Connor O'Brien
@Connor_P_OBrien
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PhD @Cambridge_Uni @Dept_of_POLIS, alumn @UniMelb. International political economy, geopolitics, Australian FP, and economic thought. Like/RT ≠ endorse
Joined February 2023
RT @LowyInstitute: WATCH: Tonight at the @LowyInstitute, @SamRoggeveen and @JAParker29 debated how Australia should defend itself — their d….
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RT @ProfRoyGreen: “Australia can no longer rely on comparative advantage in our raw materials but should instead create competitive advanta….
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We rank amongst the world's richest nations when it comes to personal wealth but, in terms of our economy and particularly its complexity, we sit amongst the world's poorest — and the situation is...
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RT @LowyInstitute: Why Japan’s Mogami frigates can’t protect Australia’s trade | Sam Roggeveen
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Big warships face growing vulnerabilities while the promise of protecting vast oceans remains questionable.
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RT @Jan_Eijking: Geertje Bol and I reviewed the excellent “Erased” by Patricia Owens @leverhulmewhit in the @LAReviewofBooks .
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Geertje Bol and Jan Eijking review “Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men,” by Patricia Owens.
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RT @LAReviewofBooks: "A long-needed revisionist history, the book follows on from a previous multi-year project that culminated in two coll….
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RT @becstrating: 📣 JOB alert 📣 The School of Humanities and Social Sciences at @latrobe is hiring for a fixed-term, full-time 3 year Resear….
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La Trobe seeks a Research Fellow to support maritime security research at its new Centre for Global Security.
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RT @jacobin: Disney has made several big-budget films with the backing of the US government to sell space travel to a new generation. But a….
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Disney has made several big-budget films with the backing of the US government to sell space travel to a new generation. But audiences don’t seem to care.
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RT @SamRoggeveen: This is going to be great. If you're in Sydney next Thursday, join us! @JAParker29 @SusannahCPatton @LowyInstitute: https….
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Two prominent Australian commentators from opposite sides of the defence debate will meet to discuss Australia’s security, America’s role in Asia, the AUKUS partnership and more.
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RT @ForeignPolicy: Renewed concerns about AUKUS have come at a particularly delicate time for Australia.
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Amid Elbridge Colby’s review of the submarine deal, three books consider the future of the alliance itself.
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RT @ForeignPolicy: How Australia should conduct its foreign policy beyond defense cooperation with the U.S. remains unclear. Three recent b….
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Amid Elbridge Colby’s review of the submarine deal, three books consider the future of the alliance itself.
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RT @alex_usyd: Great review by @mkw38 that beautifully weaves together books by me, @samuelmoyn and @EmmaPlaninc. " Liberalism Against It….
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Great to publish this excellent review essay in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, thanks to our book review editor @quahsayjye for orchestrating.
Inspired by John Dunn’s essay of the same name, I’ve written a review essay on three recent books, on ‘the future of liberalism’. 1. Liberalism Against Itself @samuelmoyn .2. Liberalism as a Way of Life @alex_usyd .3. Regenerative Politics @EmmaPlaninc .
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Thrilled to publish this review essay on the future of Australian foreign policy.
The AUKUS review poses a fundamental challenge to the U.S.-Australia relationship, and Australian foreign policy generally. Three books consider the future of the alliance itself.
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RT @mkw38: Inspired by John Dunn’s essay of the same name, I’ve written a review essay on three recent books, on ‘the future of liberalism’….
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Published in Cambridge Review of International Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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On the books’ implications for Aus FP: . “A combination of Strating and Wallis’s foregrounding of Australia’s maritime security and Behm’s call for a regionally anchored Australian multilateralism would serve the current government well as a blueprint for a post-AUKUS future.”.
Great to publish this @ForeignPolicy review essay of @JoanneEWallis and @becstrating’s ‘Girt by Sea’ and Allan Behm’s ‘No Enemies, No Friends’ and ‘The Odd Couple’. Collectively, these books chart a compelling path forward for Australian foreign policy .
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Great to publish this @ForeignPolicy review essay of @JoanneEWallis and @becstrating’s ‘Girt by Sea’ and Allan Behm’s ‘No Enemies, No Friends’ and ‘The Odd Couple’. Collectively, these books chart a compelling path forward for Australian foreign policy .
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Amid Elbridge Colby’s review of the submarine deal, three books consider the future of the alliance itself.
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In @theage today: . “With the defence commentariat insisting that guns are now more important than butter, it is beyond time that such claims are put through the same rigorous analysis as every other policy area”.
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A push for Australia to increase its defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP would threaten the government’s policy agenda.
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Excited to have published my first opinion piece with @theage newspaper on the latest Australian Defence spending debate. Any massive increase would be the defining piece of the government’s policy agenda, at the expense of childcare, dental, and health.
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A push for Australia to increase its defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP would threaten the government’s policy agenda.
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Great to feature this book review in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs!.
Another review of my book, Fueling Sovereignty, in Cambridge Review of International Affairs! Thanks so much for the extremely constructive and thoughtful feedback, @TommyChaiSH🙏 .
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