Michael Fullilove - Handicapping a McCain / Obama Election May 2, 2008

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/16/Michael_Fullilove-The_US_Presidential_Race_and_Australia

The Lowy Institute's Michael Fullilove handicaps a McCain / Obama matchup in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election.

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Dr. Michael Fullilove discusses the contest for the United States presidency and outlines the implications for Australia.

Dr. Michael Fullilove, Program Director for Global Issues at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, has worked as a lawyer, a volunteer in the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, and an adviser to Prime Minister Paul Keating. He was a consultant to Frank Lowy AC on the establishment of the Lowy Institute.

Michael graduated in international relations and law from the Universities of Sydney and New South Wales, with dual university medals. He also studied as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where he took a master's degree in international relations and wrote his doctorate on Franklin D. Roosevelt's foreign policy. His dissertation was awarded the annual prize for the best international history thesis in Britain.

Michael has published more than fifty articles in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, The Times Literary Supplement, The International Herald Tribune, The Financial Times, The National Interest and Foreign Affairs. He has been quoted in publications such as The Yomiuri Shimbun, The South China Morning Post, The Wall Street Journal and The Economist, and he is a regular commentator for the ABC and CNN. Michael's first book, 'Men and Women of Australia!' Our Greatest Modern Speeches, was published by Vintage in 2005.