum | USSC 2023 polling insights — part two
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2023, the United States Studies Centre conducted a public opinion survey in Australia, the United States and Japan to understand the public ...
Sydney International Strategy Forum | Panel 4: AUKUS, the Quad and the future of alliances and partnerships
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Moderated by Dr Michael Green, CEO at the United States Studies Centre, this session of the Sydney International Strategy Forum features panellists Pr...
Sydney International Strategy Forum | Strategy simulation insights
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Peter Dean, Director, Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre; Dr Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow at the American Enterpri...
Sydney International Strategy Forum | Panel 3: Navigating de-risking, disruption and emerging technology
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Moderated by Jared Mondschein, Director of Research at the United States Studies Centre, this session of the Sydney International Strategy Forum featu...
Sydney International Strategy Forum | Panel 2: US politics at the crossroads
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Moderated by Victoria Cooper, Research Editor at the United States Studies Centre this session of the Sydney International Strategy Forum features pan...
Sydney International Strategy Forum | Keynote address and fireside conversation with The Hon. Madeleine King MP
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Minister for Resources and the Minister for Northern Australia the Honourable Madeleine King MP delivered a keynote address to the Sydney Internationa...
Sydney International Strategy Forum | Keynote address and fireside conversation with Senator Simon Birmingham
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator the Honourable Simon Birmingham delivered a keynote address to the Sydney International Strategy Forum bef...
Sydney International Strategy Forum | Panel 1: How far will US-China confrontation go?
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Moderated by Dr Michael Green, CEO of the United States Studies Centre, this session of the Sydney International Strategy Forum features panellists Mi...
Sydney International Strategy Forum | Keynote address and fireside conversation with Michèle Flournoy
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michèle Flournoy is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors, and Co-Founder, former Chief Executive Officer, and now Chair of the Center...
Sydney International Strategy Forum | Welcome remarks and USSC 2023 polling insights — part one
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Michael Green, CEO of the United States Studies Centre provides welcome remarks for the inaugural Sydney International Strategy Forum held at the F...
The GOP debate breakdown: What just happened?
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Republican presidential candidates gathered in Milwaukee for the biggest event of the 2024 election cycle so far: the first Republican presidential de...
Countering a Taiwan crisis with economics
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The past few years have seen an unprecedented use of economic coercion as a tool of international relations, from sanctions placed on Russia, Iran, an...
How Australia can navigate US-China economic battles
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Strategic competition between the United States and China, Australia’s most important ally and largest trading partner respectively, means Australia...
Readout on President Biden's Asia trip: A conversation with Kurt Campbell, Edgard Kagan and Mira Rapp-Hooper
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While debt-ceiling negotiations required President Biden to call off the Australia leg of his recent trip to the region, this did not stop progress on...
How to stop a Cold War from becoming hot: Lessons from Ronald Reagan
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the era of strategic competition, debate about how to preserve the international rules-based order without provoking a catastrophic conflict contin...
The optimal pathway for ITAR reform
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Price tag aside, one of the biggest obstacles to the success of AUKUS is export controls. Stakeholders in all three AUKUS countries are increasingly c...
What to expect from the Quad Leaders' Summit
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Quad partnership — Australia, India, Japan and the United States — represents a powerful grouping of Indo-Pacific states seeking to maintain s...
The fight for democracy in Asia
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Studies Centre and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) hosted a special event to hear from leaders across the region about th...
Technology, innovation and strategic competition: A conversation with The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh and Dr Robert Atkinson
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an era of heightened economic and technological competition, the United States and Australia are rapidly recalibrating their strategic approach. Th...
AUKUS briefing: What you need to know about the AUKUS report
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines through AUKUS, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia is on the cusp of “the single bigge...
Pride and the alliance: Alan Joyce and Ambassador John Berry (ret'd) in conversation with Annabel Crabb
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The United States and Australia both followed circuitous routes to marriage equality. When US Ambassador to Australia John Berry (ret'd) first arrived...
A conversation with Walter Russell Mead
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At his inauguration more than two years ago, President Biden promised that America was back, ready to resume its leadership role in world affairs. But...
State of the Union 2023: USSC pre-game analysis
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On 7 February, President Biden will make his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress and his first appearance before the newly Repub...
Meet the Hamilton Australia cast: In the room where it happened
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s widely acclaimed rap retelling of the story of America’s first treasurer, Alexander Hamilton, effectively scrubbed the monike...
Many hands: Australia-US contributions to Southeast Asian maritime security resilience
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Studies Centre launched a new report by the Foreign Policy and Defence Program, titled Many Hands: Australia-US contributions to Sou...
What does the new Congress mean for Australia?
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While the broad bipartisan support for AUKUS and the Australia-US alliance are unlikely to change with the new Congress, budget constraints and priori...
US Midterms 2022: The stakes for Australia and the alliance | Looking towards 2024
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Studies Centre launched its publication, US Midterms 2022: The stakes for Australia and the alliance at a special event in Canberra....
US Midterms 2022 | The US political map ahead of November 8 with Ron Brownstein
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This session features CNN and The Atlantic's Ron Brownstein in conversation with Jared Mondschein, Director of Research at the United States Studies C...
US Midterms 2022 | A conversation with Jane Coaston on what’s happening in America
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This session features New York Times journalist Jane Coaston in conversation with Dr Michael Green, CEO of the United States Studies Centre. The sessi...
US Midterms 2022: The stakes for Australia and the alliance | Report findings
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Studies Centre launched its publication, US Midterms 2022: The stakes for Australia and the alliance at a special event in Canberra....
Is a 2023 Taiwan invasion imminent or implausible?
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese President Xi Jinping secured his historic third term amidst a message of heightened urgency to “reunite” with Taiwan. US officials have co...
A US-Australian agenda for climate change after the midterms
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After passing record levels of investment in infrastructure, research and science, and climate the United States is on a clear pathway to a clean ener...
Danger Zone: The coming conflict with China with author Hal Brands
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If the rest of the 21st century will be defined by strategic competition, Professor Hal Brands posits the 2020s will be the most intense and definitiv...
Sharks and the US presidency: A conversation with bite
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US presidents are obsessed with sharks. From President Nixon asking the Secret Service to put in shark nets around his Florida holiday house to former...
Georgia: Ground zero of the US midterm elections
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the US midterm elections for the control of Congress fast approaching, voters in the state of Georgia face important and highly anticipated elect...
US midterms 2022 with Jane Coaston and Annabel Crabb
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Studies Centre hosted a special US midterms event featuring The New York Times' Jane Coaston, ABC's Political commentator Annabel Cr...
NATO's new Strategic Concept: Transatlantic security agenda and its implications for Australia
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
NATO’s Madrid Summit in June brought about the Alliance’s long-awaited new Strategic Concept which delivered an assessment of a much more adversar...
Universal voting: Can Australia's experience work in America?
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The simple act of voting – who can vote, how easy it is to vote, who counts the votes, who certifies the votes, and whether the people accept the le...