As Democrats take control of the House of Representatives and its powerful committees, new research by USSC Visiting Fellow Bruce Wolpe looks at key committee leadership changes, the challenges that committee oversight and investigations will present the Trump administration, and where Australia should be watching for impacts on US foreign policy and trade.
Why do US presidents deliver a 'State of the Union' address, what is President Trump likely to say during his on January 29 and which US president had the biggest audience in history? Find out in our new explainer.
Why is US energy so inexpensive? Why is its electricity more reliable and pricing more transparent than Australia’s? Why are its carbon emissions declining faster relative to Australia? In this report we answer those questions, clarifying what’s at stake if Australian policymakers do not change course.
Given the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship to growing an economy’s capacity to develop new enterprises and areas of specialisation, what roles can (and should) government organisations have in supporting them? Our latest report looks at the US example for inspiration.
The year has begun in a state of transatlantic chaos as the US and UK governments offer a portent of more international instability and corrosion of systems of governance in 2019.
New USSC-YouGov polling suggests Americans are divided over President Trump's hardball tactics over trade with China as the tariff war threatens to spill into next year.
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.
What were the moments that defined US foreign policy, domestic politics and the unfolding Russia investigation this year? Former Democratic Party advisor and chief of staff to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Bruce...
There's still no end in sight to the partial government shutdown in the United States, with President Donald Trump using a trip to the Rio Grande in Texas to again talk up the...
In an era of rapid and potentially disruptive change, an economy’s capacity to develop new enterprises and areas of specialisation is increasingly important. Given that innovation and entrepreneurship are so essential, what roles...
This week, Washington is funereal. Today, the city halts, the National Cathedral in repose as a pulpit of mourning. Partisanship ebbs from Capitol Hill. A White House muted. These are the traditions, pageantry...
Australia and the United States have a lot in common: liberal, democratic institutions; advanced technology; largely open economies; growing populations; infrastructure needs; and above all, abundant energy resources.
But new research published by...
The 'State of the Union' refers to the constitutionally mandated duty of the US president to keep the House of Representatitves and Senate abreast of the current conditions of the United States and...
The meeting between the US and Chinese presidents stole the headlines coming out of the G20 leaders’ meeting in Buenos Aires. Almost unreported was the failure of the Brisbane Action Plan that was...
This report recommends measures Australia can take to improve its openness to the rest of the world and capture the associated economic and social benefits from globalisation.
The US government may still be partially shutdown, but the 116th Congress has duly convened and Democrats are wasting no time with their new-found control of the House of Representatives and its powerful committees...
As the longest partial US government shutdown drags on, its effects have started to be felt in the US external territories. Senior fellow Jared Mondschein spoke to ABC Radio's Pacific Beat program about...
Non-resident fellow Gorana Grgic joined Yvonne Yong on ABC's The World to discuss what is now the longest partial government shutdown in US history. With neither the president nor the Democrats seeing acquiescence...
The Sydney Morning Herald looked at the USSC and YouGov's latest polling on Australian voter's attitudes on a number of key issues.
Donald Trump has had a week of worse headlines than usual, as the Government shutdown limps on.
Negotiations aimed at ending the stalemate have broken down, and hundreds of thousands of public servants...
