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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Katharine Murphy Political editor

Rising US isolationism means Australia must become more resilient and autonomous, thinktank warns

Australian prime minister Scott Morrison meets with US president Joe Biden during the UN general assembly in New York in September 2021.
Australian PM Scott Morrison with US president Joe Biden during the UN general assembly in New York in September 2021. The head of the United States Studies Centre says the US currently lacks the national unity that Australia views as critical for its national defence. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

Voters in the US are not convinced the Indo-Pacific should be a priority region for the Biden administration, and isolationist sentiment in the country continues to rise, according to a new analysis by the United States Studies Centre.

The new USSC State of the United States report, to be launched in Canberra at an event on Wednesday with the defence minister, Peter Dutton, Labor frontbenchers Penny Wong and Brendan O’Connor, and US congressman Joe Courtney, finds support for the US alliance with Canberra remains strong.

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