Guests on this week's Saturday Extra discussion on foreign affairs were Stephen Loosely, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, United States Studies Centre, Amanda Hodge, South East Asia correspondent for The Australian and Alex Oliver, Director...

Anger has escalated in the US city of Minneapolis, with a police station becoming overrun by protestors three days after the death of George Floyd. The African-American man's death in police custody has...

The Australian government has asked China to grant Australia the same reduction in bureaucratic trade barriers that Beijing has promised the United States. The request emerged as experts warned that US allies such...

With Donald Trump and Xi Jinping both focused on ramping up domestic support in the wake of the pandemic, the bottom is rapidly falling out of US-China relations. And few in either Washington...

US Studies Centre Senior Advisor Jared Mondschein told Sky News in this interview that Australia has been sticking with its principles amid rising trade tensions with China but the situation is becoming more...

As Donald Trump looks for pathways through an increasingly tough re-election campaign, he has turned to a familiar issue. At the weekend, he asked places of worship to reopen. Most religious leaders have...

Protests in the United States against COVID-19 social distancing and lockdowns have captured the world’s attention. New research from the United States Studies Centre reveals the political and strategic underpinnings of the LIBERATE...

USSC director of foreign policy and defence Ashley Townshend is quoted in this article in the Australian Financial Review about new national security laws imposed on Hong Kong by China.

In this interview on Sky News, USSC Research Associate Elliott Brennan says that despite broad support among Americans for lockdown orders, anti-lockdown protests are gaining momentum in the United States, particularly in Republican...

US ambassador to Australia Arthur Culvahouse hosed down suggestions from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the US might "disconnect" from Australia under the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing partnership because of Victoria's participation in...

America’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic will tarnish its reputation as a cultural mecca, writes Rosemany Neill in The Australian. USSC lecturer Aaron Nyerges is quoted in the article.

Concerns are mounting that China's targeting of Australian exports could spread to include the resources sector after Beijing announced changes to inspection protocols for iron-ore shipments. But some have drawn links between the...

China has slapped an 80 per cent tax on all barley grain imported from Australia. Some say it is retaliation for Australia's push for an inquiry into the origins of COVID-19. But others...

With almost 40 million Americans seeking unemployment benefits and more than 90,000 dead, Mr Trump seems fixated on accusations that his predecessor Barack Obama was involved in a wide-reaching conspiracy to derail his...

President Donald Trump upped his attacks on the World Health Organisation on Monday, writing in a letter to its director-general that he would end US funding and membership if the agency did not...

USSC director of foreign policy and defence Ashley Townshend is quoted in this article published by The Australian Financial Review.

The results of a recent poll conducted by USSC are discussed in this article published by news.com.au.

Despite the United States being in the midst of a catastrophic pandemic, President Donald Trump has spent the past week fixated on a conspiracy theory about his predecessor Barack Obama. Dubbed 'Obamagate', Mr...

USSC non-resident fellow Lesley Russell told Business Insider how Australia managed to get ahead of the coronavirus while the United States continues to lag behind.

US President Donald Trump has sparked concern for Australian defence companies after he threatened to pull back international supply chains for parts of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program in favour of domestic...