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Voters in Georgia’s 6th congressional district have just delivered a timely reminder that Americans are a long way away from deserting Donald Trump’s Republican Party. For all the noise about the Russia investigations, Trump’s...
Is Australia ripe for a populist, nationalist political movement that could overthrow the established parties?
After the right-wing One Nation Party’s slump in the Western Australian elections in March, it seems less likely...
In her latest article for U.S. News, USSC research associate Dr Nicole Hemmer writes that Newt Gingrich's new book “Understanding Trump” isn't that useful for understanding Trump, but it is useful for understanding...
Australia has retreated to sentimentalism in dealing with the shock of Donald Trump's election. The other Asian US allies are wary of raising unrealistic expectations of what can be achieved with Trump in...
Just over two months ago, American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX successfully launched a satellite into Low Earth Orbit, not only re-using a second-hand rocket, but landing the first stage boosters back to Earth. A...
This week, the 9th Circuit became the latest court to block President Donald Trump's revised travel ban, his second attempt to limit travel from six majority Muslim nations. The decision was not a...
This week's AUSMIN was in stark contrast to the last which took place under the Obama administration in 2015. The remarkably short length of this year’s joint statement alone makes obvious the difference...
It was the perfect visual metaphor for the decline of American leadership: at the G7 meeting in Sicily, six leaders strolled together through the coastal Italian town, while Donald Trump trailed behind in...
USSC research associate Dr Nicole Hemmer writes for U.S. News and World Report that President Obama's attacks on the media and leakers paved the way for the arrest this week of a US...
Today’s AUSMIN could hardly be better timed, following recent terrorist attacks, North Korean nuclear provocations, and the weekend’s Shangri-La dialogue. But, as is so often the case with AUSMIN, the danger is the urgent...
The national science agency is in a research partnership with a Chinese state-owned enterprise responsible for the same advanced military technologies Australia’s intelligence community is working hard to guard against, write USSC research...
Rex Tillerson and James Mattis will be in Sydney on Monday for AUSMIN (the Australia – United States Ministerial Consultations) with their Australian counterparts Julie Bishop and Marise Payne. Priorities for discussion at...
The United States Studies Centre's Survey on America’s role in the Indo-Pacific is the first major, multi-country survey of public opinion since the 2016 US election. The report is the product of a...
Twitter has defined President Donald Trump's short political career. In her column for the U.S. News & World Report, research associate Dr Nicole Hemmer looks at how his two Twitter accounts give a...
Senator John McCain delivered the Alliance 21 Lecture at the NSW State Library in Sydney, hosted by the United States Studies Centre.
Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey and the appointment of Bob Mueller as special prosecutor have done nothing to impede the flow of leaks on the administration’s Russian links, even as the president...
The conservative network is remaking itself in the image of fringe media in the age of Trump, blurring the lines between real and fake news, writes research associate Dr Nicole Hemmer for U.S...
One of the rallying cries of the Turnbull government when it comes to defence spending has been to link it to national economic growth and technological innovation. In terms of spending, they seem...
Four months in, it's fair to say the Trump administration is in trouble. A special counsel has been appointed to look into potential criminal wrongdoing by the President and members of his team...
The Asia-Pacific region is facing a raft of geopolitical challenges. North Korea is ascending the nuclear ladder, China’s influence in Southeast Asia is growing, as is uncertainty about China’s commitment to the international...
