Polis seminar: The End of ‘American Exceptionalism’ and the 2020 election – A/Prof Brendon O’Connor (University of Sydney)
Polis seminar: The End of ‘American Exceptionalism’ and the 2020 election – A/Prof Brendon O’Connor (University of Sydney)
Event Date & Times:
Friday, 29 May 2020 2:00 pm - 3:30 pmCLICK HERE TO WATCH A RECORDING OF THE SEMINAR.
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Until quite recently, most American politicians have continued to insist that their nation was still “exceptional” and the “leader of the free world”. The election of Donald Trump in 2016 and his presidency have punctured claims of “American exceptionalism”, possibly permanently. Joe Biden has talked about restoring America’s place in the world, just as Barack Obama did in 2008. International observers would prefer a Biden victory, in order to avoid another four years of Trump’s adverse impact on the world. This talk will examine what is at stake in the election, including the surreal prospect that Americans will re-elect Trump.
Speaker bio
Brendon O’Connor is jointly appointed between the US Studies Centre and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney as an Associate Professor in American Politics. He was a Fulbright Fellow at Georgetown University in 2006, a Visiting Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC in 2008 and 2015, and life member of Clare Hall at University of Cambridge.