In new research published by the Centre, Ashley Townshend, Brendan Thomas-Noone and Matilda Steward argue that in the absence of hard choices by US leaders to spend more on defence or do less in the world, the United States will confront rising levels of strategic risk with destabilising consequences for the Indo-Pacific.
The Washington DC Placement Program offers an unrivalled opportunity for Australian students to live, study and work in the seat of American power and witness first-hand the workings of the US government.
The Australian Research Council’s research in Bionic Vision Science and Technology initiative — the so-called bionic eye initiative — offers a productive way to explore the barriers to successful innovation in Australia. It is a lesson in how not to innovate.
In this new report published by the USSC, author Lavina Lee argues that democracy promotion ought to be an essential component of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy — a strategy that is being promoted by the United States, Australia, Japan and, increasingly, India, albeit with national differences in approaches and emphasis.
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.
A keynote address by Peter Varghese AO delivered at the Indo-Pacific Strategic Futures: Dialogue and Simulation dinner at PwC Sydney on 12 August 2019
What Trump did late last week was unimaginable – until he acted out his unprecedented, fantastical political ploy: pressure Prime Minister Netanyahu to deny entry into Israel of two Democratic Members of Congress...
Enhancing the long-term economic opportunities for the Indo-Pacific region to ensure it remains safe and prosperous was at the core of the agenda for the annual Australia-US foreign and defence ministerial meeting (AUSMIN)...
US President Donald Trump's attacks on Democrat Elijah Cummings over the weekend — deriding the black congressman's district as "a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" — represent another juvenile attempt to humiliate...
Technological disruption is rapidly changing the nature of work and the skills needed to succeed at work. It’s estimated that around half of current work activities can be automated by adapting currently available...
Floating rates and free markets have achieved more than the IMF and the World Bank ever have.
This report, co-authored by seniors fellows Dr Charles Edel and Dr John Lee, examines the future of the US-Australia alliance amidst increasing tensions with China. Edel and Lee offer a comprehensive set of recommendations for how...
The ongoing attacks on abortion reveal the deep and enduring power of a patriarchal system in the United States designed to control women and their bodies; especially women of colour and of lower...
The Australian Research Council's bionic eye initiative, funded from 2010-2014, offers a productive way to assess the structural and cultural barriers to successful innovation in Australia: it is a lesson in how not...
New United States Studies Centre report, Averting Crisis: American strategy, military spending and collective defence in the Indo-Pacific, is reported in this article on France24.
The United States Studies Centre report, Averting Crisis: American strategy, military spending and collective defence in the Indo-Pacific, is mentioned in this Crikey newswrap.
New United States Studies Centre report, Averting Crisis: American strategy, military spending and collective defence in the Indo-Pacific, is reported in this article on Channel News Asia.
Australia has been urged to stockpile munitions, improve land-based strike capabilities and "rebalance" military deployments away from the Middle East in the face of China's rising strength in the Indo-Pacific.
