Explainer: foreign relations and the US elections

Published: September 10, 2012 3.16am EDT

Brendon O'Connor, University of Sydney

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Brendon O'Connor
Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney

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US President Barack Obama with Prime Minister Julia Gillard on his first trip to Australia in November last year. AAP/Alan Porritt

Brendan O'Connor from the University of Sydney discusses the foreign policy implications for Australia, Iran and China ahead of the US presidential elections, produced in collaboration with SBS Online.

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