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USSC Live

 The United States Studies Centre

Catch up with events produced by the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney with USSC Live. These events offer new insights and perspectives on topics including American foreign policy, economics, politics and culture.

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every 7 days
Average duration
63 minutes
Episodes
214
Years Active
2018 - 2025
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Trade tensions and economic coercion: What is next for the US-China-Australia relationship?

Trade tensions and economic coercion: What is next for the US-China-Australia relationship?

Elizabeth Rosenberg is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. In this capacity, she publishes and speaks on the national…

01:06:16  |   Thu 28 May 2020
A conversation with The Washington Post White House Bureau Chief Philip Rucker

A conversation with The Washington Post White House Bureau Chief Philip Rucker

Philip Rucker is the White House Bureau Chief at The Washington Post, leading its coverage of President Trump and his administration. He and a team of Post reporters won the Pulitzer Prize and George…

01:00:05  |   Tue 26 May 2020
US foreign policy, Iran and the United States after the 2020 election

US foreign policy, Iran and the United States after the 2020 election

Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman is a professor of the practice of public leadership and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. In addition, she is a senior fellow at …

01:04:48  |   Thu 21 May 2020
What is the real cost of help from bad Samaritans?

What is the real cost of help from bad Samaritans?

Philippe Le Corre is a Research Associate with the Harvard Kennedy School and a Non-resident Senior Fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is also a fellow-in-residence at CY …

01:00:49  |   Tue 19 May 2020
Nuclear disasters, tsunamis and pandemics: An insider’s guide to how the US Government responds to crises

Nuclear disasters, tsunamis and pandemics: An insider’s guide to how the US Government responds to crises

Scott Deitchman, MD, MPH served for 30 years as a Commissioned Officer in the US Public Health Service, retiring in May 2017 at the rank of Rear Admiral. At the Centers for Disease Control and Preven…

01:00:10  |   Fri 15 May 2020
How is COVID-19 accelerating US' messy economic separation from China?

How is COVID-19 accelerating US' messy economic separation from China?

The pandemic will eventually subside. But ‘normal functioning’ of the economic relationship between the world’s two largest economies will be increasingly different to what it was before, according t…
01:02:18  |   Thu 07 May 2020
US Election Watch: Progressive politics and a coronavirus campaign trail

US Election Watch: Progressive politics and a coronavirus campaign trail

We are six months out from arguably the most pivotal and fraught US election in living memory. The COVID-19 pandemic is fundamentally altering the terrain on which the 2020 election will be contested…
01:00:09  |   Tue 05 May 2020
A conversation with John Berry, former US Ambassador to Australia

A conversation with John Berry, former US Ambassador to Australia

The United States and New York City, in particular, has been the global epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic for the past month. Many Australians live and work in New York, and so much of Australia’s d…
01:02:23  |   Fri 01 May 2020
State-backed disinformation campaigns: How can democracies fight back?

State-backed disinformation campaigns: How can democracies fight back?

While the United States and Australia have both increased scrutiny of state-backed disinformation and foreign interference campaigns in recent years, the coronavirus pandemic has seen an increase in …
01:04:14  |   Tue 28 Apr 2020
Who is winning the politics of the pandemic in the United States?

Who is winning the politics of the pandemic in the United States?

Tragically, the United States has the world’s highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and fatalities. Compounding matters is the impending presidential election in November, putting Trump’s leader…
01:01:26  |   Thu 23 Apr 2020
What will the airline industry look like post COVID-19?

What will the airline industry look like post COVID-19?

The aviation industry is facing the most challenging period of its history, with US airline passenger volume down 95 per cent from a year ago and global passenger revenue down 55 per cent in the same…
00:58:17  |   Tue 21 Apr 2020
COVID-19, a trade war and strategic competition: How Washington's view of China has shifted

COVID-19, a trade war and strategic competition: How Washington's view of China has shifted

A more robust approach to China is one of the few areas of bipartisanship in a highly polarised Washington, DC. But is China likely to remain bipartisan during and after the 2020 election? How is the…
01:01:54  |   Fri 17 Apr 2020
Lessons learned from the US response to COVID-19

Lessons learned from the US response to COVID-19

While the United States is now reporting hundreds of deaths from COVID-19 every day, Australia has so far seen a total of fewer than 100 deaths since the pandemic began. But is Australia on a similar…
01:00:17  |   Tue 14 Apr 2020
The economic playbook for managing COVID-19: Lessons from the last economic downturn

The economic playbook for managing COVID-19: Lessons from the last economic downturn

Global recession is almost surely one of the consequences of COVID-19, as households and businesses and government curtail economic activity, trying to slow the spread of the virus. At the same time,…
01:01:29  |   Thu 09 Apr 2020
The US military's role in response to COVID-19

The US military's role in response to COVID-19

As the United States federal government works to mobilise against the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States armed forces are set to assume an increasingly greater role in the response. But with the Na…
01:00:35  |   Wed 08 Apr 2020
The US and Australia responses to COVID-19

The US and Australia responses to COVID-19

COVID-19 is overwhelming some locations more than others. The United States and Australia are both free and open democratic countries with leading scientists but their experience with COVID-19 has be…
01:02:16  |   Tue 31 Mar 2020
2020 Vision: What to expect from the United States this year

2020 Vision: What to expect from the United States this year

One year from this month, a newly elected president will take office in Washington, DC. The long and intense competition leading to that day begins on 3 February 2020, with the Iowa Caucuses, the fir…
01:18:51  |   Thu 30 Jan 2020
Risking your career in favour of your principles: Former US Senator Jeff Flake in conversation

Risking your career in favour of your principles: Former US Senator Jeff Flake in conversation

Former US Senator Jeff Flake joined United States Studies Centre CEO Professor Simon Jackman for a conversation about his experiences with the president and the US Congress, his views on impeachment …
01:29:49  |   Thu 16 Jan 2020
Impeachment: The insiders' guide

Impeachment: The insiders' guide

We are on the precipice of the third presidential impeachment in United States history. No US president, however, has ever been removed from office. Will President Trump be the first? What impact wil…
01:16:25  |   Wed 27 Nov 2019
Foreign policy address by Marise Payne

Foreign policy address by Marise Payne

The United States Studies Centre hosted a speech by Senator the Hon. Marise Payne, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs. The keynote foreign policy address was on Australia’s active role in its re…

01:02:22  |   Tue 29 Oct 2019
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