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Allies and partners

Evolving partnerships like the Quad, AUKUS, and the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue with Japan add further depth to the US-Australia alliance. Ensuring that these minilateral relationships keep pace with developments in their constituent bilateral partnerships is essential for Australian strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific.

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Brendon O'Connor, a Professor of US Politics and US Foreign Relations

Professor Brendon O'Connor

Professor of US Politics and US Foreign RelationsUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the Faculty of Arts and Social 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

Guy Boekenstein

Guy Boekenstein

Non-Resident FellowUnited States Studies Centre

Dr Lavina Lee

Non-Resident Senior FellowUnited States Studies Centre

Sophie Mayo

Sophie Mayo

Non-Resident Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Dr Gorana Grgic

Dr Gorana Grgic

Senior Lecturer in US Politics and Foreign PolicyUnited States Studies Centre

Bruce Wolpe on Trump Unleashed with Alan Kohler

Interview byBruce Wolpe

Dr Kathryn Schumaker speaking to a reporter on ABC's 7.30, about the legal landscape under the new Trump administration.

Dr Kathryn Schumaker on the legal landscape under Trump

21 January 2025

Interview byDr Kathryn Schumaker

US President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Trump delivered 2913 words in his wild inauguration speech. We’ve deconstructed all of them

21 January 2025

In the news byBruce Wolpe, Hayley Channer

What to expect from Trump's second term as president

20 January 2025

In the news byDr Michael J. Green

Trump's return to the White House and its implications for Australia

20 January 2025

In the news byAva Kalinauskas

Billions more needed for defence to ward off China: military experts

12 January 2025

In the news byProfessor Peter Dean

Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, and US President Donald Trump leave their joint press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday, June 7, 2018.

Japan must remain vigilant as Trump 2.0 looms

11 January 2025

Commentary byShizuka Takada

US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese depart a press conference the Rose Garden at the White House on October 25, 2023 in Washington, DC

Australia-US alliance to remain unshaken regardless of Australia’s next PM

9 January 2025

Interview byJared Mondschein

The AUKUS military alliance three years later

5 January 2025

In the news byAlice Nason

USSC Briefing Room | The significance of the AUKUS tech transfer

17 December 2024

Podcast byMari Koeck

Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida at the Quad Leaders’ Summit in 2024.

Allies and partners

The tireless persistence of the Quad

15 December 2024

Commentary byJared Mondschein

Flags of the Quad nations

Public forum

The future of the Quad

9 December 2024

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USSC Briefing Room | What the new Congress means for the Indo-Pacific

3 December 2024

Podcast byJared Mondschein, Tom Corben, Alice Nason