In new research published by the USSC, author Stephen Kirchner recommends a number of 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 Belt and Road Initiative represents a fundamental play by China to reshape the world around it. In the latest instalment of The Debate Papers, we asked David Brewster and Elizabeth Ingleson whether the United States should be concerned about the economic and political influence these projects may bring for China.
In the inaugural episode of 2020Vision, Charles Edel and Gorana Grgic help unpack the results of the 2018 midterm elections, their impact on US foreign policy, the reactions around the world, and the implications for the 2020 US presidential election.
With the midterms largely done and dusted, it is clear that President Trump's re-election campaign has not been dealt the fatal blow many were predicting.
The midterms may have been a week ago today, but three key results remain in play - depending on who you ask.
The Democrats have taken back the House of Representatives, and turned a number of governorships and state legislatures "blue". But should President Trump be worried about his chances for re-election in 2020? Not necessarily, writes Jared Mondschein.
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The partisan divide in American politics is now said to be one between nationalists and globalists, with President Donald Trump leading the nationalists. Ironically, this recent popular backlash against globalisation came only after...
The Belt and Road Initiative represents a fundamental play by China to reshape the world around it. In the latest instalment of The Debate Papers, we asked David Brewster and Elizabeth Ingleson whether...
Senior fellow Charles Edel writes with The Asia Group research director Siddharth Mohandas about the so-called Chinese Century for The National Interest.
Edel and Mohandas write "if the history of this century...
Let's start with the good news. Above all, this election was a reaffirmation of American democracy, a signal contrary to much commentary, that neither Trump — nor the Russians, the Chinese, nor the...
Senior fellow Charles Edel writes in Foreign Affairs about how the United States can double-down on its commitment to the crucial Indo-Pacific region. The US is well positioned to facilitate the investment of...
Donald Trump may be the most unconventional president the United States has seen in generations, but he has just made an overwhelmingly conventional choice to be the next US ambassador to Australia, and...
Their principal objective was to capture the House — and they did. A lot of analysts have questioned the margin — currently a gain of 32 seats that may edge up to 35...
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...
While the rise of China poses serious challenges for the United States and its allies, these challenges are far from insurmountable. If American policymakers can make sound decisions about how to evolve the...
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.
USSC CEO Simon Jackman and Senior Fellow Charles Edel joined an expert panel and live studio audience on ABC's Planet America to dissect the results of the midterm elections.
Associate Professor Dr Brendon O'Connor joined the panel of ABC's The Drum to discuss the implications of the US midterms result and the resignation of Jeff Sessions.
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a first-class American presidential historian. Her new book, Leadership: Lessons from the Presidents for Turbulent Times, could not be better timed. American voters went to the polls this...
