Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Wednesday 26 September
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM
The next American election will decide the future of capitalism, at a time when the global economy and environment – and America’s status as a world superpower – are precarious.
On the eve of the election, senior foreign policy commentators Greg Sheridan and Peter Hartcher will speculate on the outcome of the presidential race, and discuss the impact – in foreign policy terms – of either a Democrat or Republican in the top job.
What would happen to the ‘special friendship’ between the northern empire and its ‘deputy sheriff in the Pacific’ under a Romney government? And what would the relationship be between Obama and a potential Tony Abbott, PM? With Sally Warhaft.
Featuring
Peter Hartcher
Peter Hartcher is the political editor and international editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He is a Gold Walkley award winner, a former foreign correspondent in Tokyo and Washington, and a visiting fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy.
Harcher's latest book is The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made its Own Luck and Could Now Throw it All Away. His 2005 book, Bubble Man: Alan Greenspan and the Missing Seven Trillion Dollars, foresaw the collapse of the US housing market and the economic slump that followed.
Greg Sheridan
Greg Sheridan is the Australian’s foreign editor, and one of the most influential foreign affairs analysts in Australian journalism. After 35 years in the field, he is a veteran of international affairs who has interviewed leaders all over the Asia Pacific and America.
He began journalism in the late 1970s at the Bulletin magazine. He has had a life-long love affair with Asia and knows its leaders and societies intimately, having interviewed presidents and prime ministers in Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines, Thailand, New Zealand and numerous other countries.
His work has appeared in newspapers around the world, including the Sunday Times of London, the Wall Street Journal, the Asian Wall Street Journal, the Jakarta Post and the South China Morning Post. He is a frequent foreign affairs commentator on radio and television and is a sought-after speaker at conferences around the region.
Sally Warhaft
Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year ...