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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.
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Christopher J. Watterson

Dr Christopher J. Watterson

Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
Peter J. Dean

Professor Peter Dean

Senior Adviser for Defence StrategyUnited States Studies Centre
Alice Nason

Alice Nason

Non-Resident Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
Shizuka Takada, a Japanese Research Associate working with Dr Michael J. Green

Shizuka Takada

Research AssociateUnited States Studies Centre
Dr Michael Jonathan Green, chief executive officer at the United States Studies Centre

Dr Michael J. Green

Chief Executive OfficerUnited States Studies Centre
Esther Soulard, a Senior Research Associate with the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Esther Soulard

Senior Research Associate, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
Australia and Taiwan
Foreign policy

USSC Briefing Room | The state of play for Australia-Taiwan relations

Professor Peter Dean and Professor Bec Strating joined the USSC Briefing Room to discuss the current state of Australia-Taiwan relations and the challenges Taiwan faces amid rising global tensions.
Podcast byMari Koeck, Professor Peter Dean, Professor Bec Strating
US politics

Why Trump can't walk away from the Strait of Hormuz

8 April 2026
In the news byBruce Wolpe
Trade and economics

PM’s $23b Made in Australia misses the mark on supply chain

7 April 2026
In the news byDr John Kunkel
Allies and partners

Australia ‘paralysed’ on US alliance as Trump lashes out

7 April 2026
In the news byDr Michael J. Green
US politics

Triumph or tragedy? Does Donald Trump have any options left in Iran?

6 April 2026
In the news byJared Mondschein
President Donald Trump talks to members of the media before boarding Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House on October 30, 2020 in Washington, DC.
US politics

What's behind Trump's expletive-laden ultimatum to reopen Hormuz Strait?

6 April 2026
Interview byJared Mondschein
US politics

Will Pete Hegseth take the fall for the Iran war?

6 April 2026
Interview byAssociate Professor David Smith
US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport in Greer, South Carolina, on October 16, 2017. Trump is in Greensville to attend a fundraiser for South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster.
Foreign policy

How the war in Iran may shape US politics

1 April 2026
Commentary byLester Munson
Foreign policy

The long-term strategic effects of the Iran war

1 April 2026
Commentary byDr Michael J. Green
Allies and partners

Under Trump, Australia juggles a precarious alliance it can’t replace

31 March 2026
In the news byJared Mondschein
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, (L-R) Russia's President Vladimir Putin walks with China's President Xi Jinping and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025.
Foreign policy

Iran isn’t isolated: How autocracies are escalating the war

31 March 2026
Commentary byDr Lavina Lee
Critical minerals
Trade and economics

Building supply chain resilience in critical minerals: The path ahead

30 March 2026
Report byHayley Channer, Sahara Hoff
Soldiers from the Republic of Korea Marine Corps conducts an amphibious assault during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 in Australia.
Allies and partners

Getting past potential? Outcomes of the 2025 Australia-Republic of Korea Dialogue on Security Cooperation

27 March 2026
Report byKester Abbott, Tom Corben, Tara Luckock