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The Trump campaign has long enjoyed delivering an unusual musical message during the president’s rallies, frequently blaring the Rolling Stones’ classic “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” Last week, the music was...
Amid the pandemic and intensifying strategic competition, the Australia-US alliance is working to adapt to myriad Indo-Pacific challenges and provide critical health security and defence support to our partners.
That’s the key message...
The 30th round of the Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations will soon take place amid immense global disruption and unprecedented domestic pressures accelerated by the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (also known as coronavirus or COVID-19)...
USSC non-resident senior fellow Charles Edel reviews Misha Auslin's new book, "Asia's New Geopolitics: Essays on Reshaping the Indo-Pacific," for Orbis.
It is rare to find a journalist, analyst, or indeed historian – this writer included – able to resist the allure of a secret government document unexpectedly liberated into the public domain. It is...
The first and last US president to set foot on Northern Territory soil, Barack Obama, spoke of the bond between the two allies during his visit to Darwin's Royal Australian Air Force Base...
The US Studies Centre’s Dr Gorana Grgic has spoken to Sky News about how the Biden administration will address aspects of its foreign policy agenda and issues relating to the challenge posed by...
Joe Biden is expected to restore a sense of order to the White House. But his administration will be tougher on Australia, reports The Daily Telegraph. The article quotes USSC non-resident senior fellow...