@emmashortis.bsky.social
Director, International and Security Affairs at @australiainstitute.org.au. All things Australian foreign policy and US history & politics.
@emmashortis.bsky.socialThe very same!
@emmashortis.bsky.socialOnce again, Australia goes missing.
@thepointau.bsky.socialReposted by @emmashortis.bsky.social"Things are not normal! But you knew that already. This week, Trump thinks it’s fine if Iran “takes out” San Diego or Los Angeles. And despite his historic unpopularity, he’s “doing great”. And on we go" writes @emmashortis.bsky.social
Read the full piece on The Point: https://sbrew.link/jDI4QtZ4
@australiainstitute.org.auReposted by @emmashortis.bsky.socialWhile miles apart in their responses to the Trump administration, Canada & Australia are in lock-step on expanding fossil fuel production.
Senator for Québec Rosa Galvez joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss shared challenges & common failures in Australia & Canada.
@6newsau.bsky.socialReposted by @emmashortis.bsky.social#BREAKING 🚨 NSW senator David Shoebridge has been elected the new leader of the Greens, following the resignation of Larissa Waters
Shoebridge ran on a joint ticket with Victorian senator Steph Hodgins-May as his deputy
@emmashortis.bsky.socialAnother day, another threat to commit genocide from our most important security ally. But whaddaya gonna do 🤷♀️
@emmashortis.bsky.socialMelbourne mates! I am hosting a conversation with the delightful Allan Behm about his new book at AIIA Vic this evening. I have some comp tickets available - please DM me (students/people under 80 especially encouraged!)
@emmashortis.bsky.socialProud to be here representing @australiainstitute.org.au at the Red Lines Package launch - a suite of legislation that would draw red lines around Australian complicity in genocide, war crimes and illegal settlements.
@emmashortis.bsky.socialProud to be here representing @australiainstitute.org.au at the Red Lines Package launch - a suite of legislation that would draw red lines around Australian complicity in genocide, war crimes and illegal settlements.
@australiainstitute.org.auReposted by @emmashortis.bsky.socialTuvalu's Climate Minister, Dr Maina Vakafua Talia, is delivering a sobering address at the Climate Integrity Summit.
Tuvalu is on the front line of the climate crisis.
"Transitioning away from fossil fuels is more urgent than ever."
Follow along here: #ClimateIntegritySummit26
@emmashortis.bsky.socialI’m really proud of this episode - Richard Tanter has done some outstanding research on the extent of the US military footprint in Aus, and as he says, it’s pretty shocking. All of his research is publicly available too:
@emmashortis.bsky.social(Yes, I am prepping for a radio interview)
@emmashortis.bsky.socialI tend to avoid maths, but $5k per adult, when a quick search tells me the adult population of the US is just under 270 million is…well over one trillion dollars?
@australiainstitute.org.auReposted by @emmashortis.bsky.social"Pathetic..."
Allan Behm on the Australian government's public response to Trump administration's attacks on the International Criminal Court.
"It is a fundamental assault on a really important part of the international rules-based order," he tells @emmashortis.bsky.social.
@australiainstitute.org.auReposted by @emmashortis.bsky.socialNine nuclear states are holding the rest of the world “hostage to annihilation”, but the Australian government is yet to act on a global ban.
@nuclearban.bsky.social's Melissa Parke joins @emmashortis.bsky.social to discuss the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
@australiainstitute.org.auReposted by @emmashortis.bsky.social“It doesn't matter what you do, doesn't matter how much you give him. [Trump] will not defend those bases.”
The moment Senator David Shoebridge quoted our own Dr Emma Shortis on the Senate floor!
#auspol @emmashortis.bsky.social @davidshoebridge.bsky.social
@emmashortis.bsky.social“We cannot remain silent while Palestinian children are being starved, maimed and killed by the actions of Israeli authorities and military forces”.
@davidshoebridge.bsky.socialReposted by @emmashortis.bsky.socialIt’s been one of those “End AUKUS” kind of weeks! thepoint.com.au/new/260904-s...
@rishpardikar.bsky.socialReposted by @emmashortis.bsky.socialAustralia approving coal projects while discussing climate at the Pacific Islands Forum and with only two months to go until it co-hosts COP31
