Stuck in the middle?

17 March 2016

Adjunct Associate Professor Elsina Wainwright
Senior Fellow, Alliance 21 Program, United States Studies Centre
Tom Switzer
Presenter, ABC Radio National

Alliance 21 non-resident fellow Elsina Wainwright speaks to research associate Tom Switzer on ABC Radio National's Between The Lines.

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Adjunct Associate Professor Elsina Wainwright
Senior Fellow, Alliance 21 Program, United States Studies Centre
Elsina Wainwright is Adjunct Associate Professor at the US Studies Centre and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow of the Centre's Alliance 21 Program. Currently based in New York, she is also a Visiting Fellow at New York University's Center on International Cooperation (CIC).
Tom Switzer
Presenter, ABC Radio National
Tom Switzer was a senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre until March 2017. He is a presenter on the ABC’s Radio National and a columnist at Fairfax publications.

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17 March 2016

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