Salvatore Babones is a political sociologist at the University of Sydney and an adjunct scholar at the Centre for Independent Studies. He has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited 14 books and dozens of academic papers. He has written extensively for The National Interest, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and Forbes, among many other quality venues. He has lived in Australia since 2008 but he was born and will always be a proud citizen of the United States of America. In politics, he is a conservative, a liberal, and a progressive, finding much to value and respect in all three traditions.