Michael Fullilove

Hope or glory? The presidential election, US foreign policy and Australia

22 October 2008

What is at stake in a US presidential election in terms of American foreign policy? How might the temperament and world-views of the respective candidates be interpreted? In this paper Dr Michael Fullilove compares and contrasts the foreign policies of Barack Obama and John McCain in the 2008 presidential election race. Dr Fullilove considers the ‘fundamental differences’ in world-view that would shape Obama’s and McCain’s respective foreign policies and the implications for Australia’s relationship with the United States.

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Picking the US winner

23 October 2008

In an opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald, Dr Michael Fullilove examines the implications of the US presidential election for Australia's interests.

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Why Kissinger should support Obama

31 October 2008

In an article in The Daily Beast online magazine, Dr Michael Fullilove, Program Director Global Issues and a visiting fellow at The Brookings Institution in Washington DC, writes that neither candidate would be a foreign policy realist after Henry Kissinger's heart - but Obama would be closer to it than McCain.

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A world of policy differences

3 November 2008

In an article in the News Review section of The Sydney Morning Herald, Dr Michael Fullilove writes that the foreign policies of the two US presidential candidates would not be as similar as some analysts predict.

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We'll have to vie for Obama's attention

18 November 2008

In an opinion piece in The Australian, Dr Michael Fullilove, Program Director Global Issues and a visiting fellow at The Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, argues that Australia will need 'sharp elbows and pointy ideas' to be heard in Washington.

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