In the first instalment of the Centre's new debate series, James Laurenceson and Jared Mondschein go head to head over who is Australia's most important economic partner, the United States or China?

In her latest opinion piece for U.S. News and World Report, USSC research associate Dr Nicole Hemmer writes about the troubling aspects to President Donald Trump's decision to pardon ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio who...

Chief Strategist Steve Bannon's dismissal from the White House last week removes one of the most hawkish voices on China within the Trump Administration. But his departure won't lead to major reversals in...

Donald Trump let the alt-right into the mainstream, but Silicon Valley is pushing it back, writes USSC research associate Dr Nicole Hemmer for U.S. News.

Dichotomies are intellectually seductive, making a complex world easy to navigate. Good and bad, left and right, or – as we often encounter in debates about Australia's future – values versus interests, or...

"We will not be replaced!" It sounds like the rallying cry of Luddites smashing machines, fighting the inevitable forces of progress. Instead, it was the chant ringing out over Charlottesville, Virginia, this weekend...

From a distance, Charlottesville looks like a smooth blue bubble in a sea of red, a university town abutting Virginia’s rural foothills and farmland. Up close, it’s a mass of conflicts and contradictions...

USSC senior research fellow Associate Professor Elsina Wainwright writes for The Strategist about the Trump administration’s evolving UN policy.

President Trump’s reaction to weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia is the latest example of a growing rift between Trump and the Republican Congress that portends months of dysfunction in Washington. 

Deepening distrust between...

Prime Minister Turnbull's pre-emptive invocation of the ANZUS treaty during a radio interview last Friday was not only extraordinary and unprecedented, it was also premature and unnecessary.

Two problems in particular stand out.

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No single country plays a larger role in Australia's economy than the United States. The United States is not only Australia's second largest trading partner, it is by far the largest investor in...

One of the biggest turnoffs for US investment and workers is also the biggest pet peeve for locals – housing affordability. Our research finds lifestyle factors are what makes Australia stand out from...

Three people are dead after violence erupted at a gathering of white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia. USSC research associate Dr Nicole Hemmer was in Charlottesville and writes of her experiences for U.S. News.

As well as an overview of the historic foreign direct investment by the United States in Australia, this report contains 13 case studies of businesses with strong US-Australia ties, the results of a survey of...

President Trump’s disdain for multilateralism has profound consequences, as other states look elsewhere for solutions and leadership on pressing global issues, and powers such as China and Russia seek to fill the vacuum...

This week, as President Trump comes out in support of a bill that seeks to halve legal immigration to the United States, his administration is emphasising the idea that Americans and their jobs...

As with much of this highly atypical presidency, the Trump administration’s United Nations (UN) policy is still taking shape. But for the past six months, Ambassador Nikki R. Haley has been a vocal...

Chancellor's Lecture, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia (August 2, 2017)

Good evening. It is great to be back at Swinburne University. I'm honoured to deliver this year's Chancellor's Oration, and I'm grateful to...

On 17 July 2017, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memo delaying the Obama-backed International Entrepreneurship Rule until 14 March 2018. The rule was meant to increase and enhance entrepreneurship, innovation...

The White House is about to get a whole lot meaner. In recent weeks, Donald Trump has started cleaning house, shedding his chief of staff Reince Priebus and press secretary Sean Spicer. Jeff Sessions...