Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, Academic Director of the US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Dr David Smith is jointly appointed between the United States Studies Centre and the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney. Smith has a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan. His book, Religious Persecution and Political Order in the United States, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2015.
Why Americans do political speeches so well (and debates so badly)
Aug 29, 2024 11:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The recent Democratic National Convention in Chicago was a showcase of impressive speeches. Presidential nominee Kamala Harris justified the newfound enthusiasm of Democrats with a strong acceptance speech, but even she...
Past shootings of US presidents led to new gun controls. This one probably won’t
Jul 17, 2024 08:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The shooting of former president Donald Trump and three attendees at his rally was just one of nearly 300 mass shootings in the US so far this year. Amid all the shocking news from that day, there was one depressingly...
The January 6 hearings have been spectacular TV, but will they have any consequences for Trump?
Aug 08, 2022 05:42 am UTC| Politics
There have now been nine televised hearings of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. The main purpose of these hearings has been to publicly present evidence of...
After Trump, what is the future of the Republican Party?
Feb 20, 2021 12:19 pm UTC| Politics
In the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, seven out of 50 Republican senators voted to convict the former president of inciting insurrection. This has raised more questions than it has answered about where the...
It's now Biden v Sanders as Super Tuesday narrows the field for the Democratic nomination
Mar 06, 2020 09:18 am UTC| Politics
Super Tuesday has continued Joe Bidens recovery from the brink of disaster. After a larger-than-expected win in South Carolina, Biden became the clear alternative to Bernie Sanders in the contest to be the Democratic...
Jan 29, 2020 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
While political parties in both Australia and Britain have recently moved towards leadership contests that give more say to ordinary party members, nothing matches the democratic scale of the American process to nominate...
America has never been truly isolationist, and Trump isn't either
Jan 29, 2017 23:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Donald Trump is often called an isolationist. Some commentators argue he has revived a dormant isolationist tradition that goes all the way back to the Revolution. His slogan America First, which featured prominently in...
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