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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. The Centre is a national resource, that builds Australia’s awareness of the dynamics shaping America — and critically — their implications for Australia.
USSC senior advisor Jared Mondschein is quoted in this report by the South China Morning Post.
Hal Brands and Charles Edel's In The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and World Order is reviewed in The National Interest.
USSC director of foreign policy and defence Ashley Townshend is quoted in this article published by The Australian Financial Review.
Charles Edel is quoted in this article in The Strategist.
Even for a nation where mass shootings have become a depressingly common event, two separate massacres involving lone gunmen over the weekend have shaken the US and re-ignited the gun control debate. USSC...
Critics of Donald Trump have long hoped to impeach the US President. But any hopes of that were killed off today. Dr David Smith, senior lecturer in American politics and foreign policy with...
It is the long-awaited TV event that opponents of Donald Trump have been waiting for. But it could backfire and make him even stronger. USSC senior lecturer David Smith is quoted in this...
High end war fighting games involving Australia, US, Canadian, NZ and even Japanese troops are being held off the Queensland coast as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre. It's the largest biennial exercise ever...
Use of Ream Naval Base would help China's military project power across a broad swath of Southeast Asia. Senior Fellow Charles Edel is quoted in this article in The Wall Street Journal.
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...
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...
Dr Lavina Lee wrote about her new USSC report "Democracy promotion: ANZUS and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy" in The Australian
The Australian Defence Force has said it is keeping a close eye on a Chinese spy warship heading to Australian waters.
USSC senior lecturer David Smith is quoted in this report by ABC Radio's The World Today.
USSC director of foreign policy and defence Ashley Townshend is quoted in this article by The Australian Financial Review.
Joint research from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and the University of Western Australia indicates a majority of Australians support the "No Jab, No Pay" policy. Under legislation...
US President Donald Trump has abruptly backed down from his stand-off with the Supreme Court over the US census. The Trump administration wanted to include a long-contested question on citizenship in next year's...
USSC research fellow Brendan Thomas-Noone is quoted in this report by news.com.au.
