Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Gregory Brown
After the midterms, the Indo-Pacific awaits one of four different Washingtons
The result of this week’s US midterm elections does not tell Australia what Washington will do in the Indo-Pacific, but it does reveal two uncertain factors that will decide it. The two unknowns are whether a lame-duck president chases a deal with Beijing or chooses an economic and diplomatic fight with it, and whether the Democratic Party’s hawks or restrainers win the caucus fight over confronting China and paying for Indo-Pacific security.
Editors’ picks for 2025: 'Elbridge Colby’s vision: blocking China'
Originally published on 20 March 2025. Elbridge Colby’s senate confirmation hearing in early March holds more important implications for US partners than most observers in Canberra, Wellington or Suva realise. As President Donald Trump’s nominee for under secretary of defence for policy—the Pentagon’s chief strategist—Colby gave testimony that is a window into the administration’s approach to China and what that means for allies and partners across Oceania.
Replacing Standards with Sympathy — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
Higher education once stood for rigor, accountability, and personal responsibility. But grade inflation and diluted curricula have already eroded the pretense of academic excellence. Now, a new initiative at the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK), titled the “Ecological Validation Model for Student Success,” threatens to finish the job. Disguised as inclusion, the model abandons rigor, absolves certain students of responsibility, and replaces objective standards with politicized discretion.
Nebraska Should Follow Through — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
[Editor’s note: The following article continues the Martin Center’s series on the status of higher-ed reform in states of interest to our readers. Please read our reports on Tennessee, Florida, Arizona, West Virginia, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Georgia.] In August 2017, a professor and a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln protested students who were recruiting for the conservative student organization Turning Point USA.
Elbridge Colby’s vision: blocking China
Elbridge Colby’s senate confirmation hearing in early March holds more important implications for US partners than most observers in Canberra, Wellington or Suva realise. As President Donald Trump’s nominee for under secretary of defence for policy—the Pentagon’s chief strategist—Colby gave testimony that is a window into the administration’s approach to China and what that means for allies and partners across Oceania.
One people, one realm, one leader - Openforum
In what might have been the longest presidential address to Congress in American history—an hour and forty minutes without intermission—President Donald Trump delivered a performance on Tuesday night that was simultaneously grandiose, confrontational, optimistic and revealing of the direction in which he intended to take his administration and his country. It also received high marks from nearly seven in 10 Americans who watched it.
Trump’s speech to Congress: America First in trade and alliances
In what might have been the longest presidential address to Congress in American history—an hour and forty minutes without intermission—President Donald Trump delivered a performance on Tuesday night that was simultaneously grandiose, confrontational, optimistic and revealing of the direction in which he intended to take his administration and his country. It also received high marks from nearly seven in 10 Americans who watched it.
Defeating the dictators - Openforum
On time for the Year of Elections, a deftly crafted book, Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman, by Charles Dunst, tackles how liberal democracies can develop resilience in the face of autocratic attractiveness. Dunst is the foreign policy adviser to US Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat from Colorado. I recently spoke with Dunst in Washington, DC, about his prescriptions based on the idea that success begins at home.
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Gregory
Contact Gregory, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack