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USSC Live — 231 episodes

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Errol Flynn: The true story of Australia's Hollywood icon

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What the Iran war means for the Middle East — and the world

3

The future of the Quad in the age of Trump

4

Securing the Indian Ocean: India-Australia maritime partnership

5

A look back at year one of Trump 2.0

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Tides of partnership: Australia-India maritime collaboration in the Indian Ocean region

7

Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Can allies shape US strategy?

8

Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Keynote address from General David Berger (Ret’d)

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Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Leading on economic security: AI and critical minerals

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Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Navigating disruption in trade and finance

11

Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Keynote address from HE the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC

12

Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Are US alliances fit for purpose? AUKUS, the Quad, and the future of security cooperation

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Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Is China winning in the Indo-Pacific?

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Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Keynote address from Avril Haines

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Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | America abroad, America at home: How much has changed?

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Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025 | Fireside conversation with Dr Kurt Campbell

17

Weaponising words: Russia's global influence playbook

18

Japan's defence revolution and Australia-Japan-US trilateralism under Trump 2.0

19

Can Ukraine survive?

20

Kelly Magsamen: The future of US defence policy

21

David Shambaugh: How China won and lost America

22

Trump's tariffs and the future of the global order

23

Expert discussion of Kathryn Schumaker's book, Tangled Fortunes: The hidden history of interracial marriage in the Jim Crow South

24

Space traffic jam: Challenges facing space sustainability

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Cosmic shield: A panel on space security

26

100 days of the second Trump administration

27

US export controls, AUKUS and Australia

28

US-China competition: AI, chips and export controls — where to next?

29

Geopolitical trends to watch in 2025

30

The future of the Quad

31

Building bridges across the Indian Ocean: Australia-India cooperation for connectivity and growth

32

Who will be America's next president: Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?

33

Competition in cyberspace and the future of US security leadership

34

Folk singers and the FBI

35

Understanding the 2024 US Election: A webinar for educators

36

Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 9: Reconciling security and prosperity: What’s at stake in 2024?

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Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 8: Indo-Pacific energy security and Australia’s role in the energy transition

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Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 7: Technology dynamics, disruption, and de-risking: the security-prosperity nexus

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Economic security in a turbulent world | Dinner panel | Fusing security and economic interests: Practitioners’ perspectives

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Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 6: Global economic governance: Where to for the “rules-based order”?

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Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 5: Economic statecraft in an age of strategic competition

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Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 4: Political risk and global shocks: What keeps C-suites up at night?

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Economic security in a turbulent world | Keynote address by Dr Steven Kennedy PSM, Secretary to the Australian Treasury

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Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 3: US-China economic competition: An insider’s perspective

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Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 2: Economic security strategies in practice: Who’s doing what?

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Economic security in a turbulent world | Session 1: Geopolitical turmoil and the search for economic security

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Economic security in a turbulent world | Welcome and address by Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce

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Allies and Partners Poll 2024: Australia, the United States and Japan converge on alliances and China despite US election uncertainties

49

Cyber threats, disinformation and sabotage: Lessons learnt from Russia's war in Ukraine

50

Expert discussion of Frances Clarke's prize-winning book: Of Age: Boy Soldiers and the American Civil War

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Inside the Republican Party: In conversation with Barbara Comstock

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Election Watch 2024: The Democratic National Convention

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AUKUS enablers? Assessing US and Australian defence export control reforms

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Election Watch 2024: New Cold Wars in a year like no other

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Election Watch 2024: Reflections on the Republican National Convention

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Governing AI: How are governments engaging with generative AI?

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AUKUS, allies and partners

58

Sydney launch of Red book | Blue book 2024: A guide to the next US administration

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Parliament House, Canberra launch of Red book | Blue book 2024: A guide to the next US administration

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The future of democracy in the Pacific and Southeast Asia

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Climate transition heating up: The race for the clean energy transition in the Indo-Pacific

62

Election Watch 2024: Trump v. Biden redux?

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Taiwan's upcoming election: The implications for Australia

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The insider's guide to the 2024 US presidential election

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Sydney International Strategy Forum | USSC 2023 polling insights — part two

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Sydney International Strategy Forum | Panel 4: AUKUS, the Quad and the future of alliances and partnerships

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Sydney International Strategy Forum | Strategy simulation insights

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Sydney International Strategy Forum | Panel 3: Navigating de-risking, disruption and emerging technology

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Sydney International Strategy Forum | Panel 2: US politics at the crossroads

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Sydney International Strategy Forum | Keynote address and fireside conversation with The Hon. Madeleine King MP

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Sydney International Strategy Forum | Keynote address and fireside conversation with Senator Simon Birmingham

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Sydney International Strategy Forum | Panel 1: How far will US-China confrontation go?

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Sydney International Strategy Forum | Keynote address and fireside conversation with Michèle Flournoy

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Sydney International Strategy Forum | Welcome remarks and USSC 2023 polling insights — part one

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The GOP debate breakdown: What just happened?

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Countering a Taiwan crisis with economics

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How Australia can navigate US-China economic battles

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Readout on President Biden's Asia trip: A conversation with Kurt Campbell, Edgard Kagan and Mira Rapp-Hooper

79

How to stop a Cold War from becoming hot: Lessons from Ronald Reagan

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The optimal pathway for ITAR reform

81

What to expect from the Quad Leaders' Summit

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The fight for democracy in Asia

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Technology, innovation and strategic competition: A conversation with The Hon Dr Andrew Leigh and Dr Robert Atkinson

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AUKUS briefing: What you need to know about the AUKUS report​

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Pride and the alliance: Alan Joyce and Ambassador John Berry (ret'd) in conversation with Annabel Crabb

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A conversation with Walter Russell Mead

87

State of the Union 2023: USSC pre-game analysis

88

Meet the Hamilton Australia cast: In the room where it happened

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Many hands: Australia-US contributions to Southeast Asian maritime security resilience

90

What does the new Congress mean for Australia?

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US Midterms 2022: The stakes for Australia and the alliance | Looking towards 2024

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US Midterms 2022 | The US political map ahead of November 8 with Ron Brownstein

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US Midterms 2022 | A conversation with Jane Coaston on what’s happening in America

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US Midterms 2022: The stakes for Australia and the alliance | Report findings

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Is a 2023 Taiwan invasion imminent or implausible?

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A US-Australian agenda for climate change after the midterms

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Danger Zone: The coming conflict with China with author Hal Brands

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Sharks and the US presidency: A conversation with bite

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Georgia: Ground zero of the US midterm elections

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US midterms 2022 with Jane Coaston and Annabel Crabb

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NATO's new Strategic Concept: Transatlantic security agenda and its implications for Australia

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Universal voting: Can Australia's experience work in America?

103

Launch of Dr Michael Green’s new book Line of Advantage: Japan’s Grand Strategy in the Era of Abe Shinzō

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American democracy in peril: The US Senate's crucial role

105

The crisis of American democracy: A conversation with Stephen Macedo

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A documentary history of the United States with Alexander Heffner

107

What does a Kennedy in Canberra mean for Australia?

108

What's next for NATO in the Indo-Pacific after Ukraine?

109

Congress, the White House and democracy at a crossroads: A conversation with Larry Sabato

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NATO Expert Talk Series | NATO and the challenges to the rules-based international order

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Is Russia's invasion of Ukraine a turning point for all US allies or just NATO?

112

Preview of Biden's first State of the Union Address

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What can the Cold War teach us about strategic competition? A conversation with historian Hal Brands

114

What to expect in US politics and policy in 2022

115

A conversation with The New Yorker's Evan Osnos, author of Wildland: The making of America's fury

116

Master of the game: A conversation with Martin Indyk on his new book

117

NATO Expert Talk Series | Emerging and disruptive technologies: Progress and challenges

118

A seat at the table: The role of regional multilateral institutions in US Indo-Pacific strategy

119

The fate of President Biden's legislative agenda in Congress

120

Biden's Indo-Pacific strategy: The state of play

121

A geoeconomic alliance: The potential and limits of economic statecraft

122

Integrated deterrence in the Indo-Pacific: Advancing the Australia-United States alliance

123

The future of US politics: A conversation with The Brookings Institution's Sarah Binder and Thomas Mann

124

NATO Expert Talk Series: NATO's arms-control agenda

125

An address by Senator the Hon Penny Wong to launch USSC report "Correcting the course"

126

Previewing the Biden administration's first AUSMIN meeting

127

Twenty years since 9/11 with Major General Duncan Lewis and General David Petraeus

128

Trust and diversify: A geoeconomic strategy for the Australia-US alliance

129

The Alliance 70th anniversary with distinguished guests former Prime Ministers Julia Gillard and John Howard

130

American Cultures Lecture with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen

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The Australia-US alliance: Views from the region

132

Behind Trump the great and powerful - with The Washington Post's Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker

133

US Politics and Policy Web Series with special guest Ambassador Jane Hardy

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US Politics and Policy Web Series with special guests Victoria Farrar-Myers and Valerie Hudson

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NATO Expert Talk Series: Outcomes of the NATO Brussels Summit

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Key players in the Biden administration

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US Politics and Policy Web Series with special guest Annelise Nielsen

138

State of the United States: Australia-US collaboration for the economic security of the Indo-Pacific

139

US Politics and Policy Web Series with special guest Elise Hu

140

Climate and energy in the United States and Australia: Politics, policies and implications for the alliance

141

The global challenge: Building resilient citizens in an age of disinformation

142

From Trumpland to Bidenland

143

State of the United States: How should the United States and Australia bolster collective deterrence and defence?

144

State of the United States: An evolving alliance agenda | Closing session featuring The Honourable Arthur Sinodinos AO

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State of the United States: An evolving alliance agenda | Session 3

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State of the United States: An evolving alliance agenda | Session 2

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State of the United States: An evolving alliance agenda | Session 1

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State of the United States: An evolving alliance agenda | Opening session featuring Ambassador Atul Keshap

149

A conversation with The Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin

150

US Politics and Policy Web Series with special guest Zoe Daniel

151

Love and Wolpe on Republicans and Democrats, Biden's agenda and 2022

152

US Politics and Policy Web Series: February 2021

153

Key players in the Biden administration

154

Vaccines, democracy and truth: Disinformation and digital disruption after the 2020 election

155

Election Watch: US Politics Web Series — December edition

156

Thanksgiving with Ambassadors Culvahouse and Sinodinos

157

US-China relations under a Biden administration

158

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A US-Australian assessment

159

US Politics Web Series with special guests Jeff Bleich and Chelsey Martin

160

Red Book/Blue Book: An Australian guide to the next US administration

161

Media and the 2020 election

162

President Trump's former Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney in conversation with Joe Hockey

163

The 2020 US election: What is at stake for Australia?

164

The future of US defence strategy in the Indo-Pacific: A conversation with Michèle Flournoy

165

Kamala Harris v Mike Pence: Vice-Presidential debate debrief

166

Managing US-China nuclear risks: A guide for Australia

167

Election Watch: US Politics Web Series with former Republican Senator Jeff Flake and US foreign policy expert Gorana Grgic

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Empowering American allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific

169

Election Watch: A conversation with election analyst Charlie Cook

170

Law, the courts and free and fair elections in the United States: what to expect in 2020

171

When America stopped being great: a conversation with author Nick Bryant

172

Why is a border wall not a campaign issue in 2020?

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Election Watch: US Politics Web Series with special guest Mark Textor and host Zoe Daniel

174

A conversation with former National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton

175

A conversation with Molly Ball, author of Pelosi and TIME magazine national political correspondent

176

The trajectory of American politics, power and prestige: A conversation with Tom Friedman

177

The perils of pre-election polling

178

The role of US innovation in securing Australia's economic future

179

Election Watch: US Politics Web Series with special guest Dr Evelyn Farkas

180

Will Democrats take the Senate and the White House?

181

The Sino-Indian border crisis: Has China pushed India closer to the US and its allies?

182

The future of America's alliances

183

Enduring economic partners: 15 years of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement

184

AUSMIN 2020: Bolstering resilience in the Indo-Pacific

185

A new Cold War? China, America and the geopolitics of COVID-19

186

The vice-presidential sweepstakes

187

American power and high-tech warfare in the Indo-Pacific: A conversation with author Christian Brose

188

Election Watch: US Politics Web Series with special guest Mia Love

189

A conversation with author David Kilcullen

190

Trump campaign playbook with Axios national political reporter Jonathan Swan

191

Tech wars: US-China technology competition and what it means for Australia

192

The Quad: Will it ever work? Featuring former White House national security adviser Lt General H.R. McMaster

193

Race relations and the making of the United States: A conversation with Rutgers University President Dr Jonathan Holloway

194

Election Watch: US Politics Web Series — a monthly review from Australia

195

How will COVID-19 kick start entrepreneurship?

196

What will globalisation look like after COVID-19?

197

Coronavirus and protest: How has COVID-19 changed the face of American activism?

198

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

199

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

200

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

201

What is the real cost of help from bad Samaritans?

202

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

203

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

204

US Election Watch: Progressive politics and a coronavirus campaign trail

205

A conversation with John Berry, former US Ambassador to Australia

206

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

207

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

208

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

209

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

210

Lessons learned from the US response to COVID-19

211

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

212

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

213

The US and Australia responses to COVID-19

214

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

215

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

216

Impeachment: The insiders' guide

217

Foreign policy address by Marise Payne

218

Parliament, Congress and glass ceilings

219

Mia Love on Trump, race and the future of the Republican Party

220

Averting crisis: American strategy, military spending and collective defence in the Indo-Pacific

221

US allies and the future of the Indo-Pacific

222

"An experience I couldn't pass up": Participants in the Washington DC Placement Program on what it's like to be an intern in the US capital

223

The future of the Australia-US alliance: Report briefing

224

The future of the Australia-US alliance

225

Reagan: 'Making America great' the first time

226

Bringing industry to airports: How the US experience can help Western Sydney take off

227

Breakfast with New York Times President, International Stephen Dunbar-Johnson

228

Microsoft President Brad Smith in conversation

229

The State of the Union and President Trump's 2019 agenda

230

US midterm election briefing: Parliament House, Canberra

231

Fear of automation and the rise of populism and protectionism