Sexual assaults in the US military increased by almost 38 per cent last year. So, has #MeToo failed to make an impact on the armed services? Dr Ellen Haring, a former US Army colonel and the current CEO of the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN) in Washington, DC joins the podcast to discuss.
In this new report published by the USSC, author Lavina Lee argues that democracy promotion ought to be an essential component of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy — a strategy that is being promoted by the United States, Australia, Japan and, increasingly, India, albeit with national differences in approaches and emphasis.
The capabilities of AI, robotics and machine learning technologies have escalated dramatically and Australia faces the challenge of an uncertain future of work. Our new report looks at the strategies of individual American states, where there are diverse examples of excellence driven by different educational systems.
Charles Edel, a former advisor to US Secretary of State John Kerry, and John Lee, a former advisor to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, examine the future of the US-Australia alliance amidst increasing tensions with China in this new USSC report.
In her new explainer, Honorary Associate Elizabeth Ingleson details how the ongoing attacks on abortion in the United States reveal the deep and enduring power of a patriarchal system designed to control women and their bodies, especially women of colour and women who are poor.
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.
Australian strategists must plan for worst-case scenarios. Yet we must also consider what strategic challenges are most likely to arise – and weigh up the opportunity costs that Canberra will incur if it...
Back in 2014, then foreign minister Julie Bishop raised eyebrows when she described the US, not China, as our most important economic relationship. The argument was that one ought to consider foreign direct...
Is nationalism an excuse for world domination? Brendon O'Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the US Studies Centre, was interviewed on Radio National about nationalism in the United States.
Sexual assaults in the US military increased by almost 38 per cent last year, according to the Pentagon's own report. So, has the #MeToo movement failed to make an impact on the armed...
Today, as our democracy comes under pressure at home and from hostile actors abroad, the Declaration is as relevant as ever.
Except for US national security adviser John Bolton, this latest fracas with Iran is a crisis nobody wants. Not the US, which is thoroughly fatigued with the Middle East, and has less need...
An unprecedented 24 Democrats are currently running to be their party’s 2020 presidential nominee. Why are so many well-qualified, ambitious and smart people in the race?
The ongoing attacks on abortion reveal the deep and enduring power of a patriarchal system in the United States designed to control women and their bodies; especially women of colour and of lower...
Charles Edel and Hal Brands’s new book, The Lessons of Tragedy, investigates a value seemingly long since departed from American thought: a sense for the tragic. Octavian Report spoke with Edel, a...
Former Republican congresswoman Mia Love joins CNN to discuss US President Donald Trump’s tweets instructing female progressive Democrats to "go back" to where they came from.
USSC director of trade and investment Stephen Kirchner is quoted in this report by The Australian.
The colourful former American presidential candidate Ross Perot has died at the age of 89. The self-made billionaire from Texas ran for president as a third party candidate twice in the 90s, swinging...
In this article published by the Australian Financial Review, USSC economist Stephen Kirchner is quoted as saying that Australia's central bank left cutting rates too late because it was more concerned about financial...
