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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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Tara Luckock

Tara Luckock

Research Associate, Foreign Policy and Defence United States Studies Centre
Dr Gorana Grgic

Dr Gorana Grgić

Senior Lecturer in US Politics and Foreign PolicyUnited States Studies Centre
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Associate Professor David Smith

Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign PolicyUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney)
Tom Corben, a Research Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Tom Corben

Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre
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Dr Fiona Cunningham

Non-Resident FellowUnited States Studies Centre
Benjamin Reilly

Professor Benjamin Reilly

Senior FellowUnited States Studies Centre
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

Commentary byLester Munson
Foreign policy

The long-term strategic effects of the Iran war

1 April 2026
Commentary byDr Michael J. Green
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
The Strait of Hormuz
Defence
Public forum
What the Iran war means for the Middle East — and the world

26 March 2026

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3 OCTOBER 2024: Satellite view of Kharg Island, located in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran.
Foreign policy

'A significant gamble': Is the US planning to seize Iran's 'forbidden island'?

26 March 2026
In the news byAssociate Professor David Smith
Satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz with white graphic lines representing global shipping lanes and maritime traffic between the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.
Foreign policy

Middle East Crisis: US Strategy, Hormuz, and Global Economic Risks

26 March 2026
Interview byJared Mondschein
Defence

USSC Briefing Room | The future of nuclear risk: Iran, China and the end of New START

25 March 2026
Podcast byMari Koeck
A large plume of smoke rises over Tehran after explosions were reported in the city during the night on March 07, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.
The Indo-Pacific

Will escalating conflict in the Middle East trigger shocks that reshape development challenges in the Indo-Pacific?

24 March 2026
Commentary byJared Mondschein
A birds eye view of a cargo Boat anchored in the Port Melbourne cargo facilities, it is being loaded with colourful containers, Drone view, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Trade and economics

Why the Middle East war matters more to Australia than it seems

23 March 2026
In the news byHayley Channer, Dr Lavina Lee
A commercial vessel is seen in the background as a US Black Hawk helicopter crew member stands on the deck of Britain's RFA Cardigan Bay landing ship in the Gulf waters off Bahrain during the International Maritime Exercise (IMX), on November 5, 2019. - IMX is a joint military exercise involving assets and personnel from more than 50 partner nations and seven international organisations. The US has pushed for the creation of a US-led operation dubbed the International Maritime Security Construct to safeguard trade and the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. It has so far been joined by Australia, Britain and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Bahrain, the Gulf island state which is home to the US Fifth Fleet.
Foreign policy

Australia open to joining allies’ Hormuz push

20 March 2026
In the news byDr Michael J. Green
Foreign policy

Dire straits for Trump

19 March 2026
Interview byJared Mondschein