Are you a well-established researcher keen to lead a research program at Australia’s leading think tank on the United States? We are seeking three Program Directors to oversee the Centre's research programs for Emerging Technology; Foreign Policy and Defence; and Political Economy, Trade and Investment. Applications are now open.
The United States Studies Centre’s (USSC) second annual flagship State of the United States report (SOTUS) reviews the political, economic and policy developments in the United States of vital relevance to Australian national interests. In this year’s edition, Biden’s agenda in the balance, USSC researchers analyse both where US politics and policy is tracking one year into the Biden administration and as well as extensive polling of both Australian and US public opinion.
The Alliance at 70 commemorates the Alliance between Australia and the United States on the 70th anniversary of the signing of the ANZUS Treaty in San Francisco on 1 September 1951. This lavishly-produced coffee-table book features a foreword by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and contributions by President George W Bush, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Prime Minister John Howard, Julie Bishop, Paul Hogan, David Petraeus, Dennis Richardson and Rob Sitch, among others.
The USSC's Small Grants Program supports research projects on topics aligned with the Centre's research strategy. Topics of interest range from charting US return to leadership in multilateral fora, to climate and energy policy developments, and protecting democratic institutions from foreign interference and misinformation. Requests for up to $25,000 will be considered with proposals accepted and evaluated on a rolling basis.
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.
Mass shootings in the United States are all too common and, sadly, unsurprising to much of the world.
But when the victims of such violence are primary school students, the world takes notice.
...
Australia’s greatest prime minister gave this commitment to the US during our darkest hours of World War II (March 14, 1942): “Be assured of the calibre of our national character. This war may...
Anthony Albanese will today attend his first international security meeting as Australia's Prime Minister. He'll meet with the US, India and Japan at the Quad meeting in Tokyo where he'll unveil a package...
The United States has now surpassed one million COVID-19 related deaths. As the United States assesses what went wrong, unvaccinated Americans have received a lot of attention. President Biden warned in July 2021...
In an unprecedented move, a draft US Supreme Court opinion by Justice Samuel Alito was leaked to POLITICO on Monday 2 May.
Sending shockwaves through the United States and beyond, the statement read...
The United States Studies Centre (USSC) has appointed world-renowned Indo-Pacific expert Dr Michael J. Green as its new Chief Executive Officer to lead the organisation.
Dr Green was Senior Vice President for Asia...
The Canberra Times reports that Australian leaders are usually hesitant to weigh in on issues animating Washington, often to the chagrin of their voters. But new Australian PM Anthony Albanese showed a willingness...
USSC associate professor David Smith is quoted by 9 News about US gun policy in the wake of the deadliest school shooting in the past decade.
The recent Quad Summit was the culmination of an intense two weeks of high-level Indo-Pacific diplomacy by the Biden Administration. ABC TV spoke to the United States Studies Centre Senior Lecturer Gorana Grgic...
Defence Connect quotes USSC non-resident senior fellow Stephen Loosley in this article.
The New York Times reports that President Biden plans to emphasise that the United States can counter aggression in both Europe and Asia during a trip to Asia. Incoming CEO of the US...
