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Emma Shortis

Emma Shortis

Brisbane Times

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Friday essay: Project 2025, the policy substance behind Trump’s showmanship, reveals a radical plan to reshape the world

In April 2022, conservative American think tank the Heritage Foundation, working with a broad coalition of 50 conservative organisations, launched...

25.04.2024 20

The Conversation

Emma Shortis

Will the Israel-Gaza war affect Joe Biden’s chances of re-election ? History might provide a guide

When big questions about American foreign policy collide with an election, it’s rarely good news for a sitting president. Like many leaders before...

22.04.2024 10

The Conversation

Emma Shortis

How will US foreign policy affect Joe Biden’s chances of re-election in November?

When big questions about American foreign policy collide with an election, it’s rarely good news for a sitting president. Like many leaders before...

21.04.2024 10

The Conversation

Emma Shortis

Who Trump will pick as his running mate? And why the stakes are higher than usual

Being second in line for leadership of the most powerful country in the world is not an easy job. But for Mike Pence, vice-president under Donald...

01.04.2024 10

Canberra Times

Emma Shortis

Who will Trump pick as his running mate? In 2024, the ‘Veepstakes’ are higher than usual

Being second in line for leadership of the most powerful country in the world is not an easy job. But for Mike Pence, vice president under Donald...

01.04.2024 10

The Conversation

Emma Shortis

Some truths are self-evident : Joe Biden is too old. But who could possibly replace him?

It is possible, in politics as in life, for several things to be true at once. It is true that Donald Trump and his plans for a second presidential...

20.02.2024 9

The Conversation

Emma Shortis

Donald Trump faces half a billion dollars of debt and several court cases. But that may not stop him from becoming president again

The verdicts keep coming. On Friday US time, the three-month hearing focused on Donald Trump’s business dealings in New York came to an end. Trump...

18.02.2024 10

The Conversation

Emma Shortis

Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it any less shocking

Of course, on the day of the first nominating contest for the 2024 US presidential election, there was a storm. In Iowa over the weekend, blizzards...

16.01.2024 6

The Conversation

Emma Shortis

Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it less shocking

Of course, on the day of the first nominating contest for the 2024 US presidential election, there was a storm. In Iowa over the weekend, blizzards...

16.01.2024 20

The Conversation

Emma Shortis

Biden’s burden: four percentage points, a struggling economy and a fragile democracy

In the United States, one of the men vying for the presidency faces 91 criminal charges in four concurrent criminal cases. He uses openly fascist...

19.12.2023 5

The Conversation

Emma Shortis

The Australia-US alliance has long gone unchallenged. The delegation to free Julian Assange changes that

T his week, a delegation of Australian politicians will venture across the Pacific to campaign for the immediate release of Julian Assange. The group,...

19.09.2023 8

The Guardian

Emma Shortis

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