USSC Senior Fellow and former member of the Hawke Government, Stephen Loosley, pays tribute to former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
Has #MeToo brought lasting change to the US politics? Will Hillary Clinton's failed presidential campaign loom over women candidates in 2020? Director of the North American Studies Program at Germany's University of Bonn, Dr Sabine Sielke, joins the podcast this week to answer these questions and discuss the recent attacks on women's reproductive rights in the United States.
Many will view Donald Trump’s latest threat to raise tariffs as the president seeking to maximise US leverage as the US-China trade talks grind on. But the latest tariff threat further complicates the negotiations, writes Stephen Kirchner.
How can the US experience in industry development around airports be applied to Western Sydney Airport? Our latest report examines areas of future high-tech export potential and gives recommendations for how to encourage the emergence of industry clusters focused on aerospace and defence, food and agribusiness, medical devices and advanced manufacturing.
On 4 October 2018, US Vice President Mike Pence delivered a speech in Washington, DC that laid out a comprehensive list of complaints about Chinese behaviour. No senior member of any administration has ever delivered such blunt remarks focused so exclusively on China’s wrongdoings and its unique and unprecedented challenge to America interests and international order.
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.
Several states are competing to pass the most draconian abortion restrictions ever devised in the United States. These so-called "heartbeat bills" eliminate access to abortion after six weeks, before many women even know...
The Democrats in the House of Representatives and the president of the United States are at war. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and most of the House leadership do not want to attempt to impeach...
Has #MeToo brought lasting change to the US politics? Will Hillary Clinton's failed presidential campaign loom over women candidates in 2020? Director of the North American Studies Program at Germany's University of Bonn...
There has been a fundamental, bipartisan shift in the United States concerning the role and impact of China on the economy, especially as it relates to the future of digital and high-tech sectors...
Six weeks after the federal election, either Scott Morrison or Bill Shorten will fly to Japan to attend the G20 summit in Osaka. In the weeks we were preoccupied with campaigning, the world...
Red is the new black, right?
Jeremy Corbyn leads the British Labour Party. Bernie Sanders came close to winning the Democratic Party's nomination for the US presidency describing himself as a "democratic socialist".
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Who's running in the 2020 US presidential election? We're keeping track of all the candidates to formally declare their candidacy in the race for the White House.
It’s difficult to get beyond the headlines about the race between the United States and China to set 5G standards, and competition over the future global market for emerging technologies.
Bob Hawke, Australia’s 23rd prime minister and longest serving Labor PM, who died yesterday, changed the face of Australian national politics.
Hawke’s four governments from 1983-1991, shifted both the perception and reality of...
Australia's biggest energy players have issued a challenge to tomorrow's election winner to immediately resurrect the nation's faltering energy policy, citing concerns over the worsening international competitiveness of manufacturers and heavy industry. The...
USSC senior fellow Jared Mondschein is quoted in this report by The Australian Financial Review.
Director of the Centre's Trade and Investment Program Dr Stephen Kirchner is quoted in The Australian Financial Review about how the Australian government’s proposed scheme to help first home buyers with deposits compares...
CNN quotes Dr John Lee about Senator Penny Wong's potential to be Australia's next foreign minister and the future of Australia's relationships with China and the United States if there was a change...
