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Back to SearchEp. 189: Contesting Australian grand strategy (and doing your homework)
Episode 189
This episode Darren goes full academic, using Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s recent Allan Gyngell Lecture as the starting point for a broader discussi…
17 hours ago
Ep 188: Missiles, Pacific integration and managed competition
Episode 188
Stephen Dziedzic of the ABC returns to catch up on a remarkable month in Australian foreign policy.
The conversation begins with China’s submarine-la…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Ep 187: No deal (on Hormuz)
Episode 187
Darren is back at the mic after a month away and, again, back on the Iran/Hormuz story. The deal he spent an hour analysing in June is dead inside th…
1 month ago
Ep 186: Deal or no deal on Hormuz?
Episode 186
Darren is back to do (yet another) solo episode on Iran. This week, the United States and Iran did a deal, Trump put pen to a physical copy at Versai…
2 months ago
Ep. 185: Shangri-La and other (non-Iran) news
Episode 185
Stephen Dziedzic of the ABC joins Darren to catch up on something besides Iran and the (still-closed) Strait of Hormuz. The conversation begins with …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 184: Learning lessons on Iran
Episode 184
Eleven weeks into the U.S.-Iran war, the news cycle is relentless, but the strategic position has barely moved. Darren looks to step back from the we…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 183: Hormuz—the new nuclear
Episode 183
Eight weeks into the US-Israeli war against Iran, the ceasefire is about to expire and the second round of negotiations is supposed to be happening t…
4 months ago
Ep. 182: Another wild 48 hours on Iran, plus the Australian lens
Episode 182
In the second episode of the week recorded just 48 hours after the last one (around 12pm on Wed 1 April), Darren is joined once again by Stephen Dzie…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 181: An even more dangerous phase looms in Iran
Episode 181
Now in its fifth week, the Iran war may be about to enter its most dangerous phase. In a shorter update this episode, Darren assesses what he sees as…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep. 180: How will the Iran conflict end?
Episode 180
Three weeks into the US-Israeli war on Iran, Darren looks to international relations theory — particularly the bargaining and war termination framewo…
5 months ago