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This study focuses on a specific issue – the development of the mining technology, services and equipment sector in Australia. It aims to outline the recent development of the sector, to assess the...
The purpose of this report is to provide an evidence-based context for understanding the importance of entrepreneurship to Australia’s economic prosperity, its link to innovation and how Australia compares with its competitors in...
Despite the strong reputation of Australian research in medicine, biology, and agriculture, the biotechnology industry in Australia remains modest by global standards. At the US Studies Centre, through a research program funded by...
An election-campaign survey commissioned by the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney in conjunction with Stanford University has found that Australians are more concerned about illegal immigration than those in...
by Timothy Came and Colin Campbell
Drawing upon interviews with 69 defense policymakers and close observers, this Governance article develops an extrapolation-oriented case study of Donald Rumsfeld's campaign to transform the development of...
by Professor Geoffrey Garrett
The post-global financial crisis world will be increasingly dominated by China and the United States. What the de facto G-2 do, together, independently or in conflict, will increasingly define...
A major survey on Australian attitudes to climate change compared with those of Americans showing that climate change is a “wedge” issue in both countries.
Dr Lesley Russell, a Reseach Associate of the US Studies Centre, released the first of a series of short papers focussing on health care reform today. It is an analysis with attention to...
The Centre has released the first publication of the innovation research program, a background report titled Innovation in America: a Comparative Study. The report, prepared by researcher Dr Thomas Barlow, provides a...
A phone survey of 800 respondents and on-line survey of 3,000 respondents commissioned by the US Studies Centre to assess Australian impressions of the United States close to the end of the US...
The US Studies Centre commissioned the most comprehensive survey of Australian attitudes towards the United States ever undertaken. Part II canvasses the attitudes of Australians towards a number of US institutions, various aspects...
The US Studies Centre commissioned the most comprehensive survey of Australian attitudes towards the United States ever undertaken. Part One examines the views of Australians on foreign, economic and trade policy issues.
