Foreign policy
The relationship between the United States and any other country has implications across the globe. Foreign policy spans diplomacy including Australian and regional US diplomatic engagement, climate and clean energy cooperation, regional institutions, aid and development.
Experts on Foreign policy
Professor Peter Dean
Director, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited State Studies Centre
Associate Professor David Smith
Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign PolicyUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney)
Professor Brendon O'Connor
Professor of US Politics and US Foreign RelationsUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney)
Dr Christopher J. Watterson
Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
Dr Michael J. Green
Chief Executive OfficerUnited States Studies Centre
Tom Corben
Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
USSC Briefing Room | How Japan and Australia can counter coercion in the Indo-Pacific
The rules-based order is under stress in the Indo-Pacific and, according to the latest report from Freedom House, democracy has declined for an 18th consecutive year globally. Both Japan and Australia have strong commitments to development assistance in the region, but a new report from the United States Studies Centre (USSC) argues that this is not enough to counter elite capture, misinformation and other malign influences in the region.
Report byDr Thomas Wilkins
Report byBecca Wasser