Podcast

USSC Briefing Room

Author: Mari Koeck
Feed episode count: 107
Official site: https://www.ussc.edu.au/
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Summary

The USSC Briefing Room is a podcast from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. It gives you a seat at the table for a briefing on the latest US news and foreign policy. Co-hosts Mari Koeck, Jared Mondschein and Samuel Garrett talk to experts to cover what you need to know and what's beneath the surface of the news.

Episodes

Jul 13, 2026 · not_requested

America at 250 | Addressing the contradictions in the Declaration of Independence in an Australian classroom

Duration seconds: 1671
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Jul 3, 2026 · not_requested

America at 250 | America’s sacred (yet secular) documents with David Smith

Duration seconds: 2307
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Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested

America at 250 | US influence on Australian democracy

Duration seconds: 2358
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Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested

How is economic security changing the politics and foreign policy in the UK and Australia?

Duration seconds: 2527
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Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested

What next for the AI race?

Duration seconds: 1671
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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

Will the largest US defence budget clear Congress?

Duration seconds: 3006
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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Signals, not spectacle: Dr Michael Green on Takaichi’s visit to Australia

Duration seconds: 2188
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Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested

Trump vs the Pope: Politics, faith and power

Duration seconds: 2622
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Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested

Is there space for Australia in outer space?

Duration seconds: 1802
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Apr 8, 2026 · not_requested

The state of play for Australia-Taiwan relations

Duration seconds: 3422
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Mar 24, 2026 · not_requested

The future of nuclear risk: Iran, China and the end of New START

Duration seconds: 1851
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Mar 8, 2026 · not_requested

Convenience, choice or necessity? Examining the case for striking Iran

Duration seconds: 3005
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Feb 23, 2026 · not_requested

Is AUKUS Pillar II a solution in need of a problem?

Duration seconds: 3035
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Feb 9, 2026 · not_requested

Mike Green and Lavina Lee on Iran, Venezuela, Greenland and Carney’s speech

Duration seconds: 3262
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Jan 27, 2026 · not_requested

India’s changing relationships with the United States, China, Russia and Australia

Duration seconds: 1457
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Jan 13, 2026 · not_requested

Adm. Lisa Franchetti (ret’d) on the future of US military leadership

Duration seconds: 1987
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Dec 22, 2025 · not_requested

Understanding the MAGA rift

Duration seconds: 2032
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Dec 10, 2025 · not_requested

How do the Quad countries view Trump’s second term?

Duration seconds: 2152
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Nov 25, 2025 · not_requested

Supreme Court tests Trump’s tariffs – with Chas Licciardello

Duration seconds: 4837
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Nov 14, 2025 · not_requested

How US allies can influence US policy with Gen. David Berger (Ret’d)

Duration seconds: 2848
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Oct 20, 2025 · not_requested

From Kirk to Grand Blanc: Is there a throughline in religious violence?

Duration seconds: 2496
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Oct 8, 2025 · not_requested

Why Trump wants to make US shipbuilding great again

Duration seconds: 1672
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Sep 25, 2025 · not_requested

The prognosis for the Quad and other US alliances in the Indo-Pacific

Duration seconds: 1965
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Sep 4, 2025 · not_requested

The role of panda diplomacy in international relations

Duration seconds: 2572
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Aug 25, 2025 · not_requested

Trump 2.0: Energy and climate change

Duration seconds: 2797
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Aug 18, 2025 · not_requested

A legal look at Epstein

Duration seconds: 2237
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Aug 6, 2025 · not_requested

America’s AI Action Plan unpacked

Duration seconds: 1722
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Jul 29, 2025 · not_requested

What is (and isn’t) in the One Big Beautiful Bill?

Duration seconds: 2037
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Jul 24, 2025 · not_requested

How could Trump’s film tariffs impact Australia?

Duration seconds: 2112
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Jul 14, 2025 · not_requested

What Japan can teach the world about economic security

Duration seconds: 1683
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Jul 8, 2025 · not_requested

AUKUS review, “Golden Dome” and defence spending: Australia and Trump’s defence policy

Duration seconds: 2081
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