After America

Big Ideas in Small PackagesAustralian political leaders have bent the knee at the altar of American global leadership for decades, placing the ANZUS treaty at the centre of the nations security. AUKUS has become the latest symbol of strategic solidarity. For Australias 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 Australias 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 Trumps idea of America?Dr Emma Shortis draws on her long-standing research on Americas place in the world, her discussions with some of Australias most prominent policy-makers and commentators and her experience in America in the final days of the election campaign, to develop a picture of how the world is changing with a second Trump presidency and what choices Australia has in determining its own future.