Stu Rollo

If you'd like to preorder a copy of my new book Terminus: Westward Expansion, China, and the End of American Empire, Johns Hopkins is doing a 40% discount for the next week or so, also includes free shipping from the states. Use code H4JUL23 at checkout press.jhu.edu/books/title/53…

An interview with Joe O'Brien at ABC News where we discuss Trump's plans to take Greenland and its place in American geostrategy youtube.com/watch?v=c7ZTnx…

My piece in today's Financial Review on Venezuela and America's shifting grand strategy: Archived: archive.md/1a7bn afr.com/policy/foreign…

@Yuan_Frank0 Will read with great interest

My (long) research paper on the South China Sea disputes, examining its history, the detail of PRC's claims, PRC's military and economic interests there, and recent diplomacy between PRC and its neighbours. It comes in English and Chinese versions. australiainstitute.org.au/report/how-chi…

To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.

Stoked to have been invited for a feature interview in today's Good Weekend archive.md/qtLdu

A piece I wrote in today's @smh, ties together American intervention in the Middle East in support of Israel and the perils of Australia's reliance on the 'Pivot to Asia'. smh.com.au/world/asia/aus…

@SamRoggeveen Neoliberalism repackaged as undercooked technocratic utopianism. 'Support founders', 'tax reform', 'hyper-growth cities' 🥱 Sounds like Neom...

Not gonna endorse very recommendation here, but I applaud the sentiment. Yes please for a more ambitious Australia. kvetch.au/p/ambitious-au…

A piece I wrote on the major changes to world order and the need for a profound shift in Australian foreign policy thinking Unpaywalled: archive.md/qePTh smh.com.au/politics/feder…

@SamRoggeveen @DSORennie With this achieved it is even better for US to now have Europe own the war, and its costs and failures, and be able to come in and make economic and strategic 'deals' with the various players involved that benefit itself

@SamRoggeveen @DSORennie The grand strategic goal of the US in Ukraine was to cut the further development of highly complementary economic linkages that combined the massive markets on each side of the Eurasian landmass and Russian energy and mineral resources (Belt and Road). This has now been achieved.

Steel-man exercise: what's the best realist case for Trump's Ukraine policy? Is it the 'reverse Kissinger' theory (debunked by @DSORennie)? Is it that this is all a bluff to get the most favourable mineral deal from Ukraine and more defence spending by Europe?

@Dr_Tad Not really, Europe gets benefits from being subordinated into the US system sure, but also costs, cut off from cheap Russian energy that subsidises their industrial base, unable to compete with highly subsidised America tech, barred from Chinese tech for 'security' reasons etc

This whole thing about a US-Europe "divorce" is so silly. A better analogy would be of parents finally forcing their 45-year-old, highly paid son to move out of the basement & stop freeloading, while still being there to help him once he's out because he has limited life skills.

An unexpected honour to have my work appreciated and critiqued by Professor Warren Cohen, a true titan of American diplomatic history. pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/book-reviews/t…

A piece I wrote for @smh on the strategic and economic implications of Trump's push to annex Greenland: smh.com.au/world/north-am…

@L0m3z Extremely narrow and unsophisticated understanding of empire. An empire at its height does not get everything it wants directly through the exercise of raw power. Sticks yes, but often carrots, institutions, rule and norm setting etc. Reliance on brute force is a sign of decline.

We had this debate after the Cold War and made the explicit choice NOT to be an imperial power. Instead we decided to operate as a "commercial republic." Our unipolar power was understood to be something of an accident of history, and our custodial responsibilities to the international system a duty handed to us by the rest of the world, rather than imposed by force. Maybe we *should* be an imperial power. We can have that conversation. But imperial powers don't trade for resources; they simply take them. When Trump said "we should've taken the oil," this is what he meant. If the rest of the world wants to be subjected to that arrangement, beholden to our sovereignty––and not as a matter of soft power, but explicitly––well, then, let's have that debate. Maybe there is wisdom in becoming a global empire in the proper sense. Maybe even a necessity. The "commercial republic" model has always seemed to me untenable and dishonest to our true geopolitical ambitions. But again, we are not that, and we do not owe the world and its population the reciprocal benefits of that until we are.

📚 Book of the Week 📚 In his debut book, @Sturollo offers a new historical interpretation of America’s involvement in the Asia-Pacific region. 📝Read our review of ‘Terminus’ here: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it

Great to see a review of @JHUPress' TERMINUS: WESTWARD EXPANSION, CHINA, AND THE END OF AMERICAN EMPIRE by @Sturollo in the journal International Affairs @IAJournal_CH. The book is available to buy in Europe @WileyGlobal or your regular bookshop!

A review of my book Terminus: westward expansion, China, and the end of American empire. In this month's edition of @IAJournal_CH academic.oup.com/ia/article-abs…

A deeply thought provoking piece by @eda__gunaydin that ties historical anti-war cultural and protest movements with the ongoing crimes against humanity being perpetrated by Israel in Gaza. Expansive and personal, with deftly selected poetry throughout. sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/the-red…

A piece I wrote for @SydReviewBooks on Australian foreign policy between the United States and China. Looking at two important recent works on the topic from @SamRoggeveen and Clinton Fernandes. sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/identi…