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The United States Studies Centre hosts live events providing discussion and analysis from both internal and external globally renowned experts.
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Information session | Visiting fellowships for the JADE program—Japan-Australia Dialogue and Exchange for the Next Generation

Join this information session to learn more about applying for the Japan-Australia Dialogue and Exchange for the Next Generation (JADE) program—designed to help cultivate a new generation of Japan-Australia strategic experts.

24 April 2025

4.00pm

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5.00pm AEST

Upcoming events
US politics
Public forum
100 days of the second Trump administration

30 April 2025

5.30pm

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8.00pm AEST

The Sydney Morning Herald's foreign affairs and national security correspondent Matthew Knott, political and international editor Peter Hartcher and world editor Catherine Naylor join USSC Chief Executive Officer Dr Michael Green and Director of Research Jared Mondschein to unpack the key issues of the second Trump administration.

Ticketed Event
Economic security dialogue series

7 May, 29 August and TBC November 2025

One-day, invitation-only events under Chatham House Rules with participation by senior representatives from government, business, academia, the think tank community and civil society, focusing on today's big economic security questions.

Ticketed Event
Global economy panel
Global economy in turmoil: Can Australia and Japan shape the new economic world order?

7 May 2025

6.00pm

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7.00pm AEST

Kazuto Suzuki, Michaela Browning and Danielle Rajendram join Hayley Channer to discuss how Australia and Japan can navigate and shape the evolving global economic order.

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International Space Station and the moon
Foreign policy
Public forum
Cosmic shield: A panel on space security

12 May 2025

6.00pm

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7.00pm AEST

A discussion on space security with esteemed experts Audrey Schaffer, Professor Melissa de Zwart and Aude Vignelles, hosted by Dr Kathryn Robison.

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Space
Space traffic jam: Challenges facing space sustainability

14 May 2025

9.00am

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10.00am AEST

Audrey M. Schaffer joins Dr Kathryn Robison to discuss how space sustainability can be integrated into the national security policy debate.

Upcoming webinar
Recent events
One month of Trump: The Australian business briefing

6 March 2025

USSC's Director of Economic Security, Hayley Channer, together with Dr Merriden Varrall from KPMG’s Geopolitics Hub unpacked the big Trump administration moves so far and what it means for business leaders.

Past event
US submarine
US export controls, AUKUS and Australia

25 February 2025

Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Kevin J. Wolf joined USSC Research Fellow Tom Corben to discuss US export controls reforms and what it means for Australia and the AUKUS enterprise.

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Technology
Public forum
US-China competition: AI, chips and export controls — where to next?

24 February 2025

Kevin J. Wolf and Dr Alan Dupont AO joined Hayley Channer to discuss how governments and the private sector can coordinate to address rising concerns around technology competition.

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Foreign policy
Public event
Geopolitical trends to watch in 2025

30 January 2025

USSC CEO Dr Michael Green and Director of Economic Security Hayley Channer look at the big geopolitical trends to watch at the start of a new Trump administration.

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Flags of the Quad nations
The Quad
Public forum
The future of the Quad

9 December 2024

The United States Studies Centre invites you to a public panel event that will follow a day of closed-door discussions at the Quad Leadership Track-1.5 Dialogue.

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Image of the poster for the Sydney International Strategy Forum 2024, with the theme being 'The future of American leadership and a contested Asia'.
Foreign policy
Conference
Sydney International Strategy Forum 2024

20 November 2024

Two weeks after the 2024 US election the Centre brought together world-renowned thought leaders for an in-depth discussion on what happens next.

Past event