Executive Director of the @LowyInstitute. Author of ‘Rendezvous with Destiny’ and ‘A Larger Australia’. Boyer Lecturer. Host of The Director’s Chair.
Mar 14, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
For Australia, #AUKUS is a big bet, a big signal and a big lift. A 🧵 from me on the San Diego announcement:
The big bet is on the United States’ staying power in Asia. Mind you, it’s also a big bet by the United States on Australia. The sharing of nuclear secrets is as intimate as international relations gets. So, thanks @POTUS – your predecessor might not have done the same. /2
Sep 18, 2021 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
🧵 on AUS-FRA relations.
It’s sad to see the current state of affairs between France and Australia. France is a great nation with a global vision, a fellow Indo-Pacific democracy, and a natural ally of Australia’s.
Sep 16, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
A thread on #AUKUS 🧵
This is a hugely important announcement offering great opportunities but also carrying risks.
Apr 12, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Franklin D. Roosevelt died 75 years ago today. FDR was the most important statesman of the 20th century. He saved American democracy from the Depression, led the Allies to victory over fascism, won four consecutive presidential elections, and did all this with a broken body.
FDR was a seductive figure and an effervescent one: to encounter him, said Churchill, was like opening your first bottle of champagne.
