Why is US energy so inexpensive? Why is its electricity more reliable and pricing more transparent than Australia’s? Why are its carbon emissions declining faster relative to Australia? In this report we answer those questions, clarifying what’s at stake if Australian policymakers do not change course.
Given the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship to growing an economy’s capacity to develop new enterprises and areas of specialisation, what roles can (and should) government organisations have in supporting them? Our latest report looks at the US example for inspiration.
What were the moments that defined US foreign policy, domestic politics and the unfolding Russia investigation this year? Bruce Wolpe joins the podcast to wrap 2018 and forecast the issues likely to impact the 2020 campaign.
New USSC-YouGov polling suggests Americans are divided over President Trump's hardball tactics over trade with China as the tariff war threatens to spill into next year.
In the final edition of The 45th for the year, our staff select their top picks for books, films, podcasts and TV shows to devour over the holiday season.
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In an era of rapid and potentially disruptive change, an economy’s capacity to develop new enterprises and areas of specialisation is increasingly important. Given that innovation and entrepreneurship are so essential, what roles...
What were the moments that defined US foreign policy, domestic politics and the unfolding Russia investigation this year? Former Democratic Party advisor and chief of staff to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Bruce...
This week, Washington is funereal. Today, the city halts, the National Cathedral in repose as a pulpit of mourning. Partisanship ebbs from Capitol Hill. A White House muted. These are the traditions, pageantry...
Australia and the United States have a lot in common: liberal, democratic institutions; advanced technology; largely open economies; growing populations; infrastructure needs; and above all, abundant energy resources.
But new research published by...
Senior fellow Charles Edel looks back at Czeslaw Milosz' 1951 The Captive Mind for The Washington Post and examines the relevance of his account of the slide into authoritarianism that occurred in Poland...
The meeting between the US and Chinese presidents stole the headlines coming out of the G20 leaders’ meeting in Buenos Aires. Almost unreported was the failure of the Brisbane Action Plan that was...
While the rise of China poses serious challenges for the United States and its allies, these challenges are far from insurmountable. If American policymakers can make sound decisions about how to evolve the...
This report recommends measures Australia can take to improve its openness to the rest of the world and capture the associated economic and social benefits from globalisation.
Non-resident senior fellow John Lee writes for The National Interest about how the nature of Chinese and US strategy means that ASEAN has to make a clear choice for one or the other.
Australian political leaders are under growing pressure to sign a new Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
It will be high on the agenda at the ALP national conference, since 78 per...
In early October the United States Studies Centre and YouGov polled 1,218 respondents in the United States and 1,039 in Australia to learn what voters in these two countries thought about key issues...
Why is US energy so inexpensive? Why is its electricity more reliable and pricing more transparent than Australia’s? Why are its carbon emissions declining faster relative to Australia? In this report we answer...
The Australian's Perry Williams takes an in-depth look at USSC's new report: 'It doesn't have to be this way: Australia's energy crisis, America's energy surplus'.
