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Sydney International Strategy Forum 2024: Conference summary

28 March 2025

Report byJared Mondschein, Ava Kalinauskas, Samuel Garrett, Annabel Bendavid

Quad flags

Polishing the diamond: Opportunities for the Quad

27 March 2025

Report byTom Barrett, Esther Soulard, Jared Mondschein, Tom Corben

Democratic Party

Why isn’t there an opposition leader to unite Democrats in the US?

24 March 2025

Commentary bySamuel Garrett, Ava Kalinauskas

Allies and partners

US-Australia-Japan strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: Testing trilateralism through crisis simulation

20 March 2025

Report byDr Christopher J. Watterson, Dr Michael J. Green, Professor Peter Dean, Professor Nobukatsu Kanehara , Katsuya Yamamoto, Takuma Matsu

Canadians unite at Parliament Hill in Ottawa for the 'Elbows Up, Canada!' rally

Trump is ignoring the power of nationalism at his own peril

20 March 2025

Commentary byAssociate Professor David Smith

Trade and economics

Trump tariff shock the wake-up call Australia needed, it should now be the circuit breaker for reform

15 March 2025

Commentary byDr John Kunkel

Not yet time for a Plan B. Australia must stick with AUKUS – for better or worse

14 March 2025

Commentary byAlice Nason

Trade and economics

Minerals, minilaterals and AUKUS: Australia’s tech opportunities under Trump 2.0

13 March 2025

Commentary byHelen Zhang

The Virginia-class submarine Iowa sits in a graving dock at the Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, August 2023.

Federation is deterrence: The US defence industrial and technology integration agenda in the Indo-Pacific

12 March 2025

Report byTom Corben, Sophie Mayo

US Agency for International Development

The new game in aid: Deal power

11 March 2025

Commentary byLester Munson

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) (C) talks with Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) during the confirmation hearing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

Welcome to the 119th Congress: The Armed Services Committees

11 March 2025

Explainer byAlice Nason, Tom Corben

Nam Ou River Cascade Hydropower Project

Southeast Asia’s energy transition: Opportunities for Australia and the United States

6 March 2025

Explainer byGenevieve Donnellon-May