Labor’s nuclear ban treaty move a self-defeating face-saver

18 December 2018

Ashley Townshend
Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre

Director of the USSC foreign policy and defence program Ashley Townshend is quoted in this report published by The Australian.

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Ashley Townshend
Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre
Ashley Townshend is Director of Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He works on international security and strategic affairs with a focus on the Indo-Pacific, including regional alliances and partnerships, maritime security, defence policy, and US, Chinese, and Australian strategy.

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