Major power competition has returned to Asia. China’s regional ambitions are continuing to expand alongside its increasingly sophisticated armed forces. North Korea’s nuclear arsenal has not been eradicated. Japan and Australia are building...
The American economy is being permanently affected by automation. In the coming years, an increasing number of individuals will lose their jobs as a result of automation and artificial intelligence. This will have widespread...
The United States Studies Centre hosted a special screening of Alan J. Pakula’s acclaimed 1976 political thriller All the President’s Men.
Visiting Fellow Stephen Loosley AM (whose expertise combines presidential politics and Hollywood...
Often overlooked in the torrent of news from Washington is that the US economy is growing at over 4 per cent per annum and unemployment has fallen to 3.9 per cent, close to a...
The United States Studies Centre and Young Australians in International Affairs were honoured to host an expert panel discussion on the ramifications of leaving the Iran nuclear deal.
How does the US withdrawal...
There is increasing disagreement about facts and analytical interpretations of facts in both Australia and the United States. While this trend is not unprecedented in history, the level of disagreement over objective facts...
Since 1951, the US-Australia alliance has been a bedrock of Australian foreign policy. Republican and Democratic presidents have consistently described Australia as one of the United States’ most valuable allies, not least because Australia...
The United States Studies Centre presented an exclusive advanced screening of BlacKkKlansman. The film is based on the true story of Ron Stallworth – the first African-American detective on the Colorado Springs Police...
The United States Studies Centre hosted a seminar with Professor Bruce Western of Columbia University to discuss his new book, Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison.
Each year in the United...
In 2016, life expectancy at birth in the United States fell for the second year in a row. Since his inauguration in 2017, President Trump and his administration have taken a number of...
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, joined the United States Studies Centre for an address looking at the role of the United States in...
In recent years we have seen an ugly form of populism emerge and gather force, a leadership based on rhetorical appeals to popular fantasies, untruths and prejudices. Putin, Duterte, Le Pen, Brexit, Italy’s...
