Gordon de Brouwer on Economics vs Security, Climate Change, And Effective Policymaking

In their first episode recorded in the new year, Allan and Darren begin with the news. First, they […]

The role of Police in United Nations (UN) peace operations has shifted such that the organisation is now more deeply involved in missions, evolving from “watchers” to “coaches” in undertaking reform and building up national law enforcement agencies and at times providing interim operational support.

Allan and Darren kick off this week’s episode by covering a bad week for the United States’ Indo-Pacific strategy at the ASEAN and East Asia Summit meetings in Bangkok.

The decision to impeach Trump is a decision made along party lines, though the advantages of following through with the impeachment are highly questionable.

Despite heavy criticism of Trump and the US for abandoning the Kurdish forces, there are some cautious positives to the situation in Syria.

On this week’s episode, Allan and Darren look to have a broader discussion about China, anchoring the conversation around Allan’s recent article in Australian Foreign Affairs, “History hasn’t ended: How to handle China”.

Ric Smith has masterfully woven archival material, memories of his own time as a foreign service officer, and conversations with other officers of the then Department of Foreign Affairs to recount the crisis in East Pakistan in 1971 and the difficult birth of Bangladesh.

Does Scott Morrison's Lowy Speech mark a clear step towards Trumpism?

Australia’s High Commissioners to Solomon Islands and Samoa discuss diplomacy in the Pacific

PM Morrison visits the Trump White House; prisoners in Iran; energy security; a visit by Fiji’s PM; climate change.