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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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Kester Abbott, a Research Associate working with Dr Michael J. Green.

Kester Abbott

Research AssociateUnited States Studies Centre

Dr Lavina Lee

Director, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Peter J. Dean

Professor Peter Dean

Senior Adviser for Defence StrategyUnited States Studies Centre

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)

Esther Soulard, a Senior Research Associate with the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Esther Soulard

Senior Research Associate, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Dr Gorana Grgic

Dr Gorana Grgić

Senior Lecturer in US Politics and Foreign PolicyUnited States Studies Centre

US Marine Corps, Australian Army and Singapore Armed Forces artillery batteries fire their respective High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) during a live-fire training activity at Shoalwater Bay training area during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.

The once and future US National Technology and Industrial Base: An American perspective

Report byDr William Greenwalt

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Operationalising Strategic Communications: Developing Australia’s next sovereign capability

2 October 2025

Explainer byOlivia Black, Morgan Smith

Professor Naoko Munakata

Trade and economics

China Shock 3.0: How we got here — and what allied alignment must do next

2 October 2025

Speeches and presentations byNaoko Munakata

Virginia-class submarine USS New Jersey

From framework to force multiplier: Rethinking the NTIB for a new strategic era

30 September 2025

Report byJacqueline Borsboom

USSC Briefing Room | The prognosis for the Quad and other US alliances in the Indo-Pacific

26 September 2025

Podcast byLisa Curtis, Mari Koeck

A stylised map of the Indian Ocean region.

An Australian Indian Ocean agenda to 2035

24 September 2025

Report byProfessor Peter Dean, Alice Nason

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Allies and partners

Trump may sidestep Albanese. The fate of the US-Australia alliance will be tougher to ignore

23 September 2025

Commentary byBruce Wolpe

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

‘Everything is on the table’: Trump meeting weighs heavily as Albanese heads to New York

19 September 2025

In the news byBruce Wolpe

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Conference

Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025

17 September 2025

‘A facility for them’: Labor says WA shipyard to be used by US for sub maintenance as it commits $12bn

14 September 2025

In the news byBruce Wolpe

Personnel from the Royal Australian Navy and Japan Maritime Self Defence Force inspect hardware components during Exercise Blue Spectrum, Fleet Cyber Unit, Sydney, May 2024

Allies and partners

AJUSINT: Advancing defence information and intelligence sharing between Australia, Japan and the United States

10 September 2025

Report byTom Corben, Hirohito Ogi, Luke Collin, Carl Herse

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un

Democracy Sausage: Axis of upheaval

10 September 2025

Interview byJane Hardy

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Aligning security and economic interests in the age of AI

9 September 2025

Report byDr John Kunkel, Tom Barrett