Allies and partners

Evolving partnerships like the Quad, AUKUS, and the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue with Japan add further depth to the US-Australia alliance. Ensuring that these minilateral relationships keep pace with developments in their constituent bilateral partnerships is essential for Australian strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific.

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Tom Corben, a Research Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Tom Corben

Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Brendon O'Connor, a Professor of US Politics and US Foreign Relations

Professor Brendon O'Connor

Professor of US Politics and US Foreign RelationsUnited States Studies Centre (jointly appointed with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney)

Professor Peter Dean

Director, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited State Studies Centre

Alice Nason a Research Associate with the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Alice Nason

Research Associate, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

Dr Gorana Grgic

Dr Gorana Grgic

Senior Lecturer in US Politics and Foreign PolicyUnited States Studies Centre

Sophie Mayo, a Research Associate with the Foreign Policy and Defence Program at the United States Studies Centre

Sophie Mayo

Research Associate, Foreign Policy and DefenceUnited States Studies Centre

USSC Briefing Room | JAUKUS and Washington’s view of Canberra, one year later

USSC experts returned to Washington DC last month and reflect on the changes to AUKUS and defence collaboration over the past year.

Podcast byTom Corben, Sophie Mayo, Mari Koeck

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon. Richard Marles MP and the National Defence Strategy Announcement

USSC Insights | 2024 Australian National Defence Strategy

USSC Insights byDr Michael J. Green, Professor Peter Dean, Tom Corben, Sophie Mayo, Alice Nason

USSC Briefing Room | How Japan and Australia can counter coercion in the Indo-Pacific

Podcast byDr Lavina Lee, Jared Mondschein

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Aligning values and interests: Japanese and Australian democracy support in the Pacific and Southeast Asia

Report byDr Lavina Lee, Chikako Kodama, Dr John Lee, Dr Yuki Miyoda , Professor Hiroaki Shiga

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon. Richard Marles MP, US Secretary of Defense, the Hon. Lloyd J. Austin III, and UK Secretary of State for Defence, the Rt Hon. Grant Shapps MP, hold a joint press conference at the Defense Innovation Unit near San Francisco, December 2023

Foundations for AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines: Perspectives from AUKUS partners

Report byProfessor Peter Dean, Alice Nason, Dr Philip Shetler-Jones, Dr Charles Edel

Allies and partners

Building Japan's counterstrike capability: Technical, temporal and political challenges

Brief byMasashi Murano

USSC Briefing Room | AUKUS: One year since the 'optimal pathway'

Podcast byProfessor Peter Dean, Alice Nason, Mari Koeck

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hold a press conference during the AUKUS summit in San Diego, March 2023

The university sector’s value proposition for AUKUS: Times Higher Education Summit outcomes report

Report byProfessor Peter Dean, Sophie Mayo, Alex Favier

USSC Briefing Room | Indo-Pacific Strategy Simulation 2023: The view from Australia

Podcast byProfessor Peter Dean

USSC Briefing Room | Indo-Pacific Strategy Simulation 2023: The view from the United States

Podcast byProfessor Peter Dean

USSC Briefing Room | Indo-Pacific Strategy Simulation 2023: The view from Japan

Podcast byDr Michael J. Green

Allies and partners

Japan's defence spending: Drivers and headwinds

Brief by Yuki Tatsumi

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech during a ceremony ahead of an Air Self-Defense Force Review at Camp Iruma in Saitama prefecture, Japan, November 2023

Allies and partners

Japan and multipolarity in the Indo-Pacific: National mobilisation and resilience

Report byDr Thomas Wilkins