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Refreshingly, Biden’s Middle East diplomacy looks strategic

3 March 2021 Mike Scrafton Global

President Trump left the Middle East in a parlous state. President Biden’s first steps in the region look more promising. The shift in America’s policy in the region, while subtle, is clear; and the messages it is sending will be received in Tel Aviv, Tehran, and Riyadh.

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Pseudo-science, race and the US National Security Strategy 2025

19 December 2025

Threads of former dark episodes in America’s past are woven through its 2025 National Security Strategy. Unmistakable echoes of anti-democratic elitism, race theories, and eugenics. America’s allies should be alarmed at the vision promised to be imposed by strength and direct interference.

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A requiem for the Indo-Pacific Strategy: Trump’s Arctic pivot

13 March 2025

Don’t expect to hear Trump going on about the Indo-Pacific. His designs on Canada and Greenland signal a shift in prime strategic focus to access to mineral and other resources in the Arctic. And with it a willingness to collude with strong players to divide up the resources.

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Three compelling reasons to exit ANZUS

15 May 2024

How long can Australian politicians continue with the pretence that the American alliance aligns with the nation’s interests? Trump or Biden? It doesn’t really matter except for determining the path of America’s decline into illiberalism. ANZUS must be exited, but the impetus will have to come from voters.

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About Mike Scrafton

Mike Scrafton is a regularly-published writer on Australian and international affairs. A former government senior executive, ministerial adviser and consultant, Mike now combines travelling, research and writing – with a particular focus on current issues in defence and strategic policy, and responses to climate change. Read more about Mike here.

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Mike is an independent writer and derives no income from his writing. He has no current association with any commercial or profit-making organisation, and does not endorse the products or services of any business entity.

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