The Centre is honoured to host Chairman of the US Senate Armed Services Committee Senator John McCain for the Alliance 21 Lecture in Sydney. The Republican Party's nominee for the 2008 presidential election, Senator McCain will address the future of US alliances and engagement in Asia during his speech.
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The Asia-Pacific region is facing a raft of geopolitical challenges. North Korea is ascending the nuclear ladder, China’s influence in Southeast Asia is growing, as is uncertainty about China’s commitment to the international...
Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey and the appointment of Bob Mueller as special prosecutor have done nothing to impede the flow of leaks on the administration’s Russian links, even as the president...
Professor Michael Williams (University of Ottawa) and Associate Professor Brendon O'Connor (United States Studies Centre) discuss the different branches of the American Right and their impact on US foreign policy.
When Prime Minister Turnbull meets with President Trump in New York on Friday morning AEST, the two men will undoubtedly speak of the many bonds linking the US and Australia. They will make...
Donald Trump has invited a host of world leaders and guests to the White House since coming to power. But some of the US president’s guests are raising more eyebrows than others. USSC...
Research fellow and report author Ashley Townshend writes that the Trump administration looks to be adopting a more muscular and self-interested security policy in the Asia-Pacific which will likely produce more volatile relations...
One of the rallying cries of the Turnbull government when it comes to defence spending has been to link it to national economic growth and technological innovation. In terms of spending, they seem...
In many ways, Roger Ailes, the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Fox News who died Thursday at the age of 77, presaged President Donald Trump. Or perhaps more accurately, paved the...
Revelations of President Trump leaking classified information to Russian officials has some people throwing around the ‘I’ word - but how likely is a presidential impeachment? USSC research fellow Dougal Robinson is quoted...
The US Department of Justice appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special prosecutor overseeing an investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. The Trump administration was given less than an...
The White House is stuck in damage control mode. President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey last week remains a major distraction. Meanwhile, reports that the president shared sensitive classified information with Russian...
