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JUNE 2019
REPORT
New economic research launched in DC
New economic research by the United States Studies Centre (USSC) in conjunction with Indiana University was launched in Washington, DC in late April. CEO Simon Jackman presented the report at an event organised by the American Australian Business Council, with attendees including US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, White House economic advisors Larry Kudlow and Kevin Hassett, White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and business leaders Anthony Pratt and Lachlan Murdoch.
The Australian Financial Review took a look at the findings of the report, which highlighted the potential of the US Midwest as a destination for Australian companies and investors looking to broaden their horizons.
Meeting of the mayors
The United States Studies Centre was privileged to host the Mayors of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas for a roundtable luncheon with Australian business leaders in Sydney on Thursday.
Mayor Mike Rawlings (Dallas) and Mayor Betsy Price (Fort Worth) discussed how local government and the business community work together in the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States to deliver economic prosperity for the region.
EVENTS
The future of the Australia-US alliance: Report launch and panel discussion
With the Australian federal election complete, the US 2020 presidential race well underway and a rapid increase of US-China tensions, it is time to reassess the future of Australia's relationship with the United States.
A former advisor to US Secretary of State John Kerry and a former advisor to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop have joined forces to look at why there are divergences between the two allies when it comes to countering China, and how to narrow those differences.
USSC Senior Fellow Dr Charles Edel and Non-Resident Senior Fellow Dr John Lee will launch their special report at an event in Sydney, present its findings, and lay out their bold recommendations for navigating the relationship into the future.
Non-Resident Senior Fellow Dr Elsina Wainwright will moderate a discussion with the authors.
DATE & TIME
Thursday, 13 June 2019
6pm–7.30pm
LOCATION
Auditorium, Level 1 Admin Building, City Rd corner Eastern Ave, The University of Sydney
COST
$10 General Admission
Film screening | Assignment: China – Tiananmen Square
Join journalist Mike Chinoy for a screening of his film, Assignment: China – Tiananmen Square.
Thirty years have passed since students and others waved banners calling for greater freedom and official accountability in Tiananmen Square. People around the globe were deeply moved by the idealism and optimism of the demonstrators, yet dismayed by the violence that ended the demonstrations. Those seven weeks in 1989 have had a profound influence on what Americans and many others think about China. Assignment: China – Tiananmen Square tells how those stories were brought to American audiences by US news organisations in 1989.
DATE & TIME
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
6pm–8.30pm
LOCATION
Lecture Theatre 1040, Abercrombie Building, The University of Sydney
COST
$15 General Admission
USSC Study Abroad Fund Gala Dinner
The United States Studies Centre – supported by the American Australian Association – will hold a Gala Dinner honouring Qantas Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce AC for his outstanding contribution to the Australia-US relationship and tourism industry, as well as his dedication to inclusion, diversity and education.
Proceeds from the Gala will go towards the USSC Study Abroad Fund, which will enrich the lives of Australian students by providing opportunities in the United States, especially for those who would not normally have the means to do so.
DATE & TIME
Thursday, 3 October 2019
LOCATION
Sydney CBD
CENTRE NEWS
How the US experience can help Western Sydney Airport take off
NSW Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney the Hon. Stuart Ayres, MP launched a new report from the USSC detailing the US experience in industry development around airports, and how it can be applied to the Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis.
Written by Justin Wastnage, this is the second piece of research produced by the Centre's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program to look at American airport cities and their lessons for Western Sydney Airport. Examining areas of future high-tech export potential, it contains a number of recommendations for how to encourage the emergence of industry clusters focused on aerospace and defence, food and agribusiness, medical devices and advanced manufacturing.
Read the report and recommendations here.
Red is the new black
Millennial Australians and Americans are more likely than older generations to say that more socialism would be good for their country. The USSC and YouGov surveyed 1000 respondents in the United States and more than 1000 in Australia to understand why and to find out what people mean when they say they favour or oppose socialism.
Read the full polling breakdown here.
US-China technology competition
The ability of the US to continue leading the global development of emerging technology is central to its future economic growth and prosperity. This includes 5G, the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence – all of which feature in China's headline industrial policy, Made in China 2025.
In her new report, Alliance 21 Fellow Hilary McGeachy says Australian policymakers need to be better equipped to deal with the increasing complexity of the interface between technology, trade, standards and security.
Read the full report here.
The end of Chimerica
Non-resident senior fellow John Lee published a new report produced by the USSC and the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) analysing the shift in US attitudes to China and its role in the global economy. The key observation, covered in The Australian, is that US antipathy towards China is broad-based and is not going away post-Trump.
Lee argues that the deepening tension isn't a transient phase in US-China relations. Read the full report here.
New Alliance 21 Fellow
The USSC has announced Bryden Spurling as the 2019 Alliance 21 Fellow. During his fellowship, Bryden will be based in Washington, DC at the Center for a New American Security where he will research options for Australia and the United States to strengthen their capacities to think and act strategically.
Bryden was most recently Acting Assistant Secretary for Strategic Policy in the Australian Department of Defence, having spent 10 years in defence strategy and policy. His experience includes developing Australia’s Defence White Paper.
New projects for Foreign Policy and Defence
The Foreign Policy and Defence Program will next month commence a two-year research project on the “United States, Australia and Indo-Pacific Strategy”. Supported by the Australian Department of Defence’s Strategic Policy Grants, this project will investigate how Canberra, Washington and other like-minded partners can advance a collective regional strategy to promote stability, cooperation and a favourable balance of power.
The program has also accepted an invitation to join the United States Strategic Command’s Academic Alliance. The alliance is a research network focused on deterrence issues that fosters collaboration among international academic, military and policy communities. This partnership builds on the US-Australia Indo-Pacific Deterrence Dialogue, a high-level policy forum launched by the United States Studies Centre and Pacific Forum in 2018 to promote robust and informed debate about deterrence policy.
#MeToo and the lessons from Hillary Clinton's campaign
Director of the North American Studies Program at Germany's University of Bonn, Sabine Sielke, joined the USSC as a visiting fellow earlier this year. Professor Sielke's extensive research focuses on gender in American culture and the rhetoric of sexual violence in the United States.
As well as presenting an academic seminar at the Centre, she joined the 2020Vision podcast to discuss the impact of the #MeToo movement, Hillary Clinton's failed 2016 campaign and the recent attacks on women's reproductive rights in the United States. Listen here.
UCLA study abroad program
The USSC is preparing students from the University of Sydney, University of New South Wales and University of Western Australia to head to UCLA at the end of June. Students will spend six weeks studying and enjoying US college life and the US summer weather. Students will also enjoy a number of group activities including a LA Dodgers baseball game, a trip to Disneyland and a city tour. For more information on our study abroad programs, please head here.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Reagan: 'Making America great' the first time. Former executive assistant to Ronald Reagan, Peggy Grande, discussed the former president and his lasting impact on politics in conversation with Bruce Wolpe last month. Watch the event in full here.
Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, President, International of The New York Times Company and Claire MacFarland, Director of the USSC Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program, discussed the future of media organisations and international business models at an event in April. Listen to a recording of the event here.
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