Greg Sheridan is foreign editor of The Australian, one of Australia's few national newspapers. The Australian is the flagship Australian paper of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation empire. Sheridan is also a columnist at that newpaper. Writing on and from the Asian region since the 1980s, Sheridan is considered an expert on Asian politics, and has written four books on the topic, plus a book on Australia-U.S. relationships. He is considered to be conservative, although with no declared political allegiance. Sheridan has been a staunch supporter of closer ties between Australia and its Southeast Asian neighbours. He was a vocal critic of Prime Minister John Howard's intervention in East Timor in 1999 and during 2006 called for the removal of Mari Alkatiri as Prime Minister of that country. Sheridan is also a supporter of the Australian government's anti-terror legislation and argues the deportation from Australia of American leftist activist Scott Parkin was well founded. He has also argued in support of the notion that George W. Bush will be judged one of the great presidents of the United States.[1]
Bibliography
- (editor and co-author) Living with Dragons: Australia Confronts Its Asian Destiny (Allen & Unwin, 1995; ISBN 1-86373-880-0)
- Tigers: Leaders of the New Asia-Pacific (Allen & Unwin, 1997; ISBN 1-86448-153-6)
- Asian Values, Western Dreams: Understanding the New Asia (Allen & Unwin, 1999; ISBN 1-86448-496-9)
- Cities of the Hot Zone: A Southeast Asian Adventure (Allen & Unwin, 2003; ISBN 1-74114-224-5)
- The Partnership: The Inside Story of the US-Australian Alliance Under Howard and Bush (UNSW Press, 2006; ISBN 0-86840-922-7)
References
- Greg Sheridan, "A great president for these terrible times", The Australian, 14 September 2006
- Greg Sheridan, "New hope for WMD evidence", The Australian, 12 July 2003
- Greg Sheridan and John Kerin, "Deported activist was to teach tactics of violence", The Australian, 22 September 2005
External links
- About Greg Sheridan on The Australian website
- Archive of Sheridan's articles from 29 August 2006 onwards, with reader comments
- Sourcewatch article on Greg Sheridan
- Sheridan interviews United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, 15 March 2006
