4 February 2017

Manus refugees await US resettlement deal

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 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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4 February 2017

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