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Timothy J. Lynch is professor of political science at the University of Melbourne. He writes on contemporary America and its intersections with Australian life. An award-winning writer, Lynch’s latest book is In the Shadow of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump. He holds a PhD in political science from Boston College, US, and was twice awarded a Fulbright scholarship. In 2022, he lived in Wyoming, America’s reddest state. He is a citizen of Australia and Great Britain and lives in rural Victoria.

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"The main quadrangle building of the University of Sydney, seen from the front lawns. Established in 1850, the university is the oldest in Australia and Oceania."

Politics of uni Accord could backfire on the left

If the higher education expansion leads to students with ATARs of 45 getting into university, they will demand a career return. I am sceptical that gender studies will give them that.

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‘Wokester-in-chief’? Democrats need to reimagine Kamala

America’s most popular woman is in Australia. One of its least popular is contemplating how to become the next president. Assuming Taylor Swift cannot be persuaded to run, the first female president could still be Kamala Harris.

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Across more than two decades of American foreign policy failure, from 2001 to the present, Trump represents something of an exception.

Why Trump wasn’t, and won’t be, a foreign policy disaster

I routinely set my students the following question: ‘Donald Trump has the most successful foreign policy record of any president since the end of the Cold War.’ Discuss.

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The aim of the left is not to liberate the oppressed

Provocative US thinker’s manifesto leads ‘New Right’ way

A conservative activist may well have just changed the direction of US culture. He has been credited with bringing down the world’s most powerful academic: Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard University.

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Fans cheer as a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III conducts a flyover during the national anthem on opening day between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium.

What US sport can teach us about national pride

A nation as fractious as the US has found in its sport a source of patriotism. It’s no accident the Star-Spangled Banner is sung with passion. It offers a lesson for Australia.

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Berlin Wall comes down, people celebrate as workers dismantle wall, 19/02/90. Copyright : Sipa Press, Paris. Germany / Berlin Wall Historical

What my first love taught me about the Left

The first woman I ever loved was an eco-feminist. She was radicalised by the miners’ strikes, listened to Billy Bragg, marched for women’s rights and refused to visit the US.

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TOPSHOT - Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Biden landed in Israel on October 18, on a solidarity visit following Hamas attacks that have led to major Israeli reprisals. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Mid-East war exposes myth of Israel lobby’s power, influence

The huge, angry crowds marching against Israel – in Sydney, London and Washington – after the worst massacre in its history are evidence of the weakness of the Israel lobby.

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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 04: People, including one holding up a sign that reads: "From the River to the Sea", chant slogans under Palestinian flags during a "Freedom for Palestine" protest that drew thousands of participants on November 04, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Meanwhile in Gaza Israeli forces have encircled Gaza City as fighting with Hamas fighters continues to rage. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Defence of jihadists on campus absurd

Our uni campuses often vibrate like the Supernova festival. So what explains the silence and inaction of the campus Left on the massacring of its rainbow allies in Israel?

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US President Joe Biden (L), sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. US President Joe Biden landed in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023 as Middle East anger flared after hundreds were killed when a rocket struck a hospital in war-torn Gaza, with Israel and the Palestinians quick to trade blame. (Photo by Miriam Alster / POOL / AFP)

Myth of 9/11 ‘over-reaction’ does Israel no favours

After chastising America’s ‘over-reaction’ to 9/11, Biden is urging Netanyahu not to repeat this error in responding to 7/10. But ‘under-reaction’ would be a grave mistake.

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Israeli soldiers cordon off an area in Kibbutz Beeri near the border with the Gaza Strip on October 15, 2023, after the October 7 attack by Palestinian militants. In the eight days since Hamas gunmen killed more than 1,300 Israelis in a surprise attack, Israel has responded with a bombing campaign that has claimed over 2,300 lives in Gaza. (Photo by YURI CORTEZ / AFP)

Ireland’s uncomfortable lesson for Israel: destroy Hamas for peace

Despite the stark differences, the path to peace in Israel is often said to pass through Belfast. This is a tempting road map, but it’s the wrong comparison to draw.

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