President Trump has officially launched his re-election bid, but did the campaign ever really end? Professor Simon Jackman joins the podcast to discuss the formal kick-off to the 2020 presidential election race and preview the first Democratic presidential debates.
If interest rates in Australia are almost at zero, how can the Reserve Bank maintain nominal stability if there is adverse shock to the Australian economy? Faced with the same issue, the US Federal Reserve implemented a strategy known as quantitative easing. This report examines what Australia could learn from the US experience with quantitative easing.
Charles Edel, a former advisor to US Secretary of State John Kerry, and John Lee, a former advisor to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, examine the future of the US-Australia alliance amidst increasing tensions with China in this new USSC report.
In her new explainer, Honorary Associate Elizabeth Ingleson details how the ongoing attacks on abortion in the United States reveal the deep and enduring power of a patriarchal system designed to control women and their bodies, especially women of colour and women who are poor.
Donald Trump has officially launched his bid for a second term as president, addressing a large rally in Orlando, Florida. Senior Fellow Bruce Wolpe writes that, at the moment, there's little standing in his way.
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.
With its official cash rate now expected to fall below 1%, it is increasingly likely the Reserve Bank will have to change its monetary policy instrument from interest rates to outright asset purchases...
Is Donald Trump going to destroy himself? Will Jared and Ivanka eventually complete their takeover of the White House and rule the world? Will Steve Bannon – the Trump whisperer and chief political...
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...
In the introduction to Working, his monumental 1972 collection of oral histories on how Americans think about work, the great journalist Studs Terkel wrote that work ‘‘is, by its very nature, about...
President Donald Trump officially launched his re-election bid in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday. But having filed his intention to run on day of his 2017 inauguration, given his love of frequent televised rallies...
Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal resolution has quickly pushed its way to the front of the climate action debate in the United States. Many question how such a radical and sweeping...
More than half the Australians surveyed in a Pew Research Centre poll of global attitudes and trends last year expressed increased concern over China's growing power and influence. This is hardly surprising given...
US President Donald Trump put a last-second halt to what would have been his third military action against targets in the Middle East, after hitting Syria twice. As bombastic as his Twitter account...
Stephen Kirchner is quoted in this article in Bloomberg.
With Democtatic frontrunner Joe Biden's announcement reversing his position on taxpayer-funded abortions, moderate voters in the US are left with few centre-left alternatives to Donald Trump, according to Mia Love.
Australia and the United States have fought side-by-side in every major conflict for the past 100 years and remained treaty allies since 1951. But while the two nations have been close for so...
There has never been a Trump honeymoon. Nor any meaningful period of national unity under the 45th president’s leadership. He is the most unpopular president in modern American history, with poll approval ratings...
