Connor O’Brien
Biography
Publications
Connor O’Brien is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, specialising in international political economy.
Middle powers can’t run the world
Mark Carney’s vision for a New World Order may be too good to be true.
Australia should stop pretending to be a military hegemon
With its defence spending akin to a rounding error in comparison to China and the US, Australia must find other ways to exert power.
Private finance cannot lead the global response to climate change
Misplaced faith in private sector solutions delays the redistribution of trillions from developed countries and multilateral institutions.
Critical minerals, critical choices: Australia’s role in shaping the green revolution
“Resource nationalism” only poses a threat to mining policy if the government pretends it’s not happening.
The climate crisis demands sovereign debt justice
Why should low-income countries pay the price for climate change?
Is US industrial policy headed in the wrong direction?
Washington’s geopolitical strategy threatens to entrench economic hierarchies and undermine the global green transition.
Where has Australia’s foreign policy ambition gone?
Labor has adopted a status quo attitude to the world, lacking a vision for reshaping global affairs.
