Emma Shortis – After America
Australia and the New World Order
Wednesday 7th May starting 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm
In conversation with Richard Cooke
Join journalist Richard Cooke as he interviews Director of the Australia Institute’s Security and International Affairs program, Dr Emma Shortis, about her new essay, After America.
Australian political leaders have bent the knee for decades, placing the ANZUS treaty at the centre of the nation’s security. AUKUS has become the latest symbol of strategic solidarity. For Australia’s governments, of whatever political persuasion, America continues to define the global rules-based order. Now that the American people have elected Donald Trump as the forty-seventh president, how will his presidency affect Australia’s foreign policy, trade, climate action and approach to human rights? More importantly, will Australia be able to act in its own interests, or will it simply defer to Trump’s idea of America?
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Dr Emma Shortis – 6pm for 6.30pm Wednesday 7th May$0.00 – $15.00
Dr Emma Shortis is Director of the Australia Institute’s International & Security Affairs Program. Emma is historian and writer, focused on the history and politics of the United States and its role in the world. She uses her expertise in history to interpret and explain what is happening in the world today, and what it means for Australia, in a compassionate and accessible way. Emma’s first book, Our Exceptional Friend: Australia’s Fatal Alliance with the United States, was published by Hardie Grant in 2021. She writes regularly for Australian and international outlets, and appears regularly on Australian radio and television.
Richard Cooke is a journalist and author. His work has appeared internationally in The New York Times, The Washington Post, WIRED, and The Guardian among others, and has been selected for Longform Stories of the Year and Best Australian Essays.He is contributing editor to The Monthly magazine, and was its first US correspondent. He is a former Columnist of the Year, and won the June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism and the Walkley Award for Feature Writing in 2023. His fourth book is a cultural history of Wikipedia.