USSC Live
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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 214
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Readout on President Biden's Asia trip: A conversation with Kurt Campbell, Edgard Kagan and Mira Rapp-Hooper
While debt-ceiling negotiations required President Biden to call off the Australia leg of his recent trip to the region, this did not stop progress on a number of major initiatives across the Indo-Pa…
How to stop a Cold War from becoming hot: Lessons from Ronald Reagan
In the era of strategic competition, debate about how to preserve the international rules-based order without provoking a catastrophic conflict continues unabated. Following the invasion of Ukraine, …
The optimal pathway for ITAR reform
Price tag aside, one of the biggest obstacles to the success of AUKUS is export controls. Stakeholders in all three AUKUS countries are increasingly concerned that the United States International Tra…
What to expect from the Quad Leaders' Summit
The Quad partnership — Australia, India, Japan and the United States — represents a powerful grouping of Indo-Pacific states seeking to maintain stability and resilience in the world’s most dynamic r…
The fight for democracy in Asia
The United States Studies Centre and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) hosted a special event to hear from leaders across the region about the state of play for democracy and how aligned cou…
Technology, innovation and strategic competition: A conversation with The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh and Dr Robert Atkinson
In an era of heightened economic and technological competition, the United States and Australia are rapidly recalibrating their strategic approach. The technology policy landscape is front-of-mind ac…
AUKUS briefing: What you need to know about the AUKUS report
With the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines through AUKUS, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia is on the cusp of “the single biggest leap in our defence capability in our history.”
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Pride and the alliance: Alan Joyce and Ambassador John Berry (ret'd) in conversation with Annabel Crabb
The United States and Australia both followed circuitous routes to marriage equality. When US Ambassador to Australia John Berry (ret'd) first arrived in Australia in 2013, he was the first openly-ga…
A conversation with Walter Russell Mead
At his inauguration more than two years ago, President Biden promised that America was back, ready to resume its leadership role in world affairs. But, as a multitude of crises present increasingly c…
State of the Union 2023: USSC pre-game analysis
On 7 February, President Biden will make his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress and his first appearance before the newly Republican-controlled House of Representatives. As dir…
Meet the Hamilton Australia cast: In the room where it happened
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s widely acclaimed rap retelling of the story of America’s first treasurer, Alexander Hamilton, effectively scrubbed the moniker of “forgotten founding father” when it became one o…
Many hands: Australia-US contributions to Southeast Asian maritime security resilience
What does the new Congress mean for Australia?
US Midterms 2022: The stakes for Australia and the alliance | Looking towards 2024
US Midterms 2022 | The US political map ahead of November 8 with Ron Brownstein
US Midterms 2022 | A conversation with Jane Coaston on what’s happening in America
US Midterms 2022: The stakes for Australia and the alliance | Report findings
Is a 2023 Taiwan invasion imminent or implausible?
A US-Australian agenda for climate change after the midterms
