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The Conscience of American Democracy: the Visit of Former U.S. Senator Jeff Flake

Senator Flake is a seasoned American political leader. He served twelve years in the U.S. House of Representatives and six years in the United States Senate.

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Building bridges: Indonesia and the infrastructure “cold war” - CIFP 2019, Jakarta

Late last year, the Perth USAsia Centre was represented at the annual Conference on Indonesian Foreign Policy. The following summary and overview has been prepared by panelist Tomoo Kikuchi and includes his own insights provided at the Conference.

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'Averting Crisis' authors lead roundtable discussion on US military and defence

Roundtable with the authors of the recent report published by the United States Studies Centre, ‘Averting Crisis: American strategy, military spending and collective defence in the Indo-Pacific’.

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A Year Out: Battleground States and 2020

CEO of the Sydney-based United States Studies Centre, Professor Simon Jackman, joined us for a private discussion on key developments in US politics, the unfolding Impeachment Inquiry, and the 2020 Presidential Election.

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2020 US Election Blog Series: Edition 1

The United States election timeline is one of the most extended, and not easy to interpret. This is the first instalment of a blog series on the United States Election 2020.

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Winning the “Seoul” of the Indo-Pacific: Perth USAsia Centre’s visit to South Korea

Senior Analyst Kyle Springer writes about his and CEO Professor Gordon Flake's trip to Seoul.

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Professor Stephen Smith Presents at the Third Geopolitical Forum in Jakarta

At the third Geopolitical Forum held in Jakarta recently, Professor Stephen Smith presented on geopolitics as it relates to the rise of the Indo-Pacific.

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Charting WA’s Future with ASEAN: The WA-ASEAN Trade and Investment Dialogue 2019

Opportunities for WA to build deeper services, investment and people-to-people relationships in Asia are no more pertinent than with and across the diverse Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.

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India’s RCEP exit a setback, but not a disaster

With an India–China deadlock out of the way, the path is clear to finalise the historic regional trade agreement. Research Director Dr Jeffrey Wilson writes for The Interpreter.

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