The Foreign Policy and Defence Program is committed to providing policy-oriented research and analysis on American strategic policy and the United States-Australia alliance, with a focus on developments in the Indo-Pacific.
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In the second of two policy briefs with the NATO Defense College as part of her 2021 NATO Partners Across the Globe Fellowship, Dr Gorana Grgic assesses the value of NATO’s Partners Across...
Rappler spoke to USSC director of foreign policy and defence Ashley Townshend who explained China’s reaction to the recently signed trilateral security agreement among Australia, the UK and the US.
Australia and the United States have entered a new era of strategic competition with China. Following decades of US military supremacy in the Indo-Pacific, Washington’s approach to regional defence strategy is being re-evaluated...
The United States is upping its military game in the Indo-Pacific, by leveraging allies to counter China, reports The Straits Times. The article quotes USSC director of foreign policy and defence Ashley Townshend.
In Samuel Huntington’s controversial 1996 book The Clash of Civilizations he claimed that Australia was a “torn country.” Torn between its Anglosphere history and alliances on one side and its movement into deeper...
Richard McGregor writes for the Australian Financial Review that Australia has received more back-up from Washington than other regional allies did in spats with Beijing. But, he writes, it’s not going to help...
Defence Connect reports that since assuming power in January, US President Joe Biden has sought to assure allies of the country’s commitment to countering Beijing’s increasingly insidious behaviour on the world stage, particularly...
The Australian reports that Australia is far more likely to buy a version of Britain’s Astute submarine than the US Virginia-class under the AUKUS defence partnership. The article quotes USSC director of foreign...
