Bad policy decisions must get part of the blame for the devastation that hit Texas, writes USSC research associate Dr Nicole Hemmer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Election Watch 20245 September 2017
Choices made on the ground are behind the disaster of Hurricane Harvey
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Dr Nicole Hemmer
Honorary AssociateUnited States Studies Centre