Dougal Robinson is a Research Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. His primary focus is the relationship between the Trump Administration and Congress and its implications for Australia.

Dougal was previously at DFAT, where he worked on Australia’s bilateral relationship with both the United States and China. Prior to joining DFAT, he was a tutor in US politics and foreign policy at the University of Sydney, an intern and project research assistant in the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute, and completed a non-partisan placement on the foreign policy staff of Senator Marco Rubio as an AAA-ANU Congressional Research Fellow.

Dougal holds a First Class Honours degree in Government and International Relations from the University of Sydney.