Donald Trumps foreign policy is performance art. With Kori Schake @ASPICanberra
Donald Trumps foreign policy is performance art. With Kori Schake  @ASPICanberra
Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This week ASPI was delighted to host Dr Kori Schake in Canberra for our 2025 Defence Conference ‘Preparedness and Resilience’.

Kori is a senior fellow and director of foreign and defence policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. She’s held roles in the State Department, the Pentagon and the National Security Council, served as an adviser to the legendary Senator John McCain and written five books with another on the way.

While she was in town, David Wroe sat down with her on the sidelines of the conference to discuss Trump’s foreign policy and whether US relations with the rest of the world will be permanently restructured.

They also discuss the export of MAGA ideology, Pete Hegseth’s speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue, US-China relations and the US-Australia alliance.
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Donald Trump's foreign policy is performance art. With Kori Schake

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