Executive Director
Tom Switzer is the Executive Director at the Centre for Independent Studies. He is also a contributor to The Australian, the Australian Financial Review and Sky News Australia
From 2014 to 2023, he presented Between the Lines on the ABC’s Radio National. He is also a former senior fellow at the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre (2009-17), Australian editor of The Spectator in the UK (2009-14), opinion editor of The Australian (2001-08), editorial writer at the Australian Financial Review (1998-01) and assistant editor at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC (1995-98). He graduated in modern history (hons) and international relations (masters) at the University of Sydney.
He has been published in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, The Spectator, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, Far Eastern Economic Review and The American Conservative. He has also appeared on CNN, BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, SBS, Seven, Nine, Ten and ABC radio and television.
Tom Switzer