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The Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) are Australia’s principal forum for formal consultations with the United States. The talks are led by the Australian Foreign and Defence Ministers and their counterparts, the US...
As President Trump concluded his whirlwind visit to Europe, the dominant themes in the commentary of his trip include disbelief, outrage and concern. The president has yet again demonstrated that his foreign policy...
Republicans issued widespread denunciations of President Trump. Yet this is highly unlikely to be the beginning of the end of the Trump presidency.
US President Donald Trump’s Helsinki press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin casts in stark relief his striking regard for authoritarian leaders. It is consistent with his systematic downgrading of the promotion of...
Washington is shifting its attention to strategic technology competition with Beijing. While long pushed in the Pentagon, other government branches like Congress, federal departments and even lobbyists are now advocating and investing in...
Arizona Republican John McCain is among the most powerful people to have occupied a US Senate seat. An undoubted war hero (despite the trashing of his reputation by Donald Trump) who suffered mightily...
When US Defence Secretary James Mattis made his first trip to Asia last February, regional allies and partners were cautiously relieved. Donald Trump had spent months condemning Japan and South Korea as free-riders...
US rapper Kendrick Lamar’s Australian tour kicks off this week, culminating in a headline appearance at the music festival Splendour in the Grass.
Lamar’s most recent album, DAMN., not only topped the charts...
We should not underestimate the seriousness of the trade war unfolding between the United States and the rest of the world.
Global trade is facing its biggest threat since the US introduced the...
In San Francisco, a household that makes US$100,000 per year is considered low-income. A studio apartment there rents for about AU$850 per week. In Cupertino, home of Apple headquarters, the median home value...
USSC non-resident senior fellow John Lee wrote about the value of a plan for the Indo-Pacific that involves ASEAN and doesn't openly target China.
Following a landslide victory in Mexico's presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is president-elect of one the world's most populous democracies.
The political coalition he leads, Juntos Haremos Historia - which encompasses the...
For the first 18 months, Donald Trump’s administration has systematically deprioritised human rights — driven largely by the president’s disinterest, ‘America first’ transactionalism, and ‘pattern of appreciation for strongman-type leaders’. This is a...
Research fellow with the Foreign Policy and Defence Program Brendan Thomas-Noone wrote for the International Institute for Strategic Studies in the wake of the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue.
He analysed a speech by Singaporean...
Recent volatility in US stock markets has been attributed to speculation about new restrictions on foreign investment in the United States. The Trump administration has been sending mixed signals on the issue, but...
USSC visiting scholar and senior fellow Charles Edel and Hal Brands write for The National Interest that the US founding fathers had a tragic mindset that determined the bounds of the republic they...
This weekend, the streets of America were once again clogged with protesters as people marched in opposition to the administration’s detention of migrant children. A few days earlier, more than 600 women were...
The value of the alliance is its preservation of something that may seem intangible, and yet nevertheless is essential to the security, prosperity and values of both of our nations: support for a...
The ongoing absence of a US ambassador to Australia has generated plenty of political and academic debate over whether or not the Trump administration is taking the ANZUS alliance seriously. While the current...
Senior non-resident fellow John Lee wrote in the Weekly Standard about Australia's legislative response to Beijing's "grand objective" of regional dominance.
