31 October 2018

A simple guide to the US midterms

Dr Charles Edel
Australia Chair and Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Senior fellow Charles Edel spoke to SBS News about the implications of the massive midterm elections where over 6,000 seats are being contested.

Dr Charles Edel
Australia Chair and Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr Charles Edel is the inaugural Australia Chair and a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He was previously a Senior Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Prior to this, he was Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy at the US Naval War College, and served on the US Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff from 2015-2017. In that role, he advised Secretary of State John Kerry on political and security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.