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Silver Surfer, [Geoffrey] Garrett is a frequent commentator on all aspects of US politics, economics and foreign policy in Australian media, including The Australian, Australian Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Sky TV and ABC radio and television programs.

SS .. these posts are here to you to have them near the others i've given you on Libya ..

Among the most influential political scientists of his generation, Garrett is author of Partisan Politics in the Global Economy, editor of The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy, both published by Cambridge University Press, and over fifty articles in the world's leading social science journals.

Garrett has held academic appointments at Oxford, Stanford and Yale universities and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations as well as the Los Angeles-based Pacific Council on International Policy.

A dual citizen of Australia and the US, Garrett was born and raised in Canberra and holds a BA (Hons) from the Australian National University. He earned his MA and PhD at Duke University in North Carolina, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

* Read Professor Garrett's full CV .. http://ussc.edu.au/s/media/docs/bios/garrett_geoffrey.pdf .. http://ussc.edu.au/people/geoffrey-garrett

Interview with Geoffrey Garrett about Barack Obama's transition to power .. here as an introduction to the man ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru54Jjtxa64&feature=player_embedded

SilverSurfer .. now that you know the man is qualified to comment here, see my next reply to you, and compare it with the one you posted to me ..