Non-resident fellow David Uren examines how the US and Australian governments are using monetary policy and emergency packages in response to the COVID-19 pandemic compared to actions taken during the GFC.
In new analysis from the United States Studies Centre, non-resident senior fellow Dr Jim Golby discusses the ways in which the United States military, including the National Guard, are able to be mobilised in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated daily, the United States Studies Centre is comparing the number of cases, tests and deaths attributed to COVID-19 in both Australia and the United States.
This report provides an analytical summary of proceedings from the second round of the US-Australia Indo-Pacific Deterrence Dialogue held in Washington DC. Participants at the dialogue discussed the security challenges facing the United States, Australia and their regional allies and partners in an increasingly contested Indo-Pacific.
The United States Surgeon General has warned the fallout from COVID-19 will “be our Pearl Harbour, our 9/11”, as the country’s death toll rises above 8,400. Read more about Adams's comments as well as the latest on the US response to COVID-19 and the 2020 presidential race in this week's edition of The 45th.
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 a period of isolation, many Australians and Americans are having fewer and fewer interactions with the outside world. When a person's visual horizons have largely shrunk to boundaries of their home and...
Both the Australian and United States governments are spending about twice as much to soften the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as they invested in fiscal packages following the global financial crisis. The...
Bernie Sanders is suspending his 2020 presidential campaign, ceding the Democratic nomination to Joe Biden. USSC senior fellow Charles Edel is interviewed on Sky News about this development.
With outbreaks in the ranks and resources directed home, America’s military commitments will be challenged.
A public health crisis like COVID-19 requires collective action, discipline and endurance in both communication and community action. This will be incredibly difficult in an age of social media and the growing ‘weaponisation’...
Shortages of critical medical supplies and hoarding of toilet paper, small businesses forced to close their doors, and unemployment skyrocketing. We are in a time of profound uncertainty and collectively feeling deep anxiety...
Although the US federal government was slow to mobilise resources to confront the novel coronavirus, President Donald Trump and the Department of Defense on March 17 began taking several significant steps – including...
In an increasingly contested Indo-Pacific, the United States, Australia and their regional allies and partners face a myriad of strategic challenges that cut across every level of the competitive space. Driven by China’s...
In an interview on Sky News, US Studies Centre CEO Simon Jackman says the US election will not be postponed as the country battles the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
In this interview on Sky News, USSC Non-Resident Fellow James Brown says “you have to expect the US will still be dealing with this virus in November” and will likely impact the 2020...
In the midst of a searing national crisis during the US civil war, many Americans feared that the president might cancel the 1864 federal election.
But Abraham Lincoln knew the stakes.
Addressing supporters...
Friday’s release of US non-farm payrolls for the month of March was a disastrous starting point for the downturn in the US labour market. The survey was expected to show a decline in...
Economic policy uncertainty is at unprecedented levels due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In previous research, I highlighted the role of economic policy uncertainty in driving cross-border trade and investment, but also exchange rates...
