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Reforming Primary Elections: Voters, Campaigns, and the Future of Congressional Politics

USSC Senior Fellow Professor Benjamin Reilly writes for Reforming Primary Elections: Voters, Campaigns, and the Future of Congressional Politics, ...

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Bipartisanship lurks below the surface in Washington

The harsh rhetoric between Trump and Democrats will likely continue, but the critical story is where the two parties agree on new ways forward for...

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Reforming Primary Elections: Voters, Campaigns, and the Future of Congressional Politics

Reforming Primary Elections: Voters, Campaigns, and the Future of Congressional Politics

USSC Senior Fellow Professor Benjamin Reilly writes for Reforming Primary Elections: Voters, Campaigns, and the Future of Congressional Politics, ...

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Bipartisanship lurks below the surface in Washington

Bipartisanship lurks below the surface in Washington

The harsh rhetoric between Trump and Democrats will likely continue, but the critical story is where the two parties agree on new ways forward for...

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MAHASAGAR: India’s global maritime vision explained — and where does Australia fit

MAHASAGAR: India’s global maritime vision explained — and where does Australia fit

Key takeaways MAHASAGAR represents New Delhi’s ambition to expand engagements beyond its immediate Indian Ocean neighbourhood to the Global So...

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The Pentagon plans to deploy submarines to an expanding facility near Perth

The Pentagon plans to deploy submarines to an expanding facility near Perth

HMAS STIRLING, Australia — If the US and China come to blows over Taiwan, this naval base in Western Australia offers a berth to bring American nu...

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What’s in Trump’s new National Defense Strategy?

What’s in Trump’s new National Defense Strategy?

In January 2026, the second Donald Trump administration released its National Defense Strategy, a month after the release of its 2025 National Sec...

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The US Navy’s new insurance policy for war with China is an Australian base

The US Navy’s new insurance policy for war with China is an Australian base

HMAS STIRLING, Australia — If the US and China come to blows over Taiwan, this naval base in Western Australia offers a berth to bring American nu...

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Japan’s election result is a geopolitical earthquake and a ‘very big deal’ for Australia

Japan’s election result is a geopolitical earthquake and a ‘very big deal’ for Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has just triumphed in a general election in which she ...

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USSC Briefing Room | Mike Green and Lavina Lee on Iran, Venezuela, Greenland and Carney’s speech

USSC Briefing Room | Mike Green and Lavina Lee on Iran, Venezuela, Greenland and Carney’s speech

Are we seeing a rupture or a transition in 2026? USSC CEO Dr Michael Green and USSC Director of Foreign Policy and Defence Dr Lavina Lee sat down...

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Australia-Taiwan relations: Policy options and priorities for engagement

Australia-Taiwan relations: Policy options and priorities for engagement

Defence and security ties between Taiwan and Australia The most delicate area of Taiwan-Australia relations is that of defence and security. This ...

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Conference | Doing American Studies outside the US — now

Conference | Doing American Studies outside the US — now

The United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association invite scholars, espe...

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Iran has its ‘finger on the trigger’. But is it at its ‘weakest’ as US tensions soar?

Iran has its ‘finger on the trigger’. But is it at its ‘weakest’ as US tensions soar?

SBS News reports that as the United States ramps up its military presence in the Middle East, Iran is threatening a forceful response to a potenti...

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Who is Stephen Miller? Donald Trump’s powerful right hand and immigration policy architect

Who is Stephen Miller? Donald Trump’s powerful right hand and immigration policy architect

USSC Non-Resident Senior Fellow Bruce Wolpe was quoted in an article by ABC News on US President Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy St...

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Redesign Future Made In Australia for Carney’s ruptured world

Redesign Future Made In Australia for Carney’s ruptured world

We need a new synthesis of economic rationalism and state capacity at home, one fit for a world of rolling geopolitical turmoil and economic uncer...

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Publication alert | As strategic environment deteriorates, Australia needs a more sophisticated Taiwan strategy, experts argue

Publication alert | As strategic environment deteriorates, Australia needs a more sophisticated Taiwan strategy, experts argue

In a report published today from the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney, Australian experts call for a re-assessment ...

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Australia’s innovation, science and technology environment: Providing a rationale for universities’ contributions to AUKUS Advanced Capabilities

Australia’s innovation, science and technology environment: Providing a rationale for universities’ contributions to AUKUS Advanced Capabilities

Executive summary Few countries rely on their university sector as much as Australia does to power their national research and development (R&...

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Publication alert | Economic wargaming and whole-of-government strategy needed to support economic security in 2026, according to Australian experts

Publication alert | Economic wargaming and whole-of-government strategy needed to support economic security in 2026, according to Australian experts

Amidst heightened economic turbulence, Australia will need significant government and private sector uplift in responding to economic risk, a grou...

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