Issue Brief posted November 13, 2012 by Jessica Zuckerman
Global Entry Reciprocity: U.S. Should Follow Australia’s Lead
Visiting the land down under just became easier for a number of American travelers. On November 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service announced a trial program extending Australia’s SmartGate program to U.S. Global Entry members.
The announcement marked a step in the right direction in creating a trusted…
Lecture posted November 2, 2012 by The Honorable Tony Abbott
The Australia–U.S. Alliance and Leadership in the Asia–Pacific
Abstract
The Administration has indicated that it plans to “pivot” America’s security focus to Asia. The Administration’s plans to downsize the U.S. military, however, can only mean a reduced U.S. presence globally and greater strain on our forces and equipment wherever they are deployed. Allies like Australia are trying to understand the implications for the…
White Paper posted July 17, 2012 by Walter Lohman, John Fleming, Robert Warshaw
Key Asian Indicators: A Book of Charts
America’s Enduring Leadership in Asia
America has been engaged in Asia since a few decades after securing its independence.
Its early interest is documented in the 1833 Treaty on Amity and Commerce between the U.S. and the Kingdom of Siam Thailand), and later in the market-opening 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa with Japan. The U.S. has, in fact, been a “resident…
Special Report posted November 3, 2011 by Lisa Curtis, Walter Lohman, Rory Medcalf, Lydia Powell, Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Ph.D., Andrew Shearer
Shared Goals, Converging Interests: A Plan for U.S.–Australia–India Cooperation in the Indo–Pacific
A Joint Project by Scholars from The Heritage Foundation, the Lowy Institute for International Policy, and the Observer Research Foundation
Abstract: The U.S., Australia, and India face common challenges and opportunities in the Indo–Pacific region that are defined by their shared values and interests. These include sea-lane security, counterterrorism,…
WebMemo posted March 9, 2011 by Derek Scissors, Ph.D.
Australia–China Economic Relations: A Lesson for the U.S., Not a Threat
China is rising in importance for Australia economically. What does this mean for security relations? Not what some people—including very influential, serious Australians—seem to think.[1] There is nothing about China’s economic rise that gives it effective leverage over Australian foreign and defense policy or that necessarily supplants American leadership in the…
White Paper posted January 14, 2011 by Walter Lohman, John Fleming, Nicholas Hamisevicz
Key Asian Indicators: A Book of Charts
The global financial crisis has had a major impact on perceptions of American power and its relationships in Asia. Many of the perceptions are not founded on facts. Among the facts often overlooked:
American companies invest far more abroad than does all of Asia combined.
For every dollar the U.S. has invested in China it has invested two in Australia…
Lecture posted January 3, 2011 by The Honorable John Howard
The Anglosphere and the Advance of Freedom
Abstract: The ties that bind the U.S., Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and in different ways other nations that share some of the values of the Anglosphere are deeper and more abiding, says former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, than the bonds between any other countries with which his country has been associated. The English-speaking nations have…
WebMemo posted November 3, 2010 by Walter Lohman
Give Australia Reason to Believe in American Leadership
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will cap off a seven-nation swing through Asia this weekend with a stop in Australia, where she will join Defense Secretary Robert Gates for annual ministerial consultations. The AUSMIN meetings, as they are known, come amid anxious discussions in Australia over the rise of China and the implications for the U.S.–Australia alliance.…
WebMemo posted December 4, 2009 by Daniella Markheim
America Should Follow Through with Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Negotiations
One positive outcome of President Obama's recent trip to Asia is a U.S. commitment to reengage in long-postponed negotiations to join the Trans-Pacific Economic Strategic Partnership (TPP).[1] Brunei, Chile, Singapore, and New Zealand -- the current members of the trade pact -- designed the TPP[2] to serve as a model trade agreement for the Asia-Pacific region. A key…
White Paper posted November 24, 2009 by Walter Lohman, John Fleming, Nicholas Hamisevicz
Key Asian Indicators: A 2009 Book of Charts
The United States is no less a Pacific nation than an Atlantic one. The state of Hawaii and the territories of Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa all lie in the Pacific. The United States has five treaty alliances in East Asia (Japan, Korea, Australia, the Philippines and Thailand), the Pacific Fleet, and major military bases throughout the region. It has…
Backgrounder posted August 26, 2009 by Bruce Klingner
How to Save the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Countless official statements by the U.S. and Japan have
highlighted the two countries' bilateral alliance as the linchpin
or cornerstone of stability in Asia and indispensable to achieving
the strategic objectives of both countries. Although true, such
assertions are faulty on two counts: (1) they overlook the parallel
criticality of the U.S.-South Korean alliance,…