After a marathon fortnight of congressional impeachment hearings, the United States Studies Centre has assembled a compilation of essays by its experts to comment on the discussions occurring behind doors, the arguments that will play out in public, and the precedents being set and broken every day that this process unfolds.
A new USSC report argues that the United States' National Technology and Industrial Base – a congressionally-mandated multilateral framework which includes Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada – has only managed to facilitate some limited bilateral cooperation between members, rather than the goal of fostering a 'defence free-trade area'.
The US dollar remains the dominant currency for international trade and investment. But contrary to popular myth, that dominant role owes very little to its status as a so-called "reserve currency", according to a new USSC research report.
Former White House Assistant Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan, Kim Hoggard, joins the podcast to discuss this administration's relationship with the media and the death of the daily press briefing.
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.
In principle, its the perfect match. The US military has a great need for critical minerals and is concerned that too many of its supplies are sourced from China and Russia. Australia has...
Last night, in a much-anticipated speech broadcast live on the Reserve Bank’s website, Governor Phil Lowe laid out in very clear terms the circumstances in which the bank would resort to quantitative easing...
Senior Fellow Dr Charles Edel surveys four recent works examining the role, ambitions and trajectory of modern China. He finds that although Elizabeth Economy, Nadège Rolland, Sulmaan Wasif Khan, and Ma Jian all apply...
A top US diplomat has told an impeachment inquiry that he followed President Donald Trump's orders to put pressure on Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Watching on has been Dr...
The US dollar exchange rate has become increasingly politicised. President Donald Trump has called for a weaker exchange rate, a move away from a long-standing and bipartisan rhetorical position favouring a "strong dollar"...
Martin Scorsese, as the world well knows, makes movies about Italian restaurants. Sure, he makes bloody crime films, too, but at some level he seems to be asking: what’s the difference?
New York businessman and entrepreneur Andrew Yang's unconventional bid to win the Democratic presidential nomination was supposed to be a long-shot campaign.
As the 2020 presidential election race heats up, Australia should be paying close attention to the Democratic Party’s foreign policy debates.
Non-resident Senior Fellow Mia Love spoke to The Age about where the Republican sentiment on impeachment currently sits. She says "if you can't convince people like me, Mitt Romney or Will Hurd that...
Since the election of Donald Trump as US president, NATO summits have assumed a somewhat familiar template – a growing discord among the allies, compounded with the drama and theatrics at the margins...
Anonymous is a coward. It was a singular act to take to the op-ed pages of The New York Times in September 2018. (‘‘I am part of the resistance inside the Trump Administration...
Senior Fellow Charles Edel and Lecturer in US Foreign Policy and Politics Gorana Grgic joined the National Security Podcast to discuss the intersection of history, foreign policy and the impeachment process.
As if we need to witness the lesson once again, politics can be harsh and cruel. A candidacy that began with such promise in Oakland California barely 11 months ago with 20,000 people...
