Ronald Reagan was the first US president to win an election campaign on a promise to "Make America Great Again". But is that where the similarities between the 40th and 45th presidents end? Reagan's executive assistant for 10 years, Peggy Grande, joins the 2020Vision to talk about the similarities and differences between the two men.
USSC Senior Fellow and former member of the Hawke Government, Stephen Loosley, pays tribute to former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
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.
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Ronald Reagan was the first US president to win an election campaign on a promise to "Make America Great Again" back in 1980. But is that where the similarities between the 40th and...
The conclusion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has done little to change the political topic du jour. As a former member of Congress, this is of little surprise to me. Throughout this...
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...
While the Aboriginal repatriation of human remains from the Smithsonian Institution should be celebrated as a great achievement, it raises questions about indigenous languages that remain unsettled.
Death does not alter our responsibility...
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...
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...
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...
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.
The world of technology is splitting into effectively two internets.
On one side, there’s North America, Europe, Australia and other developed countries that use internet equipment and phones supplied through US-endorsed channels from...
Research fellow in the USSC's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program Don Scott-Kemmis writes for InnovationAus.com that the US energy innovation agency, ARPA-E, is a potential model for a research and innovation agency that could...
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.
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...
