Are you a well-established researcher keen to lead a research program at Australia’s leading think tank on the United States? We are seeking two Program Directors to oversee the Centre's research programs for Emerging Technology; and Political Economy, Trade and Investment. Applications are now open.
The United States Studies Centre’s (USSC) second annual flagship State of the United States report (SOTUS) reviews the political, economic and policy developments in the United States of vital relevance to Australian national interests. In this year’s edition, Biden’s agenda in the balance, USSC researchers analyse both where US politics and policy is tracking one year into the Biden administration and as well as extensive polling of both Australian and US public opinion.
The Alliance at 70 commemorates the Alliance between Australia and the United States on the 70th anniversary of the signing of the ANZUS Treaty in San Francisco on 1 September 1951. This lavishly-produced coffee-table book features a foreword by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and contributions by President George W Bush, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Prime Minister John Howard, Julie Bishop, Paul Hogan, David Petraeus, Dennis Richardson and Rob Sitch, among others.
The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney is a university-based research centre, dedicated to the rigorous analysis of American foreign policy, economics, politics and culture.
When colonial Americans declared their independence on July 4 1776, they rejected more than British rule. They explicitly denounced the British form of government and the unlegislated norms, traditions and conventions a royal...
The 2021 census data released this week shows that, for the first time, a majority of Australians do not identify as Christians. This continues a trend of steep drops in Christian identification at...
The United States Studies Centre (USSC) is pleased to announce the appointment of one of Australia’s leading international defence experts, Professor Peter J. Dean, as the Centre’s new Director of Foreign Policy and...
USSC CEO Dr Michael Green writes in The Straits Times that Russian aggression and the Xi-Putin partnership are spurring a counterbalancing response as seen in the gathering of US Atlantic and Pacific allies...
In recent years, scholars have debated the apparent lack of diplomatic leadership by “middle powers” like Australia and South Korea on the international stage. Such pessimism should be reconsidered, however, in light of...
Seventy-one years ago representatives of Australia, New Zealand, and the United States signed the ANZUS mutual security treaty in San Francisco to reinforce stability in East Asia after the outbreak of the Korean...
At the NATO summit in Spain, attended by Anthony Albanese, there was debate among Washington’s Asianists over whether the US should divert its attention from dealing with China to offer significant support for...
The global fight to reduce emissions has been dealt a blow with the US Supreme Court moving to limit the country's ability to regulate big polluters. The decision has left President Joe Biden's...
The Yoon Suk-yeol administration has expressed a desire for closer alignment with, and potential membership in, US-led minilateral groupings such as the Quad. But USSC’s Research Fellow Peter Lee writes in Korea on...
USSC's Senior Fellow Bruce Wolpe talks to ABC TV's Afternoon Briefing about the US Supreme Court abortion decision, which has rocked the nation. Interview begins at 20.35mins
USSC Senior Fellow Bruce Wolpe tells ABC TV the American democracy is under pressure after the Supreme Court removed the constitutional right to have an abortion.
