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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.

Miah Hammond-Errey

In this episode Alex Lynch, from Google Australia’s Public Policy team, joins Dr Miah Hammond-Errey to discuss emerging technologies, quantum, Australia’s role and much more. They cover Google’s recent quantum announcement on error...

23 March 2023
Michael J. Green, Jude Blanchette

In this episode of the Asia Chessboard, hosts USSC CEO Mike Green and Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS Jude Blanchette are joined by Kurt M. Campbell, Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs in the...

8 March 2023
Miah Hammond-Errey

In this episode of the Technology and Security (TS) podcast, Jessica Hunter from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) joins Dr Miah Hammond-Errey to talk about emerging technologies and signals intelligence. They cover ASD’s role...

28 February 2023
Ashley Townshend, Miah Hammond-Errey

Despite what you’d infer from the news articles, nuclear-powered submarines form just one part of the AUKUS Agreement. There is a whole other portion of the pact focused on other technological capabilities.

What...

9 February 2023
Michael J. Green, Jude Blanchette

In this episode of the Asia Chessboard, hosts USSC CEO Mike Green and Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS Jude Blanchette chat to Christopher B. Johnstone, former National Security Council director for...

18 January 2023
Michael J. Green, Jude Blanchette

In this episode of the Asia Chessboard, hosts USSC CEO Mike Green and Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS Jude Blanchette are joined by Bilahari Kausikan, Chairman of the Middle East Institute at...

3 January 2023
Michael J. Green, Jude Blanchette

In this episode of the Asia Chessboard, hosts USSC CEO Mike Green and Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS Jude Blanchette sit with Pete Connolly, a retired officer in the Australian Defence Force...

13 December 2022

The United States and NATO have supplied Ukraine with vast amounts of military aid in the country's fight against invading Russian Federation forces. But a recent analysis reveals that Ukrainian artillery forces in...

30 November 2022
Tom Corben

Tom Corben, Research Fellow for Foreign Policy & Defence at United States Study Centre, speaks to The Royal United Services Institute of New South Wales at their 22 November 2022 Seminar titled “AUKUS...

27 November 2022
Gorana Grgic, Michael J. Green, Jude Blanchette

In this episode of the Asia Chessboard, hosts USSC CEO Mike Green and Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS Jude Blanchette are joined by USSC Senior Lecturer in Foreign Policy Gorana Grgic to...

8 November 2022

Americans are increasingly convinced their alliances make the United States more secure. Fifty-eight per cent of Americans believe in the security granted by their partnership with Australia and 65 per cent say the...

26 October 2022

A vast majority of Australian (77 per cent) and Japanese (81 per cent) respondents to the USSC midterms polling support collaboration with the United States on climate change. This is reflective of the...

19 October 2022
Michael J. Green, Jude Blanchette

In this episode of The Asia Chessboard, USSC CEO Mike Green and Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS Jude Blanchette are joined by Manjari Chatterjee Miller, senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and...

18 October 2022

In September, USSC conducted a survey to test sentiment toward different areas of the alliance agenda in the United States, Australia and Japan. One area of strong alignment was around expanding collaboration on...

12 October 2022

Amid discussion of Japan joining the trilateral AUKUS partnership between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, exclusive USSC polling conducted in the United States, Australia and Japan found that a majority of...

5 October 2022

Make America Great Again Inc., a new super political action committee (PAC) backed by former President Trump, formed last week amid speculation of campaign funding trouble for Trump and his supporters. The Federal...

28 September 2022

Despite strong approval ratings for his first six months in office, since August 2021 President Biden's disapproval rating has been higher than his approval rating. From January to August 2021 Biden's approval rating...

21 September 2022

As we reflect on one year since the AUKUS announcement, it is an opportunity to review the key milestones so far and anticipated timelines ahead. The tripartite agreement has had nearly quarterly significant...

14 September 2022

Billions of dollars are spent on US election campaigns, significantly higher than in Australia. Yet on a per capita basis, the margins had been similar until a significant increase in spending in recent campaigns.

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7 September 2022
Michael J. Green, Jude Blanchette

In this episode of The Asia Chessboard, USSC CEO Mike Green and Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS Jude Blanchette sit down with Bates Gill, Head of the Department of Security Studies...

7 September 2022