USSC Live Podcast
1) Japan's defence revolution and Australia-Japan-US trilateralism under Trump 2.0
A panel of experts unpacked Japan’s National Security Strategy and explored the opportunities and challenges for Australia-Japan-US trilateral strategic cooperation under Trump 2.0. The panel featured...Show More
2) Can Ukraine survive?
Three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the second Trump administration has made sweeping changes to US foreign policy priorities and moved to limit US support for Ukraine. In the last six mon...Show More
3) Kelly Magsamen: The future of US defence policy
The transition to a new US Administration has sharpened Washington’s focus on the Indo-Pacific, while also exposing deep strategic and political tensions shaping the future of American foreign and def...Show More
4) David Shambaugh: How China won and lost America
For more than five decades following the 1972 rapprochement between the United States and China, the two countries seemed to be steadily building a sound relationship, even accounting for periodic set...Show More
5) Trump's tariffs and the future of the global order
The future of the global economic order is in flux. Beijing's coercive economic policies, President Trump’s unprecedented tariffs, and the embrace of industrial policies around the world have cast dou...Show More
6) Expert discussion of Kathryn Schumaker's book, Tangled Fortunes: The hidden history of interracial marriage in the Jim Crow South
To launch USSC senior lecturer Dr Kathryn Schumaker's new book, Tangled Fortunes: The Hidden History of Interracial Marriage in the Jim Crow South (Basic Books, 2025), Dr Schumaker was joined by schol...Show More
7) Space traffic jam: Challenges facing space sustainability
Out of sight, out of mind. Low Earth Orbit has undeniably become busier, with upwards of 10,000 satellites and millions of pieces of space debris currently in orbit. With vital services—ranging from c...Show More
8) Cosmic shield: A panel on space security
As space technologies proliferate and international political competition heats up, space has become a hotly contested strategic and operational domain. The rise of space-related threats, from increas...Show More
9) 100 days of the second Trump administration
The United States Studies Centre hosted an exclusive event in partnership with The Sydney Morning Herald.April 30 marked 100 days of the second Trump administration. While many expected the return of ...Show More
10) US export controls, AUKUS and Australia
Export controls and investment screening are taking centre stage in the United States as Washington attempts to protect military and industrial advantages against China while simultaneously exploiting...Show More