Rising trade frictions with China underscore the potential tension between Australia's economic and foreign policy interests. Beijing wants to dramatise these tensions to intimidate Australia and undermine our alliance relationships, while Canberra wants...

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.

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...