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Donald Trump's presidency has raised profound questions about the role America will play in the world, and whether his election and his vision of an isolationist America are an anomaly or are indicative...
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has done an excellent job ensuring congressional support for a much increased defence budget, strengthening alliances, building partnerships and being an inspirational leader for US defence forces. Nevertheless...
Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that the women protesting about Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court were “paid professionals” and “#Troublemakers”. He was echoing a sentiment that has become common in Republican...
Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh will take his seat on the Supreme Court this week. What started out as a relatively conventional confirmation battle in the style of President Trump’s first successful pick –...
A week in politics can feel like a lifetime – and last week was no exception. The fierce urgency of Dr Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony to the Senate; the vehemence of Judge Brett...
As the United States and China escalate their trade war, the costs of rising tariff protection loom increasingly large for the world economy. But these costs are just the start of the economic...
During his bombastic speech at the United Nations, Donald Trump reiterated his "America First" promise to back away from supporting the liberal international order. He rejected "globalism" in favour of "the doctrine of...
Confirmation hearings will begin this week for Brett Kavanaugh, the conservative jurist chosen to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.
His appointment, would radically alter the composition of the US Supreme Court, shifting it sharply...
As MidtermMatters goes live today, the Senate confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to sit on the US Supreme Court is as supercharged as you can get – and his prospects will change multiple...
China takes the long view and is assiduously planning its Great Rejuvenation while democratic governments think only as far as the next election. Chinese leader Xi Jinping is a master strategist who has...
Non-resident senior fellow John Lee argues in this Nikkei Asian Review article that turmoil in Canberra comes at a time when Australia's region needs it to be a democratic leader.
When the news broke over the weekend of Dr Christine Blasey's accusations of sexual assault against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the immediate reaction was to think back 27 years to the...
Much is at stake in this November’s midterm elections in the United States: control of the US House of Representatives, the Senate and many state governorships and legislatures. But just as in Australian...
Despite the significant global outrage at US President Donald Trump and his supporters – best highlighted by the Pew surveys and more viscerally by the enormous anti-Trump protests in London in July 2018...
While the democratisation of space has had undeniable benefits, the rate of sending new satellites into orbit is overwhelming our ability to manage them. The US military is tracking around 18,000 space objects...
The failure of Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008 has become synonymous with the crisis that engulfed the United States and European financial system a decade ago, but left Australia's banks relatively unscathed.
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Senior Fellow Dr Charles Edel chairs a roundtable for the Texas National Security Review to discuss the life and latest work of American Historian Melvyn P. Leffler. Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism is a collection...
The New York Times, in a shocking break from protocol, ran an opinion piece last week from a person identified only as a senior official within the Trump administration. The anonymity seemed...
USSC honorary associate Dr Nicole Hemmer writes in the Washington Post that President Trump's push for 'fairness' on Google searches fits into a long history of Republicans arguing for the regulating of balance...
Stephen Loosley writes that the Australian parliament should consider, in co-operation with the US congress, the establishment of a John S. McCain memorial scholarship, which would enable Australian and American MPs, congressmen and...
