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.
This first publication in the USSC's Deterrence Brief collection looks at the scope for closer association between Australia and the United States in deterring great power conflict in Asia.
Watch full video of the address by Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne to the United States Studies Centre and Q&A with CEO Professor Simon Jackman
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.
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...
President Trump once referred to the press as the “enemy of the people”, yet spends a lot of his time consuming news content and broadcasting favourable items on Twitter. So, is he getting...
Michael Bloomberg has two dominant obsessions: defeating Donald Trump and becoming the 46th president. He will not head the effort to attain either.
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.
China will be the ultimate winner if the cost to Americans hits home in an election year.
Western democracies cannot be complacent about guarding the international rules-based order, Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne warned in a speech to the United States Studies Centre. National Affairs Editor Rob Harris covered the...
As the 2020 presidential election race heats up, Australia should be paying close attention to the Democratic Party’s foreign policy debates.
Senior Lecturer in American Politics David Smith is interviewed by Triple J's Hack program about the latest from the presidential impeachment hearings.
The divisive nature of US politics is on display today, with Republicans and Democrats having opposite take-outs from evidence given at Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry.
A Trump donor turned diplomat revealed under oath...
US Studies Centre CEO Professor Simon Jackman says while the two US political parties are "so entrenched" in their own worlds, he "doesn't see a lot of minds changing".
Mr Jackman said the...
It has been clear for some time that the House Intelligence Committee will recommend at least two articles of impeachment against President Trump:
Dr David Smith speaks with SBS's The Feed about the Student Religious Liberties Act – the latest in a long line of accommodations for religion in US public school curricula.
