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Opinion: Epic fail as Trump rushes for the exit | Australian Studies Institute

"Fractured internally & debased internationally, it is hard to imagine that the US will again wield the unique mix of strategic threat, intellectual prestige & democratic purpose it commanded at its zenith last century." #AUViews

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#ICYMI "The lesson here is that voters want action. They favour rapid change, not glacial adjustments."

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"Is this who we are now? One nation, no legal obligations, no heart?"

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#AUViews "Crucially, there is no egregious error of fact or judgement that Ley has committed."

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#ICYMI "Despite her rictus smile, the federal Liberals' first female leader is running fast towards a brick wall of impatient male ambition."

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"What Albanese decides on this invitation will be a strong pointer to his thinking on the deeper issues framed so brilliantly by the Canadian PM."

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"Australia has been shortchanged by its major party politicians who have failed to act in unison and who have ultimately breached their promise to serve nation and community first."

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"This year brings us the return of 19th century chauvinism."

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When hyperbole is the norm, should we be surprised that our politics has become less substantive?

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Opinion: Albanese is seeking order in a wild world | Australian Studies Institute

#AUViews "This is the reality Albanese confronts regionally and globally. One where smaller nations are less reluctant to eschew longstanding allegiances, and where larger nations grow ever more disdainful of those below them."

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Opinion: Labor is professionalised to the point of pointlessness. Its MPs need to find their voice | Australian Studies Institute

"Recent controversies suggest a government committing only to what it must while facing almost no internal pressure to aim higher or act faster."

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Opinion: Stress-testing democracy: a modern tragedy By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Suspend reality for a moment for this surprisingly instructive "thought" experiment.Imagine that US President Dona...

"The tragedy is that this presidency has always been a shakedown, and it has occurred right out in the open."

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Opinion: Major questions facing Australia and the West By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.How did you feel when Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, removed aid from the poorest people on the planet?I...

"In this, the age of impunity, Sir Major invites us to consider whether we are different from Trump's Americans or merely distant." #AUViews

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Opinion: Sussan Ley can be a circuit-breaker ... if the Libs allow her to be By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Long the overlooked understudy, Sussan Ley remains cautiously Delphic about her plans to rebuild the Liberal Party...

"In her first month as leader, however, Ley has already done more soul-searching and more listening than her predecessors undertook in eight years." #AUViews

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Opinion: Trump cornered Netanyahu and it was kind of brilliant By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.America will always do the right thing, once it has exhausted the other options.Wrongly attributed to Winston Chur...

"Whether this was always his plan - a cunning strategic manoeuvre by Trump and his military advisers - or if it merely turned out like this, almost doesn't matter. A deep thinker Trump is not."

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Opinion: Australia's enduring love affair with the US is at a critical point By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Few stories start in a more compelling way than Ian McEwan's brilliant novel Enduring Love (1997).Several men, str...

Australia's enduring love affair with the US is at a critical point #AUViews

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Opinion: Americans might have ceded government to corrupt oligarchs, but not Australians By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Looking for something engaging, I briefly considered getting around to the final season of Succession - the HBO se...

#AUViews "Americans might have ceded government to corrupt oligarchs with the fluid morals of TV scriptwriters, but Australians still believe in sound government."

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Opinion: Albanese’s new ‘progressive patriotism’. Is it more than a vibe? By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by Crikey.Is the prime minister’s new slogan merely a crafty label to be retrofitted to existing Labor policy? Or is it a bold new organ...

#ICYMI Is the prime minister’s new slogan merely a crafty label to be retrofitted to existing Labor policy?

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Opinion: 'Doing business' at the White House has become a fool's errand By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times.Anthony Albanese hopes to meet Donald Trump in Canada a week from now, with the odds improving that their first fa...

#AUViews "It is not just that Trump MKII prefers stagecraft over statecraft, it is that this president sees no distinction between the two."

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Opinion: When principles fall victim to politics, voters notice By Mark KennyA version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times."We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know...

"But has the nation embarked on a new direction of 'progressive patriotism' as the prime minister has branded it, or just stuck to the old one?"

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