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Back to SearchAUKUS Investigated 04: The 51st US state?
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has said of AUKUS that "we don't need to be a pair of shoes hanging out of America's backside". Is that a fair cha…
1 year, 6 months ago
AUKUS Investigated 03: The China question
In this episode Hamish and Geraldine examine the strategic thinking behind AUKUS. If China has undertaken the most rapid military expansion of any co…
1 year, 6 months ago
AUKUS Investigated 02: Bang for buck?
The plan for us to acquire nuclear submarines has been dubbed the 'Optimal Pathway', but achieving it will be no mean feat. In this episode we explor…
1 year, 6 months ago
AUKUS Investigated 01: That Fella Down Under
In a special mini-series, Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald get the answers to all your burning questions about AUKUS.
In this first episode, we …
1 year, 6 months ago
2024: A Year of Living Dangerously
2024 has been an extraordinary year in terms of global affairs. And as we try to wind down, events internationally have been ramping up.
Global Roamin…
1 year, 6 months ago
🚨🚨🚨 The road from Damascus: What next for Syria?
A short bonus episode where Geraldine and Hamish discuss the shock fall of Damascus, and the rest of Syria, to opposition group Hayat Tahir al-Sham. …
1 year, 6 months ago
Why Finland works so well
When Hamish visited Finland he met up with Finland's Minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz - although unfortunately not in a sauna.
But they do dis…
1 year, 6 months ago
Germany's trains are running late. Here's why it really matters
Why is Germany in a bit of a funk? How did the superstar of Europe go so far off the rails - even the German trains aren't running on time.
Germany is…
1 year, 7 months ago
Maori vs The King: Who owns NZ?
Last week New Zealand parliament went viral when MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke performed a haka and tore up a controversial bill. And this week tens o…
1 year, 7 months ago
Is China winning and Trump losing on climate?
Much has been going on around the world this year so climate and environment have taken a back seat. Now with the US electing a president who calls c…
1 year, 7 months ago