Tickets are now on sale to see Professor Hugh White AO, in conversation about his new Quarterly Essay, Hard New World, Our Post-American Future, at the Maleny Community Centre on Thursday 19 June at 6pm.
Introducing author, Joanna Jenkins, will be speaking about her new novel, The Bluff.
Hugh White argues that, right now, we confront the world’s most dangerous crisis in generations. The old global order faces a direct challenge in at least three crucial regions: Eastern Europe, the Middle East and East Asia.
And then there’s Donald Trump, under whose leadership America’s retreat from coherence has been both swift and dramatic.
For Outspoken, White will be discussing the present geo-political trends, considering ways in which Australia might respond.
White examines the dynamics of the US–China rivalry, and the new regional order which is emerging. He addresses the strategic issues driving the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, and where they might lead.
He lays out in stark terms the hard choices ahead and explains how we can make our way in the world as it is, not how we might wish it to be.
White is a former Deputy Secretary for Strategy in the Department of Defence, and was the founding Director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. He is now Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra and is widely regarded as Australia’s pre-eminent commentator on matters of defence. In his recent publications (Sleepwalk to War: Australia’s Unthinking Alliance with America, and his book, How to Defend Australia) he has been highly critical of our country’s involvement in AUKUS.
Joanna’s first novel, How To Kill A Client, became a runaway best-seller. Joanna has proved herself a natural at writing witty, clever, intelligent crime.
Tickets: $27.50 and $18 for students. Visit www.outspokenmaleny.com or www.trybooking.com/DAVHS
