Two weeks after the US elected its next president, the United States Studies Centre hosted its flagship conference, the Sydney International Strategy Forum – bringing together key national security strategists from the Biden-Harris and Trump-Pence administrations, along with other experts and senior policymakers from the United States, Australia, Japan, Korea and elsewhere – to assess the election outcome and its impact on the world.
The forum dove into how the next US administration addresses challenges such as China’s rising influence, regional security architecture, and economic integration in the Indo-Pacific. In exploring the new administration's multilateral and alliance strategies, particularly in the context of emerging threats and strategic competition in the region, it provided unrivalled insight into the next steps on AUKUS and defence cooperation, US trade policy and the decoupling debate.
Whichever administration enters the White House in 2025, strategic insights and foresight will be essential to shaping the path forward.
