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Allies and partners

Evolving partnerships like the Quad, AUKUS, and the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue with Japan add further depth to the US-Australia alliance. Ensuring that these minilateral relationships keep pace with developments in their constituent bilateral partnerships is essential for Australian strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific.

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Brendon O'Connor, a Professor of US Politics and US Foreign Relations

Professor Brendon O'Connor

Professor of US Politics and US Foreign RelationsUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney)

Tom Corben, a Research Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Tom Corben

Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Dr Gorana Grgic

Dr Gorana Grgić

Senior Lecturer in US Politics and Foreign PolicyUnited States Studies Centre

Esther Soulard, a Senior Research Associate with the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Esther Soulard

Senior Research Associate, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Associate Professor David Smith

Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign PolicyUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney)

Peter J. Dean

Professor Peter Dean

Senior Adviser for Defence StrategyUnited States Studies Centre

Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) load a F/A-18 aircraft on to an RCAF CC-177 Globemaster for transport back to Canada, as part of the Interim Fighter Capability Project at RAAF Base Williamtown, Australia, February 2020.

Canada and the National Technology and Industrial Base

Report byDr Alexander Salt, Dr David Perry

Indian Defence Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh (L) and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles (R) witness Vice Chief of the Naval Staff of India, Sanjay Vatsayan (2nd-L) and Australia's Deputy Chief of Navy Matt Buckley (2nd-R) signing defence cooperation documents to Australia for his first official visit on October 09, 2025 in Canberra

The Indo-Pacific

Webinar

Tides of partnership: Australia-India maritime collaboration in the Indian Ocean region

9 December 2025

4.30pm

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5.30pm AEDT

Upcoming webinar

The first ever trilateral Combat Ammunition Production Exercise (CAPEX) with munitions specialists from Pacific Air Forces, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force, May 2024

Into gear: Defence industrial and technology cooperation between Australia, Japan and the United States

9 December 2025

Report byTom Corben, Guy Boekenstein, Rintaro Inoue, Gregg Rubinstein

US under secretary of defence for policy

How senior Australian figures saved AUKUS pact from 'existential threat'

8 December 2025

In the news byDr Michael J. Green

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong

Australia facing US pressure to fire up military spend

8 December 2025

In the news byDr Michael J. Green

Collage of speakers at the conference.

Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025: Conference summary

5 December 2025

Report byLillian Sturhahn, Jared Mondschein

Quad country flags

Allies and partners

Allies and partners poll 2025: Where the Quad countries stand on Trump, security and the future of the Indo-Pacific

4 December 2025

Report bySamuel Garrett, Ava Kalinauskas, Jared Mondschein

USSC Briefing Room | How do the Quad countries view Trump’s second term?

27 November 2025

Podcast bySamuel Garrett, Ava Kalinauskas, Mari Koeck

NextGen report cover

Allies and partners

Next generation perspectives on the Australia-US Alliance

21 November 2025

Model of Rolls-Royce Novel Nuclear Technical Showcase representation. Photo captured when Australian Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles MP visited Rolls Royce’s nuclear reactor manufacturing site in Derby in November 2023, where he met Australian industry personnel undertaking placement within the UK defence industry as part of the AUKUS partnership

The UK R&D ecosystem’s strategic capability towards AUKUS Pillar II: Barriers and opportunities

20 November 2025

Brief bySophia Gaston

Allies and partners

USSC Briefing Room | How US allies can influence US policy with Gen. David Berger (Ret’d)

14 November 2025

Podcast byGeneral David H. Berger USMC (Ret’d), Jared Mondschein

From front) Royal Australian Navy Canberra-class landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide (L01), United States Navy Amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183), and Republic of Korea Navy amphibious assault ship ROKS Marado (LPH 6112), sail in formation during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023

Allies and partners

A next-generation agenda: South Korea-US-Australia security cooperation

4 November 2025

Brief byKester Abbott

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Allies and partners

Trump’s summit success lifts trust in American alliances

3 November 2025

Commentary byDr Michael J. Green