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Publication alert | From Ukraine to Taiwan: New report examines NATO-IP4 strategic implications

Publication alert | From Ukraine to Taiwan: New report examines NATO-IP4 strategic implications

The United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney and the Korea Foundation have just published findings from their inaugural Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue, convened with leading...

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Beyond alignment: Moving the NATO–IP4 partnership forward

Beyond alignment: Moving the NATO–IP4 partnership forward

Executive summary Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has catalysed growing strategic alignment between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its four key Indo-Pacific partners,...

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Publication alert | Resetting Australian economic statecraft for a more fractured world

Publication alert | Resetting Australian economic statecraft for a more fractured world

A new report from the United States Studies Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney recommends that Australia reshape its economic statecraft for a new era of geopolitical disorder and economic ...

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Securing the Indian Ocean: India-Australia maritime partnership

Securing the Indian Ocean: India-Australia maritime partnership

The Indian Ocean is fast becoming one of the world’s most geo-strategically contested maritime arenas. The region’s littoral and island states are grappling with how to respond to this strategic c...

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Allies and partners poll 2025: Where the Quad countries stand on Trump, security and the future of the Indo-Pacific

Allies and partners poll 2025: Where the Quad countries stand on Trump, security and the future of the Indo-Pacific

Introduction In August 2025, the United States Studies Centre polled more than 1,000 citizens in each of Australia, the United States, Japan, and, for the first time, India, on their views of the ...

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Trump’s new security strategy demands Australia step up or step aside

Trump’s new security strategy demands Australia step up or step aside

There is something for Australians and regional allies to work with, even if the document states bluntly that “the days of America propping up the world like Atlas are over.” Late last week the Tr...

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