Dr Emma Shortis is Director of the Australia Institute's International & Security Affairs Program. Emma is a historian and writer. In a conversation often dominated by the same voices, Emma offers a fresh perspective on international relations grounded in moral questions about how we might imagine a post-America future. Her new book is After America: Australia and the New World Order.
Sunday 19 October
11.15am
With the re-election of President Trump, America has entered a tumultuous new era of political strongmanship and an unraveling of previous approaches to foreign policy, climate action, human rights and more. With decades of U.S. political expertise between them, Emma Shortis and Don Watson unpack what this new era means for Australia and the world. With Dylan Bird.
Presented in partnership with RMIT University.
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