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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.
December 2021 saw the Consumer Price Index (CPI) grow seven per cent in the United States year on year, the highest rate since June 1982. In Australia, CPI increased by 3.5 per cent in December...
Health experts in both New York and New South Wales are cautiously optimistic that Omicron cases appear to be peaking based on the number of test results returning positive cases. Last week New South...
Despite the Omicron variant appearing milder than previous strains, both the United States and Australia are reporting record high hospitalisation rates due to COVID-19.
Currently, 150 per million Australians are hospitalised with COVID-19, more...
As the Omicron variant takes over as the dominant strain of COVID, both New South Wales and New York have seen a rapid surge in daily case numbers. Just a few weeks ago...
While President Biden's pick for Ambassador to Australia is widely rumoured to be Caroline Kennedy, she has not yet been officially nominated. Of the 80 ambassadors nominated by Biden in his first year, only...
Just 52 per cent of Americans think laws surrounding the purchase of firearms should be stricter, down from 67 per cent in March 2018 and at its lowest point since 2014. Attitudes towards gun laws...
The time-honoured classic Thanksgiving meal cost American families an average of six dollars more last week than in 2020 due to the high US inflation rate. According to the American Farm Bureau, which tracks...
Despite the widespread availability of effective vaccines in the United States since the beginning of the year, COVID-19 killed more Americans in 2021 than in the first year of the pandemic. The deadliest month...
In the United States, October 2021 brought the highest rise annual inflation in the last 30 years with the Consumer Price Index increasing by 6.2 per cent year-on-year. Last week, President Biden conceded that COVID stimulus...
While President Biden's approval ratings continue to drop across the board, the change in sentiment from independent voters has been most stark. At the start of his presidency, 61 per cent of independents...
Ahead of the COP26 starting this weekend, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australia’s net-zero emissions target by 2050, which follows similar targets from the United States and other nations.
As New South Wales and Victorian pupils return to school after months of home learning, American children have faced some of the longest school closures globally since pandemic-related closures began in March 2020.
The Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment is published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. It examines key regional security issues and is published each year in association with the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue. USSC...
Hosted by the Atlantic Council, this virtual public conference on the future of the bilateral US-Japan alliance and multilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific under the Biden and Suga administrations, featured USSC director of...
Senior Fellow Dr Charles Edel spoke with ASPI Senior Analyst Kelsey Munro in a podcast episode of Policy, Guns and Money about the about the current tensions between Australia and China and the...
The following infographic forms part of the United States Studies Centre report, Public opinion in the age of Trump: The United States and Australia compared.
President Trump once referred to the press as the “enemy of the people”, yet spends a lot of his time consuming news content and broadcasting favourable items on Twitter. So, is he getting...
The United States Studies Centre (USSC) was honoured to host a speech by Senator the Hon. Marise Payne, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs. The keynote foreign policy address was on Australia’s active role...
Mia Love was the first black woman to be elected to US Congress for the Republican Party, but she drew the ire of President Trump during last year's midterm elections for not paying...
A tentative trade deal between the United States and China proved a welcome distraction for a White House rattled by events in Syria and the unfolding impeachment investigation. But is it worth the...
