Podcast Episodes

The uphill battle for Australian defence innovation

Episode 68

A critical component and potential vulnerability of AUKUS is Australia’s manufacturing capability. And even beyond AUKUS, the 2023 Defence Strategic Review cited the need for a whole-of-nation uplift…

Published on 8 months ago

Former USAID official on the DOGE cuts and pathway forward

Episode 67

Since President Trump took office for a second time on 20 January 2025, he has driven an unprecedented level of sweeping governmental change. One of the first and most drastic changes was to the US A…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

The lasting impacts of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars on the US military

Episode 66

Dr Mara Karlin joined us on the USSC Briefing Rood podcast to talk about her book The Inheritance: America’s Military After Two Decades of War. 

What impact did the extended wars in Iraq and Afghanis…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Three years of war in Ukraine

Episode 65

Three years ago, Russian troops invaded Ukraine with air strikes and a ground invasion from the North towards Kyiv, the South from Crimea and the East from the Donbas. Many expected Ukraine to have t…

Published on 9 months ago

What Trump’s second term means for Australia, interview with Bruce Wolpe

Episode 64

Around the time of President Trump’s first indictment, USSC Non-Resident Senior Fellow Bruce Wolpe released his latest book, Trump’s Australia: How Trumpism changed Australia and the shocking consequ…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s foreign policy agenda, like it or not

Episode 63

As President Trump commences his second term in office, he faces a far more contested geopolitical environment than during his first term. From an unresolved war in Ukraine to the war in Gaza, many i…

Published on 10 months ago

The power of Australia-India port development

Episode 62

India has accelerated port infrastructure projects to counter China’s Belt and Road initiative and enhanced connectivity and trade facilitation could boost GDP from 0.4% to 10.6% in South Asia. In an…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

The significance of the AUKUS tech transfer

Episode 61

When talking about AUKUS, a majority of Australians think it is a good idea for Australia to have nuclear-powered submarines, but much of the public debate is around the cost and whether it is worth …

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

What the new Congress means for the Indo-Pacific

Episode 60

Republicans have secured control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Congress authorises the budget, they have exclusive power to declare war and regulate foreign commerce and they a…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

DC insiders on Trump’s victory and next steps

Episode 59

After months of speculation and one of the most tumultuous campaigns in history, we now know that we will have a second Trump term, beginning on 20 January 2025.

How did what looked like a coin-toss e…

Published on 1 year ago