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Professor Timothy Lynch is Professor of American Politics and co-chair of the political science discipline in the School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, at the University of Melbourne. He holds a PhD in political science from Boston College, Massachusetts. Twice a Fulbright Scholar, including from 1995 to 2000 and as a Fulbright Senior Scholar in 2022-23, Lynch specializes in American politics and foreign policy. His career at the University of Melbourne includes leadership roles in the political science discipline, contributing to teaching and research in American political processes and international relations.

Lynch has authored and co-authored several influential books and articles. Key publications include In the Shadow of the Cold War: American Foreign Policy from George Bush Sr. to Donald Trump (Cambridge University Press, 2019), which analyzes continuities in US foreign policy across administrations; Turf War: The Clinton Administration and Northern Ireland (Routledge, 2004), drawing on interviews with principal actors to explore US policy innovation; and After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foreign Policy (co-authored with Robert S. Singh, Cambridge University Press, 2008). Other significant works are US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion: From Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama (Routledge, 2013), "Kristol Balls: Neoconservative Visions of Islam and the Middle East" (International Politics, 2008), "The Gerry Adams Visa in Anglo-American Relations" (Irish Studies in International Affairs, 2018), and contributions to the Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History (Oxford University Press, 2013). His scholarship has received over 500 citations on Google Scholar. Lynch frequently contributes to public discourse, authoring articles for Pursuit such as "8 reasons not to be afraid of President Trump 2.0" (2024), "Why Donald Trump could win the US election" (2024), and pieces on US elections, Afghanistan withdrawal, and Republican politics. He participates in debates and events on American politics, Trumpism, and Indo-Pacific security prospects.