Emma Shortis

@EmmaShortis

Director, International and Security Affairs @TheAusInstitute. Adjunct Senior Research Fellow @RMIT. Podcast: After America.

Melbourne, Victoria australiainstitute.org.au/news/category/… Joined June 2012

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Emma Shortis @EmmaShortis May 20, 2025

So glad to welcome back the brilliant @NickBryantNY for our *50th* episode! What even is time?

Really proud of the community we’re building with After America. And very lucky I get to do it with the best producer in @AngusBlackman.

Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute May 20, 2025

Donald Trump isn’t an aberration – he’s as much a product of US history as JFK or Barack Obama.

"Pretty much all of what he's done has an historical echo...although I was surprised about those poor penguins."

@NickBryantNY joins @EmmaShortis on the 50th After America ep. 🎧⬇️

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Emma Shortis @EmmaShortis Jun 17, 2025

Aukus was always a disaster for Australia. This week on After America, I spoke with @TurnbullMalcolm about how the Trump administration’s review means we might finally be mugged by that reality.

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australiainstitute.org.au "Mugged by reality": Australia's AUKUS disaster with Malcolm Turnbull Australia traded sovereignty for security with the AUKUS submarine deal, but it might end up with neither.

Emma Shortis @EmmaShortis Jun 13, 2025

Members of the crossbench have written to Deputy PM and Defence Minister Richard Marles, calling for an urgent parliamentary inquiry into Aukus. In April, polling by @TheAusInstitute found 56% of Australians support such a move.

Emma Shortis @EmmaShortis Jun 12, 2025

Cosying up to the guy literally in the midst of siccing the military against his own people is fine, actually. Necessary.

Will never not be shocked by the craven capitulation of the security boys in this country.

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www.smh.com.au Albanese must make Trump an offer he can’t refuse Anthony Albanese needs to make AUKUS great again by super-sizing the existing deal and offering the Trump administration more than was agreed to under Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden.

Emma Shortis @EmmaShortis May 20, 2025

I’ll be on the ABC Radio National Hour with Fran Kelly tonight, talking about my new little book. Airs from 6pm.