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United States Studies Centre CEO Professor Simon Jackman says the credibility pressure on the Biden administration to show resolve on Ukraine is particularly high, amid fears of a looming Russian invasion. The United...
The Daily Telegraph reports that new polling has revealed what Australians really think about China – and also their surprising concern about one of Australia's closest allies. The article quotes USSC non-resident senior...
It was prime minister Bob Menzies who told president Lyndon B. Johnson bluntly but accurately what the simple requirement happened to be for an effective US ambassador to Australia. The ambassador had to...
There is a saying in Vladimir Putin’s Russia that is profoundly insightful: “The less you know, the better you sleep.” This observation could apply at various times in Russian history, particularly during the...
Already tensions are building in eastern Europe, with Russia massing troops on Ukraine's border. But with the US President Joe Biden defining 'countering Beijing' as its number one foreign policy objective, all eyes...
It's been a little over two months since a row broke out between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and French President Emmanuel Macron over the AUKUS security deal and Australia's sudden scrapping of a...
Australia and China both had diplomatic wins in Southeast Asia this year, particularly through the region’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Both Canberra and Beijing upgraded its ties with ASEAN to ‘comprehensive...
The United States and China have oversized impacts on the fortunes and policies of Australia for obvious reasons. The year began with the indecorous exit of Donald Trump and the swearing in of...
