Podcasts by Australia in the World

Where to from ”stabilisation” in Australia-China relations? from 2023-11-12T06:58:50

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 is joined by Ben Herscovitch, his colleague at...

Ep. 119: When domestic policy is foreign policy (and the PM’s travels) from 2023-10-30T08:59:57

The ABC’s Stephen Dziedzic joins once again this episode. PM Albanese is visiting China later this week, and Darren frames a new bargaining phase of the relationship, in which both sides (but es...

Ep. 118: A US perspective on Australia’s defence policy from 2023-10-15T18:57:13

Almost six months have passed since the release of the Defence Strategic Review (DSR), and this episode Darren is joined by Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, for a...

Ep. 117: Canada-India (emergency episode) from 2023-09-23T07:36:39

In an 'emergency' episode, Darren is joined by Ian Hall, a Professor at the Griffith Asia Institute, to discuss the truly explosive revelation made this week by PM Trudeau of Canada that Canadia...

Ep. 116: Australia’s international development policy from 2023-09-20T10:19:39

The Australian government has launched a new International Development Policy, and Darren is joined by Bridi Rice, CEO of the Development Intelligence Lab, for a discussion of all things develop...

Ep. 115: The domestic politics of AUKUS and Pacific security pacts from 2023-08-22T15:46:05

This episode Darren is thrilled to be joined (for the second time) by Stephen Dziedzic of the ABC, perhaps the finest foreign affairs reporter in Australia and a dear friend of the podcast. Whil...

Ep. 114: And we’re back. Australia-China; US-China from 2023-08-08T06:00

It’s time to resume, or start again. A lot has happened in the past four months, and Darren focuses on two big stories, or relationship trajectories: Australia-China, and US-China. Both might be...

Allan Gyngell and Australia in the world from 2023-05-06T22:44:26

Allan Gyngell passed away on 3 May 2023. Darren talks about the past few weeks, and reads a short piece he wrote for the AIIA about his friend, and the podcast they built together.

Releva...

Ep. 112: Cold War 2? from 2023-04-04T09:55:01

In the wake of Xi Jinping’s trip to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin, Allan and Darren ask – are we in a new Cold War? Is the concept a useful frame for understanding international affairs?

...

Ep. 111: AUKUS plans; India; red alerts from 2023-03-19T22:51:06

The members of AUKUS have laid out a more concrete plan for Australia to acquire a nuclear-powered submarine capability, and so Allan and Darren offer their views on progress to date, the merits...

Ep. 110: Ukraine, one year on from 2023-02-23T10:37:55

Marking one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Allan and Darren reflect on what they have learned, what surprised them, and how they each are thinking about the path ahead.

We thank...

Ep. 109: Balloons; FM’s UK speech; France 2+2; DM on sovereignty from 2023-02-11T17:17:33

The “Chinese spy balloon” has dominated news for the past few weeks and thus Allan and Darren feel compelled to open the episode with their views. FM Penny Wong’s speech in the UK sparked contro...

Ep. 108: PM in PNG; duelling ambassadors; reviewing 2022 from 2023-01-20T10:06:02

To kick off 2023, Allan and Darren continue their practice of asking how the events of previous year caused them to update their models of international affairs. But first they discuss PM Albane...

Ep. 107: Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watts from 2022-12-20T10:20:52

Allan and Darren welcome Tim Watts MP, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs.

This is a new role—what does it involve, and how does it contribute to the curren...

Ep. 106: FM’s DC speech; 2+2s ; a polycrisis? from 2022-12-15T10:34:48

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has delivered (yet) another speech, this time in Washington DC, and Darren thinks it’s a big deal. Is he overreacting? Meanwhile, Allan draws some interesting contras...

Ep. 105: G20/Xi bilaterals; FM/DM speeches; midterms from 2022-11-20T09:25:14

While the previous episode came after more than a month, this episode comes just a week later, with the G20 meetings setting the stage for a ground-breaking bilateral meeting between PM Albanese...

Ep. 104: 20th Party Congress; export controls; Australia-Japan from 2022-11-12T09:04:58

After a month away, Allan and Darren try to make sense of a big month of news. They start with the Chinese Community Party’s 20th Party Congress, where President Xi Jinping secured an unpreceden...

Ep. 103: Nuclear escalation; UNGA meetings; Track 1.5s from 2022-10-05T21:01:42

Ukraine has made significant battlefield gains in the past month, changing the dynamics of the Russian invasion, leading to a partial Russian troop mobilisation and threats by Vladimir Putin of ...

Ep. 102: A formal statement on China? Australia’s head of state from 2022-09-18T14:53:23

In this episode Darren picks up on a comment Allan has made several times on the podcast (including the previous episode) about the need for the Australian government to make a formal statement ...

Ep. 101: Taiwan from 2022-09-02T09:59:53

Taiwan represents possibly the most intractable issue in international affairs, but also one of the most important. Arguably, no theory or opinion on the biggest questions Australian foreign pol...

Ep. 100: Foreign Minister Penny Wong from 2022-08-17T08:04:06

For the 100th episode of Australia in the World, Allan and Darren welcome Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Penny Wong.

Allan begins by asking the Minister “why this job?”...

Ep. 99: Much travel&many speeches; PRC meeting; PIF; Lowy poll from 2022-07-18T11:58:04

Allan and Darren begin this episode by stepping back from a very busy first two months of foreign policy for the new government. If one were to build a model of the making of Australian foreign ...

Ep. 98: A (very) busy first few weeks from 2022-06-20T22:52:46

The new Labor government has begun its term with a whirlwind of activity for Australia in the World. Allan and Darren begin their analysis with the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, where Defenc...

Ep. 97: Incoming government brief, 2022 edition from 2022-05-28T10:28:52

With Australia's federal election results (mostly) known and a new Prime Minister and Foreign Minister sworn in, Allan and Darren examine the meaning of the election and what lies ahead for Aust...

Ep. 96: Campaign foreign policy lessons; AUKUS leaks? from 2022-05-18T17:05:52

With Australia’s federal election to be held this Saturday, Allan and Darren conduct a quick discussion of the role foreign policy has played over the past month during the campaign, and what we...

Ep. 95: Solomon Islands and China enter a security pact from 2022-04-25T08:43:04

Foreign policy has been thrust to the forefront of the Australian election campaign, with the announcement this week that Solomon Islands and China have officially signed a security agreement. A...

Ep. 94: Pre-election foreign policy speeches by Morrison and Albanese from 2022-03-24T22:50:58

Both Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese delivered pre-election foreign policy speeches this month, and this episode analyses them together.

Releva...

Ep. 93: The invasion of Ukraine and updating priors from 2022-03-07T09:48:04

With the world watching in shock at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Allan and Darren describe how the crisis, and in particular the world’s response, are (and are not) causing them to reconsider t...

Ep. 92: Our own foreign policy election “debate” from 2022-02-21T11:34:47

Australia will have a federal election in a few months, but Allan and Darren are sceptical that substantive foreign policy debates will feature during the campaign. Accordingly, this episode the...

Ep. 91: Ukraine from 2022-01-30T09:15:46

Allan and Darren venture far outside their comfort zones this week to give some thoughts on the escalating crisis between Russia, Ukraine and NATO. This is an interesting and important issue bec...

Ep. 90: Lessons from 2021; expectations and hopes for 2022 from 2022-01-14T08:03:39

For their first episode in 2022, Allan and Darren look back over the past 12 months, starting with the international landscape and then focusing on Australia. First up, what big lesson did 2021 ...

Ep. 89: Democracy summit; S. Korea visit; Olympic boycott; communicating foreign policy from 2021-12-17T08:25:55

In their final episode for 2021, Allan and Darren kick things off by discussing President Biden’s “Summit for Democracy”. Having debated the merits of democracy as a foreign policy organising pr...

Ep. 88: Biden/Xi; Dutton/Wong; COP26; Solomon Islands from 2021-12-01T22:52:05

This week Allan and Darren open their discussion with the Biden-Xi virtual meeting. It went for a long time, the atmosphere seemed cordial – is this enough for (some) optimism about the trajecto...

Ep. 87: On truth and trust in diplomacy (Morrison vs Macron) from 2021-11-09T07:30

Allan and Darren cannot resist focusing on the escalated and seemingly personal spat between Australian PM Scott Morrison and French President Emmanuel Macron over Australia’s cancellation of th...

Ep. 86: Global Trends 2040 (Part 2), with Heather Smith and Katherine Mansted from 2021-10-29T07:10:03

In the second half of their conversation arising out of the US National Intelligence Council publication “Global Trends 2040: A More Contested World”, Allan and Darren, along with guests Heather...

Ep. 85: Global Trends 2040 (Part 1), with Heather Smith and Katherine Mansted from 2021-10-26T07:10:32

In a double episode recorded on Thursday 14 October, Allan and Darren welcome the ANU National Security College's Heather Smith and Katherine Mansted to talk about the future. The basis of their...

Ep. 84: AUKUS revisited; Quad leaders; China&CPTPP; Taiwan from 2021-10-08T15:07:21

This week Allan and Darren begin by resuming their discussion of AUKUS. With the decision now a few weeks old, have their minds changed? How are they seeing the debate evolving? What have been s...

Ep. 83: Debating AUKUS—Deterrence, sovereignty and risk from 2021-09-22T09:19:04

The announcement of a new trilateral security partnership, AUKUS (Australia, UK and US), is a major event in the history of Australian foreign policy. Australia is planning to acquire nuclear-po...

Ep. 82: Afghanistan evacuation; US alliance at 70; ministerial meetings; 9/11 reflections from 2021-09-10T13:29:45

Allan and Darren begin this episode reviewing the frenzied two-week evacuation from Afghanistan. A logistical success or further evidence of a terrible failure? Do the events of the evacuation, ...

Ep. 81: Gary Quinlan (Part 2): Australia-Indonesia relations, ASEAN, and the future of multilateralism from 2021-08-28T11:00

This second half of the discussion begins with Australia-Indonesia relations. How does Indonesia see Australia? How much do the views expressed by President Widodo in a speech to the Australian ...

Ep. 80: Gary Quinlan (Part 1): On Indonesia in the world, and diplomacy in a time of COVID-19 from 2021-08-26T06:16:19

In a conversation recorded on Thursday 5 August, Allan and Darren welcome Gary Quinlan to the podcast. Gary’s career in Australian foreign policy can only be described as stellar, having worked ...

Ep. 79: Afghanistan from 2021-08-18T13:41:17

On Sunday the 15th August the Taliban took control of Kabul, capping an astonishingly rapid takeover of Afghanistan. In this emergency episode, Allan and Darren try to make sense of these events...

Ep. 78: New DFAT Secretary; Exchange hack and Pegasus; APEC; return to Afghanistan? from 2021-07-24T14:38:33

Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has a new Secretary, Kathryn Campbell. Darren uses the occasion to build a theoretical model of the position, positing that the ideal candidat...

Ep. 77: Debating democracy and the “competition of systems” from 2021-07-02T06:30

In an episode recorded on 24 June, Allan and Darren take a step back from the news to discuss an emerging theme in international affairs: the competition of systems, which arrays liberal democra...

Ep. 76: Morrison’s Perth speech; PM Lee’s China advice; an energised G7; bilaterals with UK&France from 2021-06-19T14:19:20

This week’s episode tracks PM Scott Morrison’s recent travels. We begin in Perth prior to his leaving the country with what Allan considers to be a major foreign policy speech. Why? Where Allan ...

Ep. 75: PM to NZ; Samoa; Kabul embassy closure; Belarus; lab leak from 2021-06-09T17:16:53

After some time away from the news, Allan and Darren have a lot to catch up on. This episode begins with PM Scott Morrison’s visit to New Zealand to meet his counterpart Jacinda Ardern. Allan pr...

Ep. 74: Linda Jakobson (Part 2): Australia-China relations; Taiwan from 2021-05-29T07:00

In the second half of this double episode with China expert Linda Jakobson, the conversation takes a broader focus. Allan begins with Taiwan, which has been in the headlines lately: how should w...

Ep. 73: Linda Jakobson (Part 1): On China, Chinese politics, and Finlandisation from 2021-05-27T06:13:52

Allan and Darren welcome Linda Jakobson to the podcast. Linda is a leading China expert, and a vital voice in Australia’s own China debate. The conversation spans almost 100 minutes and will be ...

Ep. 72: Leaving Afghanistan; Aust-NZ-China relations; Biden-Suga summit from 2021-04-25T13:28:23

With President Joe Biden announcing the forthcoming withdrawal of ground troops from Afghanistan, the West’s 20 year war in Afghanistan is drawing to a close. Allan and Darren open this week’s p...

Ep. 71: Myanmar—tragedy, complexity&power; PNG&Covid-19; Dutton to Defence from 2021-04-15T14:30:51

The primary focus of this week’s episode is the terrible situation in Myanmar as the Tatmadaw, the country’s military, cements its coup with increasing levels of violence. Allan’s first posting ...

Ep. 70: Alaska, “competitive co-existence”&duelling sanctions; Quad outcomes; OECD Cormann from 2021-03-29T15:57:01

Whereas the previous episode looked at the early weeks of the Biden administration, this week Allan and Darren examine the new trajectory of US-China relations. A theatrical public session grabb...

Ep. 69: Biden’s early days; Quad; Pacific Islands Forum from 2021-03-13T16:27:13

The major focus this episode is the early weeks of the Biden administration, which has raced out of the blocks with numerous foreign policy actions, and some have been controversial. Nevertheles...

Ep. 68: Natasha Kassam on preparing for a China-led world from 2021-02-25T22:11:43

Natasha Kassam of the Lowy Institute joins the podcast this week, to join Darren in facing interrogation from Allan arising from their co-authored essay, published this week in Australian Foreig...

Ep. 67: NZ-China-Australia; Myanmar; Xi's WEF speech; Australia-Malaysia CSP from 2021-02-06T07:57:51

This week's episode begins with the advice New Zealand’s Trade Minister Damien O’Connor attempted to offer Australia on how to manage bilateral relations with China. Was it helpful, and regardle...

Ep. 66: Revisiting the Capitol; a declassified Indo-Pacific strategy; Five Countries (!),&fresh ideas for Aussie FP? from 2021-01-22T08:02:47

Recorded the day after Joe Biden’s inauguration as President, Allan and Darren begin the episode by returning to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on 6 January, reflecting on whether their initia...

Ep. 65: Processing events at the U.S. Capitol from 2021-01-09T07:25:44

Following the shocking events on Wednesday 6 January when a mob of Trump supporters (incited by the president) stormed the U.S. Capitol Building, Allan and Darren offer their reactions in this e...

Ep. 64: A cabinet reshuffle, politician ambassadors, the Richardson Review and summer homework from 2020-12-23T15:07:51

Allan and Darren begin their final episode of 2020 with the recent cabinet reshuffle, specifically Dan Tehan becoming Minister for Trade and Andrew Hastie becoming Assistant Minister for Defence...

Ep. 63: Climate change and Australia, with Howard Bamsey from 2020-12-16T16:33:24

Allan and Darren welcome Professor Howard Bamsey to the podcast, who offers unmatched experience regarding Australia’s international engagement with the issue of climate change.

Beginning...

Ep. 62: A wild week in Australia-China relations from 2020-12-02T12:39:32

In this emergency episode, Allan and Darren react to a tumultuous few weeks in Australia’s bilateral relationship with China. Events discussed include: the “14 points” document provided by the C...

Ep. 61: Short- and long-term questions for Australian foreign policy from 2020-11-16T09:15:42

Feeling particularly reflective as the US electoral process inches toward a conclusion, Allan and Darren chat about what they see as the short- and long-term challenges facing Australian foreign...

Ep. 60: US election rapid reactions from 2020-11-06T09:07:27

Recorded on Thursday 5th November in the afternoon (Canberra time), as Joe Biden appeared on track for victory in the 2020 US presidential election but had not yet crossed the 270 electoral coll...

Ep. 59: Malabar and an emerging balancing coalition; Senator Abetz and loyalty tests; diplomacy and quarantine from 2020-10-29T08:23:28

This week’s episode begins with a focus on recent events in Australia’s defence policy space, which both Allan and Darren see as trending towards the formation of a balancing coalition in the re...

Ep. 58: Mailbag! US failures; fearing abandonment; the Quad&democracy; grading China policy; DFAT in 2050 from 2020-10-11T16:57:50

Thrilled that the podcast is about to cross the 100,000 lifetime download threshold (thank you all!), Allan and Darren try something new this week – answering mailbag questions. Is the US a ‘fai...

Ep. 57: Foreign interference&the Australia-China relationship; trilaterals; PM Suga; Thai protests from 2020-09-26T10:11:40

Allan and Darren return once again to the Australia-China relationship to begin today’s episode. The particular topic is foreign interference, in the wake of accusations by the Chinese governmen...

Ep. 56: Aussie journalists depart China (and other bilateral tensions); Foreign Relations Bill; Abe’s legacy; Tony Abbott from 2020-09-10T17:35:59

Recording early afternoon on Wednesday 7 September, Allan and Darren begin by grappling with the previous day’s news of the arrival back in Australia of the last two China correspondents from Au...

Ep. 55: Richard Maude returns (Part 2): China, models of cooperation,&what Australian foreign policy can do from 2020-08-29T14:00

In part two of Richard Maude’s return to the podcast, the conversation begins with China. Was Richard “surprised” by Beijing’s promulgation of the Hong Kong National Security Law? Should the Aus...

Ep. 54: Richard Maude returns (Part 1), and Darren in the Beirut Blast from 2020-08-23T17:26:50

This week Allan and Darren welcome back Richard Maude to the podcast, who returns after his first appearance back in February in Episode 41. Until shortly before that first recording, Richard wa...

Ep. 53: Consulate closures&deteriorating US-China relations; AUSMIN; Defence Strategic Update from 2020-08-05T00:53:21

On this week’s episode, the deteriorating relationship between Washington and Beijing takes centre stage, including the consulate closures in Houston and Chengdu. What’s going on, and why now? H...

Ep. 52: ABC journalist Stephen Dziedzic on reporting Australian foreign policy, media-govt relations, and the Wolverines from 2020-07-18T17:44:38

Allan and Darren welcome Stephen Dziedzic to the podcast, who covers foreign affairs in the Asia Pacific region for Australia’s national broadcaster, the ABC, based at Parliament House in Canber...

Ep 51: Lowy Poll 2020; India-China; DFAT's travel advice for China; Allan's brush with tabloid fame from 2020-07-04T16:02:37

As Allan and Darren commence with their next 50 episodes, they begin with the 2020 Lowy Poll. Allan in particular is interested in the rise in Australians saying they do not feel safe, and Darre...

Frances Adamson, DFAT Secretary, on our 50th episode from 2020-06-25T06:45

On the occasion of the podcast’s 50th episode, Allan and Darren are thrilled to welcome Australia’s most senior diplomat and foreign policy official, Frances Adamson, the Secretary of the Depart...

Ep. 49: US turmoil; India CSP; G-7; WHO lessons; HK; Australian geoeconomics from 2020-06-14T12:50:05

After a month away from the news, this episode Allan and Darren try to catch up. They begin with tragedy and turmoil in the United States. What do the protests and racial tensions—and Trump’s ef...

Ep. 48: Harinder Sidhu, former High Commissioner to India, on the Australia-India relationship from 2020-06-02T13:33:35

Allan and Darren welcome Harinder Sidhu to the podcast to discuss India and Australia-India relations. A Deputy Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Harinder recently return...

Ep. 47: Heather Smith on fixing the G20, industrial policy, tech competition, and what economists get wrong from 2020-05-14T06:45

Allan and Darren welcome Dr Heather Smith PSM to the podcast. Until January 2020, Heather was Secretary of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, which followed serving as Secretary...

Ep. 46: Australia-China tensions over a Covid-19 inquiry from 2020-05-06T20:25:01

This week Allan and Darren devote the entire episode to a wild and very tense few weeks in the bilateral relationship between Australia and China. These events kicked off with Foreign Minister M...

Ep. 45: The WHO; “mask diplomacy”; DFAT&Covid-19 from 2020-04-23T14:19:37

Covid-19 remains central to the news this week. Allan and Darren begin with President Trump’s decision to freeze U.S. funding to the World Health Organization, and assess the validity his critic...

Ep. 44: The United States, and the alliance from 2020-04-09T14:13:05

This week Allan and Darren try to step back from Covid-19, and have a long-planned conversation about the United States: its domestic politics, its role in the world, and the state of the allian...

Ep. 43: The consequences of Covid-19 from 2020-03-28T16:57:16

Covid-19 will have a profound long-term impact on the world, both within countries and internationally. In this episode, Allan and Darren make some guesses as to how the world will look differen...

Ep. 42: Covid-19 update; ASIO speaks; Morrison hosts Jokowi&Ardern from 2020-03-10T06:26:41

Allan and Darren commence with an update on the novel coronavirus, now called Covid-19. How should we evaluate China’s handling of the outbreak? Given the struggles of some democratic systems—th...

Ep. 41: Richard Maude on the Indo-Pacific, models of world politics, and Australian foreign policy from 2020-02-28T06:03:15

This week Allan and Darren interview Richard Maude, who needs no introduction to regular observers of Australian foreign policy. Until recently, Richard was Deputy Secretary, Indo-Pacific Group,...

Ep. 40: Coronavirus; Huawei in the UK; the WTO, and UK / EU trade deals from 2020-02-10T09:49:55

Allan and Darren begin this episode with Australia’s response to the novel coronavirus, including the government’s efforts to evacuate Australians from Wuhan, the decision not to charge evacuees...

Ep. 39: The 2020 Raisina Dialogue from 2020-01-30T06:30

Allan and Darren try something different this episode, with Allan taking the lead in asking Darren about his experience attending the Raisina Dialogue, India’s flagship international affairs con...

Ep. 38: Gordon de Brouwer on economics vs security, climate change, and effective policymaking from 2020-01-16T07:00

In an episode recorded in the second week of December 2019, Allan and Darren welcome Gordon de Brouwer PSM onto the podcast. Gordon has a distinguished public service career in the fields of eco...

Ep. 37: The bushfires, internationally; the Soleimani killing; reviewing 2019, looking ahead to 2020 from 2020-01-10T06:30

In their first episode recorded in the new year, Allan and Darren begin with the news. First, they take an international perspective on the catastrophic Australian bushfires, which have become a...

Ep. 36: Ex-ASIO head Duncan Lewis (Part 2): foreign interference and national security policymaking in Australia from 2019-12-20T05:30

In Part 2 of our exclusive interview with Duncan Lewis AO, DSC, CSC, the recently retired head of ASIO, the conversation turns to the more recent challenge of foreign interference. Duncan has be...

Ep. 35: Ex-ASIO head Duncan Lewis (Part 1): on his military&govt career, and the challenge of terrorism from 2019-12-18T15:58:01

In a first for the podcast, we present our first double episode, an exclusive interview with Duncan Lewis AO, DSC, CSC who until recently was Australia’s Director General of Security, leading AS...

Ep. 34: All things China (again)! Defectors? Sleeper agents? MP visas&Hong Kong from 2019-11-29T20:24:43

It is simply impossible to ignore China-related news stories in Australia this week, and so Allan and Darren do their best to grapple with the twin bombshell stories of a Chinese defector and as...

Ep. 33: US leadership: vision vs reality; RCEP; human rights in China; Syria, the Kurds and US credibility from 2019-11-07T19:23:22

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. Meanwhile Australia’s Def...

Ep. 32: The Australia-China Relationship from 2019-10-23T08:25:53

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 en...

Ep. 31: Debating PM Morrison’s Lowy Lecture from 2019-10-05T07:40:36

Allan and Darren attempt their first “emergency” episode, recorded on Friday 4 October, the day after Prime Minister Morrison delivered the 2019 Lowy Lecture at the Sydney Town Hall. The convers...

Ep. 30: Australia’s High Commissioners to Solomon Islands and Samoa discuss diplomacy in the Pacific from 2019-10-02T05:44:54

In this special episode, Allan and Darren interview two of Australia’s currently serving ambassadors: Rod Brazier, High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, and Sara Moriarty, High Commissioner to S...

Ep. 29: PM Morrison visits the Trump White House; prisoners in Iran; energy security; a visit by Fiji’s PM; climate change from 2019-09-24T16:25:49

On this week’s episode, Allan and Darren focus on Prime Minister Morrison’s official state visit to the United States this past week and his meetings with Donald Trump at the White House. What i...

Ep. 28: PM’s trips to Vietnam&the G7; alliance management in the Gulf; Kashmir; PNG from 2019-09-09T06:00

Allan and Darren kick off this episode by discussing Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s recent overseas trip. The PM’s first stop was Vietnam for a bilateral visit. Although China loomed over proce...

Ep. 27: Clare Walsh, DFAT Deputy Secretary on multilateralism, aid and development from 2019-08-29T06:00

In the final of our recent series of interviews recorded in July, we speak to Clare Walsh, Deputy Secretary for the Global Cooperation, Development and Partnerships Group with Australia's Depart...

Ep. 26: AUSMIN; Hastie op-ed; HK protests in Australia; Pacific Islands Forum from 2019-08-21T06:00

In a full episode, Allan and Darren return to the perennial topics of Australian foreign policy—our relationships with the United States and China, with events of recent weeks offering yet anoth...

Ep. 25: David Gruen, Australia’s G20 Sherpa from 2019-08-02T05:39:21

This episode we are pleased to present another interview with a senior Australian policymaker. Dr. David Gruen is Deputy Secretary, Economic at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, ...

Ep. 24: Director-General of ASIS in his first ever interview from 2019-07-24T23:58

This episode we present an exclusive interview with Paul Symon AO, Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, ASIS. As Australia’s “top spook”, Paul is the only member of hi...

Ep. 23: Morrison’s Asialink-Bloomberg speech; Lowy Poll; G20 from 2019-07-08T08:16:15

On this week’s episode, Allan and Darren kick things off with an in-depth discussion of Australian Prime Minister’s Scott Morrison's recent foreign policy speech, delivered a few days before his...

Ep. 22: Hong Kong protests; Shangri-La Dialogue; US-Iran tensions from 2019-06-24T15:15:20

Allan and Darren commence this episode by discussing the enormous protests in Hong Kong against a proposed extradition law. How has Australia viewed Hong Kong’s trajectory prior to and following...

Ep. 21: Interview with Rebecca Skinner, Associate Secretary at Defence from 2019-06-07T06:08:59

We are very excited to bring you a special interview this episode with Rebecca Skinner, Associate Secretary of Australia’s Department of Defence, and therefore one of the most senior women worki...

Ep. 20: Huawei and decoupling; PNG; four elections; new ambassadors; Bob Hawke from 2019-05-30T18:07:22

It’s been a busy few weeks in Australia and the world, and in a full episode Allan and Darren begin with the restrictions announced by the Trump Administration on the sale of technology to Huawe...

Ep. 19: An incoming government brief: What will the election winner face in the new term? from 2019-05-15T19:08:54

With the Australian federal election happening on Saturday 18 May, in this episode Allan and Darren follow the practice of all government departments in preparing an “incoming government brief”:...

Ep. 18: Terrorism and counter-terrorism in the wake of the Sri Lanka attacks from 2019-05-05T18:20:36

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, Allan and Darren focus this episode on understanding and responding to the challenges posed by these types of attacks. Ho...

Ep. 17: Geoeconomics; Australia’s consular operations from 2019-04-19T15:29:50

On this week’s episode, Allan and Darren begin on the topic of geoeconomics, which is a core focus of Darren’s research. Allan first offers his practitioner’s perspective on the definition and c...

Ep. 16: Brexit, more Brexit,&new funding for Australia-China relations from 2019-04-06T06:28:34

We delayed discussing Brexit until after the 29 March 2019 “deadline”, but that day came and went with no further clarity on what will happen, and the show must go on! Allan and Darren discuss t...

Ep. 15: Towards reinvigorating Australian foreign policy studies (LIVE @ ANU) from 2019-03-18T15:00

We are delighted to bring you a special edition of the podcast, a recording of a live event at which Allan Gygnell moderated a panel discussion on the topic: “Towards reinvigorating Australian f...

Ep. 14: North Korea after Hanoi; India-Pakistan crisis deescalates; Indonesian FTA from 2019-03-15T08:33:52

The impact of nuclear weapons is the major theme this week. Darren begins by asking Allan for his practitioner’s perspective on the question whether nukes are a stabilising force in internationa...

Ep. 13: Five eyes and 5G infrastructure; problems for Aussie coal from 2019-03-01T16:35:28

This week Allan and Darren begin their discussion with a focus on the Five Eyes intelligence grouping, which has been thrust into the limelight after US Secretary of State Pompeo’s warning that ...

Ep. 12: What we learned from 2018, looking ahead to 2019 from 2019-02-20T07:28:46

In this first podcast recording of 2019, Allan Gyngell and Darren Lim use the opportunity provided by the new year to look back at 2018 and ask how the events of the past 12 months have shaped t...

Ep. 11: Dennis Richardson from 2019-01-09T05:00

In this very special episode of the podcast (the final recording of 2018), Allan and Darren interview Dennis Richardson, one of the most distinguished public servants in Australia’s history. Den...

Ep. 10: ASPI’s Danielle Cave and Tom Uren on “cyber” from 2018-12-14T06:22:31

In the penultimate episode of Australia in the World for 2018, Darren interviews Danielle Cave and Tom Uren, both of whom work on cyber issues at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)...

Ep. 9: US-China rivalry through the lens of regional summitry from 2018-11-29T21:44:02

In this final current events-related podcast for 2018, Allan and Darren discuss the recent round of regional summits, including the ASEAN Summit, the East Asia Summit and the APEC meetings. The ...

Ep. 8: Australian foreign policy speeches, China and Australia's South Pacific pivot/balance, Victoria on the Belt and Road, US midterms and Brazil’s new president from 2018-11-14T22:14:41

It has been a busy few weeks for international affairs, and this week Allan and Darren cover three pairs of issues. To begin, a pair of foreign policy speeches by PM Scott Morrison and Oppositio...

Ep. 7: Jerusalem and the Iran nuclear deal, Khashoggi and Myanmar, Trump vs. the INF and UPU, and quieter Australian diplomacy from 2018-11-02T07:08:44

Allan and Darren cover four issues in this latest episode. They begin by discussing the announcement by Prime Minister Morrison, in the lead-up to the recent Wentworth by-election, that the gove...

Ep. 6: Mike Pence’s Hudson Institute speech and the state of Sino-US relations from 2018-10-18T22:21:29

Allan and Darren devote the bulk of this episode to Sino-US relations in the context of Vice President Mike Pence’s recent speech at the Hudson Institute. They discuss the primary audience for t...

Ep. 5: UN General Assembly Meetings; US-China trade war; Australian foreign aid from 2018-10-04T14:05:14

In this fifth episode of the podcast, Allan and Darren begin by describing their recent overseas trips—Allan to Beijing, and Darren to Seoul.

The analysis of recent events opens with a fo...

Ep. 4: Change at the top; Huawei and 5G, PM Morrison to Indonesia from 2018-09-06T16:54:08

In this fourth episode, Allan and Darren discuss how the chaos that led to Scott Morrison replacing Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister may affect Australian foreign policy, both in terms of over...

Ep. 3: Turnbull’s “China reset” speech, Australia’s soft power review, and interview with Miles Kupa from 2018-08-23T16:19:54

In the third episode of the Australia in the World podcast, AIIA National President Allan Gyngell and ANU academic Darren Lim discuss the efforts of Prime Minister (at the time of recording) Mal...

Episode 1: The rules-based international order with Allan Gyngell and Darren Lim from 2018-08-17T12:37:26

In the pilot episode of the “Australia in the world” podcast, the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) National President Allan Gyngell and the ANU's Dr Darren Lim discuss the ru...

Episode 2: Elections in Pakistan and Cambodia, the new trilateral infrastructure investment fund, and how worried should Australia be about the United States? from 2018-08-10T07:59:10

In the second episode of the new Australia in the World podcast, AIIA National President Allan Gyngell and ANU academic Darren Lim discuss recent elections in Pakistan and Cambodia, a new trilat...