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Back to SearchEp. 129: Unsafe and provocative actions by the Chinese military
Episode 129
Zack Cooper of the American Enterprise Institute joins Darren to discuss the troubling trend of PRC military actions that are endangering Australian …
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 128: Sols vote; nests of spies? growing AUKUS? Palestinian statehood?
Episode 128
Stephen Dziedzic of the ABC once again joins Darren to discuss a busy month of news, starting with the recent election in Solomon Islands, then a bom…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 127: A China-led international order?
Episode 127
In the third episode of a mini-series on international order, Darren is joined by Amy King, an Associate Professor at the Australian National Univers…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 126: The international economic order—Past, present, and future
Episode 126
In the second episode in a mini-series on international order, Darren is joined by Dr. Jenny Gordon to discuss the international economic order. Over…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 125: Wang Yi visits Australia
Episode 125
China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, visited Australia this week. The visit attracted a great deal of scrutiny, not just for the long list of issues in…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 124: Ukraine, Gaza, and international order
Episode 124
This episode is the first of a series of at least three that are linked by the theme of international order. Last year US Secretary of State Blinken …
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 123: ASEAN in Melbourne
Episode 123
A frenetic period of Australian diplomacy has wrapped up, after Australia hosted the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, which commemorated …
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 122: Indonesia, before and after the election
Episode 122
Indonesians have voted for their next president, and while the results have not been finalised, Prabowo Subianto looks very likely to replace the inc…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 120: Where to from ”stabilisation” in Australia-China relations?
Episode 120
PM Albanese’s visit to Beijing has ended. Are Australia-China relations “stabilised”? And if so, what’s next? To discuss these big questions Darren i…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 121: Reviewing 2023; speculating about 2024
Episode 121
Continuing a tradition of podcast, for the first episode back from a long summer break Darren is joined by good friend of the podcast Richard Maude t…
2 years, 6 months ago