In 2020, Australia experienced the most significant outflow of US direct investment in 15 years according to a new report by USSC Trade and Investment Program Director Stephen Kirchner. His research reveals that US investment in Australia recorded its third consecutive year of decline with Australia accumulating nearly A$150 billion of losses in US investment as it falls short in attracting US capital compared to peer economies.
New analysis by USSC research associate Victoria Cooper looks at the key appointees in the Biden administration and their significance for Australia. The publication provides insights into what Australians can expect from the Biden team in the next hundred days and the 1,260 thereafter.
Australians believe “dealing with climate change” is a more important foreign policy goal than Americans, according to recent polling by the USSC. Eighty per cent of Australian survey respondents said “dealing with climate change” was either a “very important” or “fairly important” foreign policy goal, compared to 68 per cent of American respondents, however, Americans appear to be significantly more polarised in their opinion than Australians.
Australia's long-standing strategic relationship with the United States is transforming in response to rapid geostrategic change in the Indo-Pacific, a fractious debate about America's role in the world, technological change, and economic interdependence. For Australian policymakers and their American partners, creativity and dexterity are in great demand, with the US-Australia alliance growing in scope and deepening in strategic importance.
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In their incisive, dramatic and masterful account of President Donald Trump’s last year in office – what we read is “the closest version of the truth that we could determine based on rigorous...
Susannah Patton, Foreign Policy and Defence Research Fellow, appeared on ABC Radio National program "Future Tense" with Anthony Funnell for a discussion on President Biden's ambitions to establish a new alliance fo democracies...
In the first of two policy briefs with the NATO Defense College as part of her 2021 NATO Partners Across the Globe Fellowship, Dr Gorana Grgic addresses the strategic quandary that the Indo-Pacific...
As the latest outbreak of COVID-19 threatens to extend lockdowns in Victoria and New South Wales, we find evidence of a growing gap in public trust in COVID-19 information that may slow our...
On the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, President Xi Jinping reiterated the longstanding Chinese goal of strengthening science and technology to help achieve national rejuvenation. China’s advances in areas such as...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is one of several religious conservatives who have won high political office in Australia over the past decade. Another, of course, was Tony Abbott.
But have they been able...
VOA reports that China’s diplomatic and strategic expansion into the South Pacific appears to have run aground in Samoa, where a Beijing-allied leader has been defeated in a history-making election. The article quotes...
As Washington fast approaches the August recess, President Biden is showing no signs of slowing down on his programs and policy agenda, according to Non-Resident Senior Fellow Bruce Wolpe. Despite his consistently strong...
COVID vaccines are now mandatory for some citizens and government employees in a move by President Biden which USSC CEO Professor Simon Jackman told Sky News Australia is opening up a new front...
President Biden is “confident he’s got legal advice” that vaccinations can be made compulsory for federal government employees, according to Non-Resident Fellow at the United States Studies Centre James Brown. He spoke to...
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) last week released its 2020 data on the US direct investment position abroad on the part of its multinational enterprises. This allows us to update...
