Australia Chair
The Australia Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies is dedicated to increasing understanding between the United States and Australia
The Australia Chair, endowed through the generosity of Pratt Industries, sharpens the focus on U.S.-Australia alliance relations and contributes innovative policy ideas to the rapidly expanding regional and global challenges that call for greater coordination and action by Canberra and Washington. The Chair works to broaden the reach and impact of the U.S.-Australia alliance and Australian ideas, influence, and capacity.
Dr. Charles Edel, a thought leader on U.S. national security and U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific and a well-recognized public policy voice in U.S.-Australia relations, serves as the inaugural Australia Chair. The Australia Chair is supported by an advisory council of former senior officials and business leaders led by James Carouso, former chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Canberra with senior diplomatic experience across the region.
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Featured Analysis

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Growing Challenges, Rising Ambitions: AUSMIN 2022 and Expanding U.S.-Australia Cooperation
This report examines different pathways for U.S.-Australia cooperation to evolve and deepen. The 18 essays outline the state of play on a range of topics, frame the most salient challenges, and offer more than 70 concrete recommendations for advancing the alliance.
Report by Charles Edel and Lam Tran — December 1, 2022
Recent Analysis

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ITAR Should End for Australia
The United States faces its greatest geopolitical challenge since World War II in a global strategic competition with China. To win this competition requires the United States to revise its Cold War-era weapons and sensitive technology control regimes.
Commentary by James Carouso , Thomas Schieffer , Jeffrey Bleich , John Berry , and Arthur Culvahouse — December 7, 2022

Growing Challenges, Rising Ambitions: AUSMIN 2022 and Expanding U.S.-Australia Cooperation
Report by Charles Edel and Lam Tran — December 1, 2022

White House Unveils Pacific Islands Strategy at Historic Summit
Critical Questions by Charles Edel , Christopher B. Johnstone , and Gregory B. Poling — September 30, 2022

The Clock Is Ticking: The Australian Defense Review and Time
Commentary by Mick Ryan — September 6, 2022
Featured Events

Indo-Pacific Forecast 2023

Report Launch: Growing Challenges, Rising Ambitions: AUSMIN 2022 and Expanding U.S.-Australia Cooperation

Book Event: Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World

Toward a clean and secure energy future in the Indo-Pacific: A conversation with Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen
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Enhancing Democratic Partnership in the Indo-Pacific Region
Report by Michael J. Green , Nicholas Szechenyi , and Hannah Fodale — November 18, 2021

Australia’s Hydrogen Industrial Strategy
Commentary by Lachlan Carey — October 14, 2021

Five Opportunities for the U.S.-Australia Alliance to Lead
Report by John Schaus and Michael Shoebridge — September 15, 2021

Powers, Norms, and Institutions: The Future of the Indo-Pacific from a Southeast Asia Perspective
Report by Michael J. Green , Amy Searight , and Patrick Gerard Buchan — June 9, 2020

Defining the Diamond: The Past, Present, and Future of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
Brief by Patrick Gerard Buchan and Benjamin Rimland — March 16, 2020

Ironclad: Forging a New Future for America’s Alliances
Book by Michael J. Green , Jon B. Alterman , Franklin Miller , Heather A. Conley , Sue Mi Terry , Amy Searight , and Patrick Gerard Buchan — October 18, 2019

A Discussion on Australia’s May 18 Election Outcome: What's Next for Australia and the U.S.-Australia Alliance?
Event by Jacob Greber , Dr. Zack Cooper , Dr. Alan Tidwell , Patrick Gerard Buchan , Patrick Gerard Buchan , and Amy Searight — May 23, 2019

A Conversation on Chinese Influence in Australia and Beyond
Event by Clive Hamilton , Bonnie S. Glaser , and Amy Searight — October 18, 2018

Information Warfare: An Emergent Australian Defence Force Capability
Report by Marcus Thompson and Edward Morgan — October 4, 2018

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue and the Maritime Silk Road Initiative
Brief by Jesse Barker Gale — April 2, 2018
