A first-of-its-kind report analysing the volume, value, and makeup of AgTech investment in Australia. It puts it in the context of the United States and provides insight into both how AgTech is developing as a new sub-industry, and as a case study for the broader venture capital market in Australia.
Bruce Wolpe's weekly look at the issues affecting the US midterm election campaign.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has resigned, prompting questions regarding who will replace her and what her next move might be.
Donald Trump’s presidency has raised profound questions about the role the United States will play in world affairs, and whether his isolationist vision is indicative of deeper structural shifts in American attitudes. The midterms will provide the first national indicator of how the president's messages and disruptive style have resonated with the wider public.
The 2018 midterm elections are a record-breaking year for women in American politics, with more women running for US Congress and state-wide office than any previous election.
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.
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has done an excellent job ensuring congressional support for a much increased defence budget, strengthening alliances, building partnerships and being an inspirational leader for US defence forces. Nevertheless...
With the yield on 10-year US Treasury bonds rising to a seven year peak of nearly 3.25 per cent, many bond market bears will be feeling a sense of belated vindication. But the...
Donald Trump's presidency has raised profound questions about the role America will play in the world, and whether his election and his vision of an isolationist America are an anomaly or are indicative...
In the terminal phase of Richard Nixon’s presidency, in the American summer of 1974, defence secretary James Schlesinger worried that Nixon’s mental decline would lead to a nuclear incident. By this point, secretary...
During his bombastic speech at the United Nations, Donald Trump reiterated his "America First" promise to back away from supporting the liberal international order. He rejected "globalism" in favour of "the doctrine of...
Hurricanes can also blow ill political winds, as George W. Bush found out with Katrina in 2005. The horrific loss of life, especially in New Orleans, and the...
In the latest instalment of the USSC's Debate Papers series, we asked Alan Oxley and Stephen Kirchner whether the global trading system can survive the Trump administration's increasing use of tariffs as an...
Despite the significant global outrage at US President Donald Trump and his supporters – best highlighted by the Pew surveys and more viscerally by the enormous anti-Trump protests in London in July 2018...
There is no doubt the aspiration to a world free of nuclear weapons is a good one. For Australia, it’s the right thing to aim for, but it’s also in our national interest...
Senior Fellow Dr Charles Edel joined the panel for ABC's 'The Drum' to discuss his latest rearch on US foreign policy after the midterms and the recent resignation of the Trump administration's ambassador...
Non-resident fellow Stephen Loosley joined Stan Grant and former Reagan assistant press secretary Kim Hoggard on ABC's Matter of Fact to discuss how partisanship surrounding the Kavanaugh hearings will impact the vote at...
Senior Fellow Jared Mondschein spoke to Adam Creighton on Your Money's 'Trading Day' about the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program's latest research on investment in the AgTech sector. He said that Australia has a...
Innovation in agricultural technologies, or AgTech, is rapidly changing the world’s least digitised industry. Unprecedented global investment in AgTech reflects this growth, having quintupled from 2013 to 2017. This report analyses the volume...
