Why the United States is NOT in decline– whoever wins the presidential election

Despite a turbulent election and deep polarisation, Prof Lynch will argue there are reasons to be confident about America's prospects. He will explore factors contributing to US strength, from its enduring Constitution, to the weakness of its competitors, like China.

Timothy Lynch is Professor of American Politics at the University of Melbourne. His latest book, In the Shadow of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump (Cambridge, 2020), has been called ‘a cogent, graceful, provocative account’ of its subject. In 2022-23, Tim was the Milward L. Simpson Visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Wyoming, in America’s “reddest” state. A popular media commentator, he is a regular contributor to The Australian newspaper.