The Republican war against US intelligence agencies, which started when those agencies announced their consensus on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, hit an odd juncture last week with the release of...

Prompted by the results of elections of that year, US media heralded 1992 as the Year of the Woman. With 24 females elected to the House of Representatives, and three to the Senate...

In her latest US News & World Report column, USSC honorary associate Dr Nicole Hemmer writes that President Trump's understanding of power, and thus of politics, offers an insight into everything from his...

US Secretary of Defence James Mattis launched a new National Defence Strategy (NDS) last Friday. That night, the US Government shut down for three days.

The convergence of these two events encapsulates a...

If the Cold War was one long arms race, the modern era could be accurately described as an arms jog. Countries are defined less by how many nuclear warheads they have, and more by what...

One year into the Trump administration, Australians and Americans feel the world is more dangerous and that a weaker United States is less well-placed to deal with security threats. Exclusive survey data from...

America’s innovation success is built on the back of entrepreneurs who embrace experimentalism, risk, and failure. This culture has helped make the United States the unrivalled leader of the digital revolution because it...

In this US New & World Report article, USSC honorary associate Dr Nicole Hemmer says we shouldn't let the president off the hook by blaming his anti-immigrant policies on his advisers.

Two years ago, Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev announced to European security officials that the world was entering a new cold war. The message has taken some time to trickle through. Just a...

There were significant threats to the security of Australia and the United States before Donald Trump was elected US President.

North Korea's nuclear ambitions are decades old, and China's militarisation of the South...

Researchers from the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney have released the results of an extensive comparison of public opinion on Donald Trump and perceptions of security and the...

This month marks the 20th anniversary of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, an affair that resulted in Bill Clinton's impeachment. As tumultuous as the Clinton years were, in retrospect they seem a bit quaint...

At a security dialogue in Beijing a few years ago, one of our Chinese hosts asked me what I thought of the proposed One Belt, One Road initiative. I responded positively, looking at...

This time last year, foreign policy officials, commentators and leaders worldwide apprehensively awaited the new administration of a president whose opaque promise to put ‘America First’ left more questions than answers. A year...

The subdued atmosphere that accompanied Trump’s inauguration quickly turned to anger for many liberal Americans as protests quickly and repeatedly broke out across the country. So how did it feel to live in...

In her latest article for U.S. News, USSC honorary associate Dr Nicole Hemmer writes about the big flaw in #MeToo criticism uncovered by the Aziz Ansari debate.

USSC visiting fellow Stephen Loosley reviews Michael Wolff's book Fire and Fury for The Australian. Loosley writes that Wolff's account of the first year of the presidency is lightweight but engaging.

In this article published in The Washington Post, USSC honorary associate Dr Nicole Hemmer weighs in on what a Bannon-free Breitbart means for it as a voice of Trumpism.

Could a Trump presidency simply be the forerunner of an Oprah presidency? After Oprah Winfrey's inspiring speech at the Golden Globe Awards that perfectly captured the righteous anger of the #Metoo movement, she...

Congressman Ed Royce, the 66 year-old chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, yesterday announced that he would not seek a 14th two-year term at the 2018 midterm elections.