On Monday 18 November 2024 we hosted Australian scholars at the Lowy Institute to assess the aftermath of the tense, high-stakes US election. Our panellists will discuss the outcome of the poll, any disputes in the wake of it, and the implications for Australia and the region, including trade, national security, and China and Asia policy.

Richard McGregor led the conversation with the Australian Financial Review’s International Editor James Curran, and visiting scholars Charles Edel and Kathryn Paik from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC.

Charles Edel is a senior adviser and the inaugural Australia Chair at CSIS. He previously taught at the University of Sydney, where he was also a senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre. Prior to that, Dr Edel was a professor of strategy and policy at the US Naval War College and served on the US secretary of state’s Policy Planning Staff from 2015 to 2017.

James Curran is the Australian Financial Review’s International Editor and professor of modern history at Sydney University. His most recent book is Australia’s China Odyssey: From Euphoria to Fear, published by NewSouth. A former analyst with the Office of National Assessments, Curran was a Fulbright Scholar at Georgetown University and in 2013 held the Chair of Australian History at University College Dublin. He was previously a nonresident fellow at the Lowy Institute.

Kathryn Paik is a senior fellow with the Australia Chair at CSIS. She served in the USMarine Corps for more than 23 years, most recently as the director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific on the National Security Council (2021–2023), where she spearheaded the creation of the first US Pacific Partnership Strategy and the initial US–Pacific Islands Forum Summit.

Richard McGregor is Senior Fellow for East Asia at the Lowy Institute. He is a former Beijing and Washington bureau chief for the Financial Times and the author of numerous books on East Asia. Tickets include refreshments
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