Connor O’Brien

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Connor O’Brien is a current MPhil and incoming PhD student at the University of Cambridge, specialising in international political economy and Indo-Pacific geopolitics.

Private finance cannot lead the global response to climate change
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
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
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?
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?
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.
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