US markets have shown they aren’t immune to the coronavirus after they experienced their worst days of trade in two years. Investors are rattled as confirmed cases of the deadly virus continue to rise, sparking intense fears of a coronavirus-induced slowdown in global growth.
This report looks at LinkedIn connections between AgTech start-ups, start-up founders, and venture capital firms in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Dense networks are an essential component of innovation, and Australia is clearly lagging behind its trans-Tasman neighbour.
Alliance 21 Fellow Bryden Spurling examines the threat democracies pose to themselves by failing to think strategically, and offers a path forward for redressing this challenge.
A comprehensive comparison of public opinion in Australia and the United States on topics ranging from social security, abortion, the #MeToo movement, climate change, gun control, the future of work, China and trade overwhelmingly concludes that Americans and Australians aren’t as similar as we might assume.
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.
Donald Trump is getting stronger. As a black American, I can see how his message is playing among my friends and family. They are warming to him. As a former target of Trump's...
The Democratic Party race to take on US president Donald Trump has moved to the South, where the African-American vote comes into play for the first time.
The seven candidates debating in South...
There's a reason Australian tourism ads feature panning shots of untouched remote beaches and valleys lined with vineyards.
The value of Australia's agriculture and livestock, from shiraz to Wagyu beef, is inherently tied...
China’s Xi Jinping is a confident salesman. He tells Latin American, African and Southeast Asian countries that "Once the water rises, the lotus blooms higher" and "When the big river is full of water...
As former mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg emerges as a leading contender for the Democratic nomination for president following his strong showings in Iowa and New Hampshire, an issue in the...
In Washington last week, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper bluntly laid out the central dilemma looming over America’s national security community: “If we keep focusing on the near term, we will miss the...
The Iowa Democratic Party has achieved the most astonishing transmission failure since the Dallas police endeavoured to transport Lee Harvey Oswald out of their basement garage.
A fiasco has eclipsed what was an...
Australia’s strong agricultural science has built a reputation for quality. Australian beef in particular is highly sought after around the world. Almost three quarters of the beef produced in Australia is exported, making...
In this Sky News interview, non-Resident Fellow at the United States Studies Centre James Brown says Democrat candidate Joe Biden has “got to win South Carolina” if he is to have any hope...
In this Sky News interview, CEO of the US Studies Centre Simon Jackman says for the younger generation of voters in America, socialism "sounds cool and it sounds like free college and cheaper...
In the latest issue of the Brown Journal of World Affairs, Lecturer in US Politics and Foreign Policy Dr Gorana Grgic discusses the legacy of the Kosovo intervention in the context of US...
CEO of the US Studies Centre Simon Jackman is interviewed on Sky News about the race for the Democratic nomination.
The editorial in The Weekend Australian refers to research published by the USSC Foreign Policy and Defence Program.