Manus refugees await US resettlement deal

4 February 2017

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

A strategic paper about President Trump's Asia team written by research fellow Ashley Townshend is referenced in this article.

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Ashley Townshend
Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre
Ashley Townshend is Director, Foreign Policy and Defence at the United States Studies Centre. He works on US-Asia relations, alliance politics, and international security. He also lectures at the University of Sydney and previously worked at the Lowy Institute for International Policy.

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4 February 2017

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