Representing the most comprehensive analysis of Australia's two-way investment relationship with the United States, this study provides policy recommendations to further enhance investment and ensure the United States remains Australia’s indispensable economic partner.
The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney deepens Australia’s understanding of the United States through research, teaching and public engagement.
Dichotomies are intellectually seductive, making a complex world easy to navigate. Good and bad, left and right, or – as we often encounter in debates about Australia's future – values versus interests, or...
From a distance, Charlottesville looks like a smooth blue bubble in a sea of red, a university town abutting Virginia’s rural foothills and farmland. Up close, it’s a mass of conflicts and contradictions...
No single country plays a larger role in Australia's economy than the United States. The United States is not only Australia's second largest trading partner, it is by far the largest investor in...
As with much of this highly atypical presidency, the Trump administration’s United Nations (UN) policy is still taking shape. But for the past six months, Ambassador Nikki R. Haley has been a vocal...
How can Australia better engage with an unprecedented US administration? USSC research fellow Dougal Robinson offers a blueprint for how the government should retool its political engagement in Washington to make it more...
Just two US presidents have been impeached and none removed from office. Despite this, there has been much speculation about the prospect of Donald Trump being impeached by Congress. But how likely is...
Seven months into his presidency, Donald Trump has already forced out a national security adviser, a chief of staff, a press secretary and two communications directors — in addition to firing the FBI...
The departure from the White House of Steve Bannon, one of China’s strongest critics within the Trump administration, is likely to provide only temporary relief to Beijing, say China foreign policy analysts including...
USSC academic director Dr David Smith joined the ABC's The Link to discuss the current controversy over Confederate statues in America.
Political analysts believe US President Donald Trump has ‘reverted to type’ after he again blamed ‘both sides’ for the deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. USSC academic director Dr David...
ABC Lateline's Emma Alberici speaks to US Studies Centre CEO Professor Simon Jackman about Donald Trump's response to violence in Charlottesville.
