Politics

Explainer | The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Past, present, future

Explainer | The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Past, present, future

Last month, Australia held the ninth annual Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) meeting in Melbourne. This meeting provided an opportunity for CPTPP membe...

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Tides of partnership: Australia-India maritime collaboration in the Indian Ocean region

Tides of partnership: Australia-India maritime collaboration in the Indian Ocean region

In the wake of recent Australia-India Defence and Foreign Ministers’ meetings, the United States Studies Centre and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) are co-hosting a webinar to explore this ...

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How worried should we be about Xi’s call to Trump?

How worried should we be about Xi’s call to Trump?

USSC CEO Dr Michael Green was quoted in an article by The Australian on the significance of the Xi-Trump phone call, but noted that other outcomes could be worse for US allies, saying, “If T...

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Trump administration orders collection of migrant crime data

Trump administration orders collection of migrant crime data

The United States has ordered its embassy to begin collecting data on migrant crime from several countries, including Australia. The Trump administration continues to expand its own anti-immigrati...

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How politicians could combat doubts about Epstein files release

How politicians could combat doubts about Epstein files release

US President Donald Trump has signed into law a directive that the Department of Justice (DOJ) release the full files from its investigation into convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and h...

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USSC Briefing Room | Supreme Court tests Trump’s tariffs – with Chas Licciardello

USSC Briefing Room | Supreme Court tests Trump’s tariffs – with Chas Licciardello

On 2 April 2025, President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on most countries around the globe as part of “Liberation Day” but is the president allowed to impose tariffs like that? This is the qu...

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