Mike Pompeo's appointment as Secretary of State would have several significant implications for US foreign policy. He also stands to inherit a State Department that has seen calls for drastic cuts to its budget, a mass-exodus of career diplomats, vacancies in virtually all of its senior positions, and widespread reports of plunging morale.
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Anzac Day morning gave Australians yet another taste of the dysfunction inside the Trump administration. In a remarkable last-minute change, Admiral Harry Harris, Donald Trump’s nominee as US ambassador to Australia, instead was...
Former First Lady Barbara Bush, matriarch of the Bush political dynasty, died last week at the age of 92. In the days since her passing, there has been an outpouring of remembrances about...
Nearly 300 people converged on Washington, DC last Thursday for the G’Day USA Dialogue on Defence Industries. In light of the newly-announced goal of growing Australia's defence industry into a top ten global...
From the Mexican border wall to refugee swap deals from Manus and Nauru, immigration has been a recurring point of tension during the Trump administration. But debate over a group of between 700,000-800,000...
When the first season of Roseanne aired across 1988–89 it was called, by some critics, “slob comedy”. Variety declared that the Conners were “appalling TV role models” in its review of the first...
US President Donald Trump’s ability to achieve legislative successes in the two years before the 2020 presidential election will depend in large part on the results of this year’s midterms. On 6 November...
While media attention remains fixed on Donald Trump, focusing too intently on the president obscures the profound role played by the institution of the presidency and the stress test it faces. The presidency...
Could the Australian government do more to support local innovation and grow our own American-style tech giants? We asked leading innovation commentators James Riley and Sandy Plunkett to debate the issue.
USSC director of foreign policy and defence Ashley Townshend is quoted in this Newsweek article about the surprise decision to reassign Admiral Harry Harris to the role of Ambassador to South Korea rather...
A last-minute reversal by Republican Senator Rand Paul overnight has seen CIA Director Mike Pompeo avoid a historic rebuke by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee — where a nominee for secretary of...
Donald Trump has decided to withdraw Admiral Harry Harris as his Ambassador to Australia. The head of US Pacific Command was due to take up the post in Canberra but will instead be...
Former ambassador to Washington Kim Beazley has urged Donald Trump to abandon his vendetta against top Republican officials who refused to back his presidency and appoint one of them as his envoy to...
A last minute switch on the new US ambassador to Australia is playing into the idea that Donald Trump is treating the nation like a second-class ally, analysts have warned. In this report...
