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Emma Shortis
@emmashortis.bsky.social
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Director, International and Security Affairs at @australiainstitute.org.au. All things Australian foreign policy and US history & politics.
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davidlamond.bsky.social
Yay! #SundayShot is back!
Informed analysis, respectful conversation, and mutual regard, with @instanterudite.bsky.social
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@davemilbo.bsky.social
Michael Bradley @marquelawyers.com.au
Nick Hanna
Thank you for such well spent time! #auspol
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We're Back! - February 1 - Michael Bradley, Emma Shortis, and Nick Hanna
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February 1, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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instanterudite.bsky.social
Normal viewing has resumed! The #SundayShot is back...and we had a lot to cover. @emmashortis.bsky.social & Michael Bradley from @marquelawyers.com.au helped @davemilbo.bsky.social & I make sense of things, plus Dave interviews Nick Hanna.

Get back into it for 2026.

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We're Back! - February 1 - Michael Bradley, Emma Shortis, and Nick Hanna
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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February 1, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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simonrosenberg.bsky.social
“Greg Moriarty’s appointment as ambassador to the US makes clear that the Australian government is desperate to keep #AUKUS afloat.

And shows that they are unwilling or unable to face the stark reality of the Trump regime.” @emmashortis.bsky.social #SundayShot #auspol
January 31, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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instanterudite.bsky.social
The #SundayShot returns this weekend! Please join @davemilbo.bsky.social and me on Sunday morning plus our expert panellists @emmashortis.bsky.social and @marquelawyers.com.au and Dave interviews The What & The Why's Nick Hanna.

It will be good to be back!
January 31, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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davemilbo.bsky.social
Sunday Shot is back tomorrow at 9am, so you can save yourself an Insiders migrane.

We're joined by Aus Institute's resident historian @emmashortis.bsky.social, Michael Bradley of @marquelawyers.com.au, and I interview Nick Hanna, the lawyer challenging Chris Minns' anti-protest laws in court.
January 31, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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peterwmurphy1.bsky.social
#SundayShot Sun 01Feb2026 9am! Hosts @instanterudite.bsky.social and @davemilbo.bsky.social are joined by guests @emmashortis.bsky.social & Michael Bradley @marquelawyers.com.au. Dave Milner interviews The What & The Why's Nick Hanna. #auspol Here's the link: youtube.com/@thesundayshot
January 31, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Here’s a podcast that does a good job of laying out what’s at stake, and why all of us need to get off the sidelines to demand change.
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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glmiller.bsky.social
🤔 would dumping the duopoly help 'decoupling'?
@emmashortis.bsky.social @grogsgamut.bsky.social
President Trump’s “reactive instability” has some countries looking to “decouple” from the US, however Dr Shortis doesn’t foresee Australia being one of them.
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How Australia can chart its own course in an uncertain world
International relations experts are calling on more world leaders to stop “sanewashing” what’s happening in the Trump era.
thepoint.com.au
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
Speaking on The Australia Institute’s Follow The Money podcast, Chief Economist Greg Jericho said when it comes to Donald Trump “you cannot overstate just how bad things have become.”

🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts
📖 Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/49XYkS5
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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sophiescamps.bsky.social
The Government’s invitation for President Herzog to visit must be rescinded - it will cause immense distress to many who have lost relatives in Gaza. This is a time to build social cohesion not blow it out of the water ! 💦
January 29, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Trump: i’m at war with minnesota like i was with venezuela bsky.app/profile/leba...
lebassett.bsky.social Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 2d
This is so unhinged
January 29, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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lebassett.bsky.social
This is so unhinged
"He told me that he doesn't understand what's wrong with Minnesota. 'I don't know what's wrong with you people,'" Walz said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with MS NOW senior national and political correspondent Jacob Soboroff. "I said, 'Nothing's wrong, Mr. President. We're one of the most effective states and one of the best places to live? "And he told me, 'Well, look, Tim, we did this in New Orleans, we did it in Louisville, there's no problems? And I said, 'You didn't kill anybody in Louisville or New Orleans. And the operation here looks very different from that.? "And then he told me it was successful in Venezuela," Walz said.
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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australiainstitute.org.au
“ANZUS is all about the security of the state. It is totally uninterested in the security or the welfare of the people,” writes @emmashortis.bsky.social, International & Security Affairs Director at The Australia Institute.

Read Dr Emma Shortis’s full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/49MlI4H
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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whstancil.bsky.social
These are the Haitians attacked by Vance in 2024 at the urging of Canadian neo-Nazi Geoff Martin, aka "Captive Dreamer," who he appears to follow closely.

They're currently here legally. The admin is abruptly making them illegal, then removing them in a 1940s-style militarized cleansing campaign.
January 28, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.

Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.

Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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australiainstitute.org.au
The Australian government can’t keep its head in the sand & hope the chaos of the Trump administration will just go away.

@emmashortis.bsky.social, @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @glennconnley.bsky.social discuss how Australia can navigate what Canada's PM calls the Trump “rupture”.

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Photo of Donald Trump speaking at a lectern the World Economic Forum NEW EPISODE | How Australia can chart its own course in an uncertain world Listen to Follow the Money now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts
January 28, 2026 at 11:49 PM
emmashortis.bsky.social
For @thepointau.bsky.social, I wrote about how firefighting cooperation between Victoria and the US (happening right now!) is a real, actual example of how our relationship with America *can* make us all safer. But it doesn’t count cus *sEcURity*

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International cooperation on firefighting shows the best of the Australia-US alliance
ANZUS is focused on the security of the state, but it can and should be about the welfare of the people.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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parkermolloy.com
This comment Trump made last night about "decimating" groups he believes are harmful sure is... something.

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Speaking in Iowa, President Trump made remarks about immigration and the crackdown in Minnesota and struck a dark tone. He raised the specter of immigrants who may “blow up our shopping centers, blow up our farms, kill people.” He falsely portrayed the majority of those detained by ICE in Minnesota and elsewhere as hardened criminals, asserting that once those people were removed, crime would be nearly eliminated. “It’s a very simple business,” Trump said. “Two percent of the population causes 90 percent of the crime. So when you start decimating that 2 percent, boom.”
January 28, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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ruthdeyermond.bsky.social
"For more than 80 years, the US was the pre-eminent ally of Europe. The end of that alliance has seemed unthinkable, but it has nevertheless arrived, and wishing that things were different will not bring the alliance back to life." I wrote for @cepa.org on a post-US West. cepa.org/article/a-we...
A West Without America
The world is becoming a more troubled and dangerous place. Europe’s rift with the US must produce a new security deal for the West.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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amandacarpenter.bsky.social
This is accurate. Trump has not changed course. He is trying to contain political damage. That's it. There is not pivot. There is no shift at this point. Past experience shows the "new tone," if you can call it that, will be temporary.

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January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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fbermingham.bsky.social
One for European leaders and politicians to note: 52% of those polled said the "ability to oppose Donald Trump's interference will be a determining factor" in their next elections.

This figure is, unsurprisingly, highest in Denmark.
January 28, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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Greenland episode has seriously US image in Europe

Just 18% of EU citizens polled think Europe should align with the US in great power rivalry with China. 52% now want it keep the same distance between the 2

64% said US foreign policy is defined by "colonisation & predation"

January 28, 2026 at 7:04 AM
emmashortis.bsky.social
Trump’s attention may have drifted from Greenland, but the consequences of his catastrophic breach of trust remain.
australiainstitute.org.au The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 5d
"We've seen the United States forfeit the trust of its allies.

"That's serious because it forfeits the alliances as well."

Allan Behm & @emmashortis.bsky.social on Greenland, the future of NATO & why trust is essential in an alliance.

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January 28, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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australiainstitute.org.au
“The AUKUS agreement is so absurd that it seems laughable one Australian government would sign up to it, but for two governments to be so reckless, strains credulity beyond breaking point. And yet here we are.” - Greg Jericho

Read Greg Jericho’s full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4qOAIFp
January 28, 2026 at 1:40 AM