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The United States Studies Centre hosts live events providing discussion and analysis from both internal and external globally renowned experts.
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China
Public forum
Taiwan's upcoming election: The implications for Australia

Join USSC experts and special guests for a discussion on Taiwan's upcoming election and the implications for Australia and the region.

7 December 2023

6.00pm

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7.30pm AEDT

Upcoming events
Trade
Economic security in a turbulent world

19-20 June 2024

The world economy is undergoing a patchwork reversal of global integration as major powers seek to “de-risk” key economic relationships and use new policy tools to boost domestic investment in strategic industries.

Recent events
2024 election
US politics
Public forum
The insider's guide to the 2024 US presidential election

6 November 2023

6.00pm

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7.30pm AEDT

One year from the presidential election, join Washington correspondents Ryan Lizza and Olivia Nuzzi for a discussion on the 2024 presidential race.

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Foreign policy
Conference
Sydney International Strategy Forum: The United States, Australia and a contested Indo-Pacific

1 November 2023

8.30am

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4.30pm AEDT

The inaugural Sydney International Strategy Forum brings together prominent thought leaders, policymakers and industry experts to tackle the big issues confronting Australia, the United States and the Indo-Pacific.

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UPSCALE report launch

6 October 2023

8.30am

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10.00am AEDT

Launch of a new United States Studies Centre report – UPSCALE: Using Private Sector Capital for the Alliance.

Past event
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US politics
Film screening
Film screening: Mr Smith Goes to Washington

12 September 2023

5.30pm

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9.00pm AEDT

Decades before the “deep state” entered the parlance, Mr Smith Goes to Washington explores how a corrupt political machine falsifies evidence to expel the idealistic Boy Rangers leader who was appointed to the Senate.

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US politics
Public forum
The GOP debate breakdown: What just happened?

24 August 2023

6.00pm

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7.30pm AEDT

Republican presidential candidates gathered in Milwaukee for the biggest event of the 2024 election cycle so far: the first Republican presidential debate.

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Countering a Taiwan crisis with economics

17 August 2023

5.30pm

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6.30pm AEDT

The past few years have seen an unprecedented use of economic coercion as a tool of international relations, from sanctions placed on Russia, Iran, and North Korea to the ongoing export control battle between China and the United States.

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