Turnbull's US Visit Should Prompt Us to Rethink Australia's Place in the World

Turnbull's US Visit Should Prompt Us to Rethink Australia's Place in the World

The Guardian (US), 2.21.18

Opinion-editorial by Peter Romaniuk, associate professor of political science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center, CUNY. Romaniuk writes: "First, are things in the US as bad as they seem? Dysfunction in Washington is the stuff of legend. The centrifugal forces that afflict the US predate Trump. Maybe, for all the tweets, this is just politics as usual. No. The current crisis is broader and deeper than those of the recent past, and nascent trends have accelerated in a dangerous and unpredictable fashion."