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USSC Foreign Policy and Defence Director Professor Peter Dean says the war in Ukraine is not progressing how Russia’s President Vladimir Putin would’ve liked.
“His campaign strategy at the beginning of the war...
Much of the commentary about the AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, United States) partnership since it was announced a year ago on Thursday has focused on when and if Australia will see nuclear-powered submarines...
Defence Connect quotes USSC research fellow Peter Lee in an article about the one year anniversary of the AUKUS pact.
The announcement of the Australia, United Kingdom and United States (AUKUS) security partnership on 16 September 2021 transformed Australia’s perceptions of its capacity, capability and the role of its oldest allies. Few announcements...
After many months of anticipation, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy finally arrived in Australia on 22 July 2022. Stepping off her plane and into the media frenzy swirling since before she was even officially nominated...
In this episode of The Asia Chessboard, USSC CEO Mike Green and Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS Jude Blanchette sit down with Bates Gill, Head of the Department of Security Studies...
Months after the Solomon Islands struck a security pact with China, its leader Manasseh Sogavre has repeatedly appeared to snub the US, heightening Washington's concern but not deterring it from trying to keep...
US Studies Centre's CEO Dr Michael Green writes in the latest issue of Quarterly Essay that Hugh White's essay Sleepwalk to War is the right starting point for a serious dialogue on Australian...
