Emma Shortis
@emmashortis.bsky.social
Director, International and Security Affairs at @australiainstitute.org.au. All things Australian foreign policy and US history & politics.
October 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
None of these people understand the Trump administration.
August 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
None of these people understand the Trump administration.
Over at the Victorian Labor State Conference, this and an urgency resolution calling for an inquiry into Aukus just passed overwhelmingly. Seems like it could be a big deal.
August 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Over at the Victorian Labor State Conference, this and an urgency resolution calling for an inquiry into Aukus just passed overwhelmingly. Seems like it could be a big deal.
That’s it, I’m done. Cooked.
June 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
That’s it, I’m done. Cooked.
Who could have predicted this
June 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Who could have predicted this
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 @australiainstitute.org.au found 56% of Australians support such a move.
June 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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 @australiainstitute.org.au found 56% of Australians support such a move.
This is not the kind of football game I needed tbh
June 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
This is not the kind of football game I needed tbh
Even just a few months ago, it would have been almost unthinkable that I would be able to say, on channel NINE of all places, that Australia can no longer rely on the United States. Nothing is inevitable. Change is *always* possible.
May 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Even just a few months ago, it would have been almost unthinkable that I would be able to say, on channel NINE of all places, that Australia can no longer rely on the United States. Nothing is inevitable. Change is *always* possible.
I’ll be on the ABC Radio National Hour with Fran Kelly tonight, talking about my new little book. Airs from 6pm. You can order it here: australiainstitute.org.au/store/After-...
May 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I’ll be on the ABC Radio National Hour with Fran Kelly tonight, talking about my new little book. Airs from 6pm. You can order it here: australiainstitute.org.au/store/After-...
Aside from everything else (and there’s a lot else) it’s all just so embarrassing
February 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Aside from everything else (and there’s a lot else) it’s all just so embarrassing
February 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Australian journalists Google the history of the United States in Latin America challenge. Western media really out here acting as if the US overthrowing and attempting to murder Latin American leaders is not literally a thing that has happened, like, heaps
January 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Australian journalists Google the history of the United States in Latin America challenge. Western media really out here acting as if the US overthrowing and attempting to murder Latin American leaders is not literally a thing that has happened, like, heaps
Today in unsolicited PR emails
November 12, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Today in unsolicited PR emails
Starting the long trek home. I’ll be writing about it all, obviously, and the pod continues. If you’d like to stay up to date, you can subscribe to @theausinstitute.bsky.social nb.australiainstitute.org.au/subscribe
November 10, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Starting the long trek home. I’ll be writing about it all, obviously, and the pod continues. If you’d like to stay up to date, you can subscribe to @theausinstitute.bsky.social nb.australiainstitute.org.au/subscribe
I have been bad at posting here but like anyone else am aiming to get better! Especially now that the brain genius is doing foreign policy. This is my last video update from the States (in two parts). I’m also posting on insta at @shortise. And as promised in the vid, will post links below.
November 9, 2024 at 12:52 AM
I have been bad at posting here but like anyone else am aiming to get better! Especially now that the brain genius is doing foreign policy. This is my last video update from the States (in two parts). I’m also posting on insta at @shortise. And as promised in the vid, will post links below.
DC bound! I’m super nervous about what’s to come. Predicting the result is basically impossible at this point. But one thing’s for sure - whatever happens, the divisions and instability in American politics aren’t going away. How we respond really matters.
October 31, 2024 at 12:22 AM
DC bound! I’m super nervous about what’s to come. Predicting the result is basically impossible at this point. But one thing’s for sure - whatever happens, the divisions and instability in American politics aren’t going away. How we respond really matters.
January 14, 2024 at 9:57 PM
For the Conversation, I wrote about those four percentage points and what they tell us about American democracy.
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theconversation.com/bidens-burde...
December 19, 2023 at 10:52 PM
For the Conversation, I wrote about those four percentage points and what they tell us about American democracy.
theconversation.com/bidens-burde...
theconversation.com/bidens-burde...
