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Making sense of a changing world, Extra with Geraldine Doogue explores the risks and possibilities of big shifts in power, puts events with our neighbourhood and overseas into context and explains how this affects Australia’s place within our wider world.

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    Pandemic preparedness and solar panels in space

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 54:06


    and what happens when Fox News watchers switch over to CNN?

    A political potrait of Xi and what is the future of work from home?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 54:06


    and a film about about bird medics in New Dehli

    A fractured UK; and the history of the Debney peace in rural Queensland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 54:06


    Plus, great tips on what to watch, read and listen to with The Pick.

    A Foreign Affair and the Liberal Party's move to the right

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 54:05


    remembering the single minded travel writer Dervla Murphy

    Mining towns want energy transformation; Who is a better economic manager? and life after politics

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 52:20


    The race for the senate and the activist, poet Judith Wright

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 54:05


    Wooing the Indian vote; stars and showbiz

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 54:07


    and an endgame in the Ukraine.

    The battle for Perth's Liberal heartland; is Russia committing genocide in Ukraine?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 54:07


    And tips on what read and watch and hear from our international relations experts.

    A Foreign Affair examines elections policies and the recently penned China-Solomon's deal

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 52:10


    And Indigenous soldier Jack Huggins survived the notorious Thai-Burma railway in World War II. His daughters, Jackie Huggins and Ngaire Jarro, recently wrote a biography on his life.

    Can Australia save American democracy and the rise in online games

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2022 54:07


    And what do Indonesians think of Australia and its near neighbours

    Emergency services crumble under flood pressure and art in public spaces

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 54:06


    Plus how to bring more women, and older people into the workforce

    Reflections on Russia and will Macron be re-elected again?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 54:05


    And Australia in 50 plays

    Russia cast out of the global economic system and A Foreign Affair - shifts in Asia

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 54:05


    Kevin Rudd on China's response to Russia and Germany bolsters defence spend

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 54:06


    and the Australian Electoral Commission fights misinformation

    Lessons from the cold war; international turmoil and the upcoming election

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 54:07


    and an Australian family helping Jewish holocaust survivors

    Gonski funding ten years on and 'is disorder the new international order'?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 54:07


    And The Pick brings you the latest on what to read, watch and listen to.

    Class wars in Australia and the history of the women's ocean pool in Sydney

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 54:07


    and what makes a great stock-picker? and dynamic covid zero in Hong Kong.

    A Foreign Affair; the privilege of proximity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 54:07


    Plus, the chequered history of great public libraries

    A short history of Ukraine and Stephen Page's last dance for Bangarra

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 54:07


    Russia and Ukraine share history that goes back centuries. But why has Russia never really accepted Ukraine's independence? Arkady Ostrovsky, Russia and Eastern Europe editor of The Economist joins us to explain how history plays into today's tensions.

    The Next Generation's Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 54:07


    Plus, Dr David Kilcullen and Dr Greg Mills on why the West failed in Afghanistan, and Politicians' Picks - Chris Bowen, Hollie Hughes and Zali Steggall join us with their recommendations for reading, watching and listening this summer.

    What will it take to reverse the decline of democracy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 39:50


    Plus, Indigenous equine therapy in the Kimberley and ultimate train journeys of the world

    A Foreign Affair: Year in Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 45:24


    Plus, can our gum trees withstand a warming climate?

    How will the Coalition government fare in next year's election?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 45:32


    How will the Coalition government fare in next year's election? Tax rebels and why fridges are so important

    What can Labor bring to the election campaign?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 45:17


    Plus, the tricky science of trigger warnings and the rise of female share investors.

    Crypto comes of age; Charting two cultures in WA

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 47:27


    Plus, meet the veterans pulling in the harvest.

    Macron under pressure and are we really facing a 'great resignation'?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 45:14


    Plus, foreign-affairs related recommendations for reading, watching and listening.

    Facebook Papers and A Foreign Affair: Australia's pivot to India

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 45:19


    Facebook revelations lead to it's rebranding as 'META'. Our esteemed guests for A Foreign Affair discuss Australia's pivot to India, the ASEAN summit and the geopolitics of COP26. And the first vampire story in the English language has been found in a library in Queensland.

    Gareth Evans on 30 years of peace in Cambodia and Peter FitzSimons on Australia's greatest (unknown) explorer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 45:19


    Plus, should you consider a job in tech? Tens of thousands of jobs are available in Australia's fastest-growing sector.

    The hollowing out of the public service and the politics of net zero in the regions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 45:02


    Plus, Gillian Tett on using anthropological tools to drive better policy.

    Afghan arrivals start their new lives in Australia and the notorious British spy George Blake

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 45:25


    Plus, recommendations for reading, watching and listening in October.

    Ian Goldin on building a better post-pandemic world

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 54:05


    Plus, Lin Hatfield Dodds on systems leadership and steering Australia's oldest charity The Benevolent Society, CEO of Good Things Australia Foundation Jess Wilson provides practical advice on where you can go to build your digital skills and Catherine Fisher, author of Sound Citizens: Australian Women Broadcasters Claim their Voice, 1923–1956 examines how a cohort of professional women broadcasters, activists and politicians used radio to improve women's status in Australia from the introduction of radio in 1923 until the introduction of television in 1956.

    A Foreign Affair: China, and Australia in the Pacific

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 46:44


    As the Chinese Communist Party gears up for 20th Party Congress in 2022, Beijing is implementing sweeping changes across a host of industries and parts of society. Is there a common motive, a ‘red thread', running through these changes?

    Life after 'Mutti': Germany farewells Angela Merkel

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 45:24


    Plus, Lebanon's crumbling healthcare system and improving adult literacy in Australia.

    The legacy of 9/11 and the enduring appeal of Roger Federer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 45:26


    Two decades after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the memories of those terrible events still loom large in the national psyche. On the 20th anniversary of September 11, three American commentators from across the political spectrum reflect on the cultural legacy of September 11, and the lasting impacts it has had on the United States.

    Journalist Nick Bryant reflects on life at a crossroads

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 44:48


    Plus, what to read, watch and listen to in September.

    70 years of ANZUS and the golfing boom

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 54:06


    Plus, stories of hope and humanity during the pandemic.

    The ethics of mandatory vaccination; Rebellion in Cuba and 70 years of the Australian Financial Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 54:05


    Alan Rusbridger on why the pandemic is good for journalism; Where are all the political biographies of women?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 54:04


    Plus, Evie Wyld reads her poem 'Floorboards', and we get some recommendations for reading, watching and listening in August.

    The story of Afterpay and David Miliband on the Age of Impunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 54:05


    Plus, reflections of an Australian writer who survived the Beirut port explosion a year ago.

    A Foreign Affair heads to Southeast Asia, a short history of war, and 75 years of the ANU

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 54:05


    Southeast Asia has quickly become the region hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with many countries that successfully held off the pandemic last year now suffering from the spread of the Delta variant. The domestic social, economic and political ramifications could be significant, and they come at a time when the region is of growing geopolitical significance to the US and China. Guests: Emma Connors, Southeast Asia correspondent for the Australian Financial Review; Dr Huong Le Thu, senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and a non-resident fellow with the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Michael Wesley, Deputy Vice Chancellor, International, at the University of Melbourne.

    Ian Silk on the past and future of superannuation; Nordic policy lessons and growing up in the Wimmera.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 54:07


    After 15 years at the helm of AustralianSuper and a career in superannuation going back to 1994, Ian Silk reflects on what the incredible growth of industry super funds might mean for the future of the sector and for Australia's economy as a whole.

    The battle to break up Big Tech, and the women who took on ISIS and won

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 53:28


    Plus, recommendations for reading, watching and listening this month.

    100 years of the Chinese Communist Party; and a productive indigenous partnership

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 54:06


    Founded in 1921 by 13 men inspired by the Bolshevik Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party now has 92 million members and is undoubtedly the most powerful political party in the world. Leading Sinologists Kerry Brown, Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College London; Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford and Linda Jaivin, the author of The Shortest History of China discuss the extraordinary rise of Chinese Communist Party, the philosophy that underpins it, and where it might lead China next.

    A Foreign Affair discussion about Latin America; and the rise and fall of Robert Maxwell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 54:06


    Latin America is one of the parts of the world that has been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and with 11 Latin countries holding elections this year, the region is plagued by insecurity and instability. Latin American experts Maria Victoria Murillo of Columbia University, and Kenneth Roberts of Cornell University discuss the transformative changes taking place in Colombia, Peru and Chile. Plus, it's been 18 months since Australia's devastating Black Summer of bushfires. We revisit one of the worst affected areas with ecologist Mark Graham, for an update on how its recovering. And, in his latest book, the bestselling author of A Very English Scandal, John Preston looks at the extraordinary rise and scandalous fall of the notorious media mogul and former MP, Robert Maxwell.

    The winners and losers of remote working, and policing v privacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 54:08


    Plus, the perils of being a PhD student at the moment, and women walking through history

    Space race, Geoff Raby and diplomacy, and finding nature in cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 54:07


    Leading Australian strategist Alan Dupont and space law specialist Dr Cassandra Steer argue that Australia has the potential to be a much bigger player in the new space age, but at the moment we're being left behind.

    The future of batteries; Martin Indyk on diplomacy, and what to read, watch and listen to in June

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 52:32


    RenewEconomy's Giles Parkinson and CSIRO Principal Research Scientist Dr Adam Best join us to discuss the latest in batteries - big and small; then former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk on diplomacy, political developments in Israel and Palestine, and the 'master of the game' - US diplomat Henry Kissinger; And, Alex Oliver director of research at the Lowy Institute and Rory Medcalf, head of the National Security College at the Crawford School of Public Policy give us their pick of books, shows, podcasts and music this month.

    Republican party challenges; truth and false claims in mountain climbing; and meet the US Consul General in Sydney, Sharon Hudson Dean

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 54:06


    Two Republicans who walked away from their party, despite illustrious careers within it, speak out about the failure of the GOP to snap back to its pre-Trump position, the continued rise of far-right firebrands as moderates lose traction, and what this means about the trajectory of the Republican Party and American democracy as we know it.

    Reviving Australian manufacturing, Sue Boyd on diplomacy, and the joy of being a beginner.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 54:06


    Australian manufacturing has been steadily declining, but there are renewed efforts to 'make Australia make again'. Sue Boyd on her career as a successful diplomat, and her struggle for equal opportunity in Canberra. And author Tom Vanderbilt rediscovers the joy of learning new skills and debunks the myth that 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks'.

    War talk in Australia; The future of diplomacy, with John McCarthy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 54:06


    Militaristic rhetoric about 'drums of war', regarding China, raises questions about what can be achieved with that sort of language, and what's brought it on. Does it strengthen our position with China, or create a whole new set of problems.

    Israel on the brink of huge political change; How well the public sector serves multicultural Australia; Historical monuments - can you trust their accuracy?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 54:06


    Journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland on the possibility that Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister for the last 12 years, is about to lose his post.

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