Connor O’Brien
Biography
Publications
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](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-11/Myanmar%20post%20cyclone%20comp.jpg?itok=B28VtXpG)
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](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-09/GettyImages-1250785586.jpg?itok=eB9Twd6U)
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](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-08/GettyImages-1496111320.jpg?itok=JvJdTlb1)
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?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-06/Solar%20panels%20US%20comp.jpg?itok=XS_JWHg7)
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?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-05/GettyImages-200570351-001.jpg?itok=_8Gkduyb)
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.