Prime Minister Turnbull's pre-emptive invocation of the ANZUS treaty during a radio interview last Friday was not only extraordinary and unprecedented, it was also premature and unnecessary.

Two problems in particular stand out.

...

USSC academic director Dr David Smith is quoted in this News.com.au report about the leaked transcript of a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull.

Donald Trump is considering former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani as the next US attorney-general after the President launched his second attack in as many days on Justice Department chief, Jeff Sessions. In...

The Australian's Cameron Stewart reports on new analysis from USSC research fellow Dougal Robinson which recommends the Turnbull government adopt a new approach to US relations under Donald Trump by bypassing tradition diplomatic...

SBS writes about a new USSC report written by research fellow Dougal Robinson which stresses the need for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to visit key Trump administration figures in Washington at least once...

The Canberra Times reports on new research from the US Studies Centre that calls for new public service approaches for Australian government dealings with the United States, suggesting traditional bureaucratic practices and diplomatic...

Australian political leaders need to change how they engage with the US. The US congress has demonstrated overwhelming goodwill towards Australia this year. But it has not been reciprocated.

Australia’s engagement with the...

How can Australia better engage with an unprecedented US administration? USSC research fellow Dougal Robinson offers a blueprint for how the government should retool its political engagement in Washington to make it more...

In this article, editor-at-large of The Australian Paul Kelly considers whether President Donald Trump is an aberration or harbinger of a permanently changed America. Kelly quotes former PM John Howard from his conversation...

The Sydney Morning Herald reports on a USSC event at which former Australian PM John Howard presented a sanguine view of US president Donald Trump, a man he said Australians could trust as...

Crikey reports that former PM John Howard has told The Australian's Paul Kelly at a US Studies Centre event that Australia can trust Donald Trump because the issues with his presidency are just...