Analysis, news commentary, and opinions on the international relations of the Indo-Pacific and beyond as seen from the region by people from the region. An initiative of the Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (www.indopac.nz) in Christchurch, New Zealand, the podcast is hosted by Professor Alex Tan of the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand) with panelists Dr Juhn Chris Espia of the University of the Philippines Visayas, Associate Professor Nick Khoo of the University of Otag ...
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Through conversation with experts in technology, law and military affairs, this series explores how new military technology and international law interact. Edited and produced by Dr Lauren Sanders, the podcast is published by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Law and Security. Until July 2024, the podcast was published by the University of Queensland School of Law.
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The Perth USAsia Centre is a non-partisan, not-for-profit institution that promotes stronger relationships between Australia, the Indo-Pacific and the USA by contributing to strategic thinking, policy development and enhanced networks between government, the private sector and academia.
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Joe Biden out and Kamala Harris in, Bangladesh riots, Japan's population decline, NZ PM's low approval rating, and Olympic spying scandal
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US President Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and VP Kamala Harris is in the race. Is this the shot in the arm that the Democrats are looking for? Will the Democrats be able to retain the White House? Deadly riots in Bangladesh due to student protests on job quotas. Is there more to these riots that what meets the eye? Japan …
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Modi visits Putin and the continuing saga of the US election campaign season
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Indian Prime Minister Modi visits Putin in Moscow. Is India playing both sides or is this what is called 'strategic autonomy?' Days before the Republican National Convention, there was an attempted assassination of ex-president Donald Trump who is also the Republican presidential nominee. In the RNC convention, Trump selected a young Ohio politicia…
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UK 2024 general election: Another one bites the dust? Or too hard to say I am sorry?
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We discuss the huge Labour party victory and the calamitous Conservative party defeat in the UK general election of 2024.Av Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs
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Fallout of the Biden/Trump debate, Russia-North Korea defense pact, China feared and US humble
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We discuss the fallout of the Biden/Trump debate for our region, is Plan B now Plan A? Putin and Kim Jong-Un signed a mutual defense pact, what are the implications for regional security? ISEAS study that re-analysed the Southeast Asian survey and inferred that China's power is recognised but feared meanwhile NYT article suggests that US is a more …
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NZ's "independent" foreign policy? Modi's Taiwan overtures? The end of petrodollars?
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What is independent about NZ's independent foreign policy? Is it myth or reality? Is it tautological? Does using the term prevent true discussion of NZ's foreign policy direction? Modi's response to a congratulatory message from Taiwan's president drew the expected protest from the PRC. Are there meanings behind these overtures? Saudi and US are en…
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Shangri-La dialogue wrap up, India's surprise election result, and North Korean trash balloons
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This episode begins with our impressions of the just concluded Shangri-La dialogue in Singapore. India's election results are in and Modi's party requires the support of other parties to form a majority. What are the implications of this surprising election outcome? North Korea has been flying trash balloons across their southern border and now a r…
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The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations - Dale Stephens
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In this episode we hear from Professor Dale Stephens on the long-awaited release of The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations, how it came about, what it is intended to do, and where international law might be headed in relation to military space operations - as well as the challenges in drafting an international law …
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Divine Modi? Dangerous rhetoric in Indian election, Marcos Jr draws a red line, and Trump convicted
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India's election is seeing dangerous rhetoric of anti-Muslim and heightened Hindu nationalism as well as the spectacular claims of Modi speaking to God. In a speech at the recent Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, has Philippine president Bongbong Marcos inadvertently drew a red line in the Philippine-China skirmishes in the South China Sea (West Ph…
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Economic limits to US exceptionalism, undermining rules based order, UK election
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Excellent essay on the macroeconomic limits of US exceptionalism and what it means for the increasingly protectionist global trading regime and the resurgence of mercantilism. Is the US undermining the rules based order that it was a chief architect and proponent of in the post-WW2 period? A rain-drenched UK PM Rishi Sunak announced an earlier than…
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UK to out-cooperate in foreign affairs, Putin-Xi meeting, Indian spies in Australia, spy for a mayor?
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Lord Cameron calls UK to out-cooperate, out-compete, and out-innovate in foreign affairs. What does it mean in action? Xi rolls out the red carpet for Putin. Is this still a partnership of equals? India has been accused by Australia for operating a spy network. India acting like a great power? A small town mayor in the Philippines is suspected of b…
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Bounded Autonomy, Meaningful Human Control and Military AI - Jan Maarten Schraagen
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In this episode we dive into issues of human-machine teaming, with human factors engineer Jan Maarten Schraagen. Having edited the recently released book, Responsible Use of AI in Military Systems, Jan Maarten is an expert on how brittle technologies influence joint cognitive system performance. In this episode, in addition to exploring the book, w…
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Misunderstanding Asian states and Democracy, Autocracy and the State of the World
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A May 2, 2024 article published in Foreign Affairs examines the problem of misunderstanding of the Asian states and how they position themselves in the context of great power competition. This fundamental misread of the Asian states is showing in the 'one size fits all' foreign policies of major powers towards Asia...particularly Southeast Asia. In…
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Double-standard in foreign policy? Most revolutionary period in history?
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Norway's deputy foreign minister rebuts accusations about double-standard in foreign policy of Western countries and argues that at least in the case of Norway they have tried to be consistent in their foreign policy. Is it easier for smaller states to be consistent? Is it more difficult for major powers engaging in multiple issue dimensions to be …
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Iran retaliates against Israel and Post-Globalization, Mercantilism 2.0, and the Three Body Problem
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Iran retaliates against Israel for bombing its Damascus consulate. Will this expand the Middle East conflict? How does it impact on the Indo-Pacific region? What does it mean for international order? What does it say about the hegemon's management of the international order? Biden administration has doubled-down on the trade policies that started w…
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The State of Southeast Asia 2024 Survey Report and Some News Updates
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ISEAS of Singapore released its recent State of the Southeast Asia 2024 Survey Report that is available from their website. We chat about some of the interesting findings from this longitudinal public opinion poll. We also give an update to the big news items that we are following since the start of 2024.…
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OpinioJuris Symposium on Military AI and the Law of Armed Conflict - Lena Trabucco
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Part of the ongoing debate about the lawfulness of autonomy in military systems in the manner in which the technology integrates with and interacts with its human masters. The term Meaningful Human Control (or MHC) has garnered particular relevance in this debate. Today we speak with Dr Lena Trabucco about her upcoming OpinioJuris Symposium on Mili…
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Moscow terror attack, China's economic headaches, democracy index, and bible salesman
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ISIS launched a terror attack in Moscow and Russia failed to heed warnings given by the US. Non-state actors are rearing its ugly head on global politics again at a time when appetite for global cooperation is low. China's economy is stagnating but the reform required to switch its economy to be domestic demand driven is hard to come by. India want…
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Article 57, those who plan or decide on attacks and autonomous weapons - Renato Wolf
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In this episode, Lauren Sanders is speaking with fellow LFW researcher, Renato Wolf about the issue of determining where legal obligations lie in the conduct of attacks, carried out by AWS. In particular they delve into his research about the Art 57 term ‘those who plan or decide attacks’ to see how that maps onto AWS, how that features in the AWS …
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Mr. Peters goes to New Delhi and Southeast Asia and China's FM Wang Yi drops by Wellington
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NZ Foreign Affairs minister Winston Peters recently visited India and Southeast Asia. Is this NZ's version of de-risking and diversification of its relationships in the region? China's Foreign Affairs minister Wang Yi visited Wellington very recently. What is the significance of this meeting?Av Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs
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Prabowo presidency in Indonesia and Taylor Swift's concerts in Singapore
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Prabowo Subianto has claimed a huge win in the Indonesian presidential elections but faced a fragmented legislature. What are the challenges that a Prabowo presidency faces? What are the implications to ASEAN relations and Indonesia's relations with China and the US? News of Singapore's subsidy for exclusive shows of Taylor Swift's Era Tour in Sout…
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AUS-NZ Ministerial meetings, Indonesian election cartoons, spy pigeons, Nevada primary
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ANZMIN 2+2 is the first ministerial level consultations between NZ and Australian foreign affairs and defense ministers. The joint statement of the ANZMIN released by the NZ government marks a clear shift in NZ's explicit posturing regards to AUKUS, QUAD, and Indo-Pacific issues. Indonesia's presidential election will be held on 14 February, the us…
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Taiwan's 2024 elections: democracy has won, the people have spoken, now what's next
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Taiwan's presidential and legislative elections was successfully held on 13 January 2024. With the world's attention focus on this election, the election returned a third presidential term for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) but it failed to retain its legislative majority. Taiwan will have a divided government for the next four years…
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Future of War series: Stuart Casey-Maslen and Directed Energy Weapons
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In this episode, Dr Lauren Sanders speaks with Professor Stuart Casey-Maslen about Directed Energy Weapons. They traverse the existing legal controls on these weapons, and speak about the potential for future regulation of novel uses of energy weapons in armed conflict. This conversation preceded a presentation by Dr Casey-Maslen, Dr Sanders and Dr…
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Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and what to watch out for in 2024
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Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by the Houthis threaten to add more stress to the vulnerable global supply chains and unravel the anti-inflationary economic policies of countries around the world. A joint statement released by the White House and signed by many leading nations including New Zealand condemn the attacks on Red Sea shipping. These …
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Future of War series: Algorithmic Futures with Zena Assaad and Elizabeth Williams
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As part of our ‘futures’ mini-series, in this episode we are looking specifically at Algorithmic Futures, with hosts of the podcast of the same name: Dr Zena Assaad and Dr Elizabeth Williams, both from ANU. Today we are going to specifically focus on the breadth of the design and uncertainty problem for capabilities augmented by algorithms. Elizabe…
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Future of war series: Biological warfare and transparency on the battlefield with Robert Lawless
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Continuing our future of war series, this episode dives into the legal implications of increasing transparency of the battlespace as a result of technological change; and looks at developments in biological warfare that challenge the long-standing prohibition on biological weapons at international law. We speak with Rob Lawless from the Leiber Inst…
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Future of War: Artur Gruszczak - The Routledge Handbook on the Future of War
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In this third episode in our futures mini-series, we continue our scoping of the utility of seeking to predict the future of war; before deep diving into emerging and disruptive technologies. Recorded in late September 2023, we are speaking with Artur Gruszczak about the Future of War, and his recently edited Handbook on the same topic, released by…
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Future of War series: David Kilcullen and Ian Langford: the Future of Australia's Defence Strategy and the Indo-Pacific
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Recorded in early September 2023, this episode continues our futures mini-series, where we speak with Dr Ian Langford and Professor David Killcullen about the future of war in the Indo-Pacific region. In this episode we will be getting a download on what the change in geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific means for Australia, and how that might impact ch…
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Biden-Xi face to face meeting ahead of APEC Summit in San Francisco: Is this a meeting of two desperados?
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US President Biden and Chinese President Xi had a first ever in person meeting in three years of Biden's administration. Sino-US relations have deteriorated since 2017 with Trump's America First and MAGA foreign policies and Biden administration has doubled down on what the Trump administration's China policy. With the weak economic performance of …
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Jokowi’s legacy, Indonesia’s regional leadership potential, Modi and India’s Middle East policy
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The Economist published two articles that caught our attention one titled "What will Indonesia look like after Jokowi leaves?" and a second one titled "Narendra Modi has shifted India from the Palestinians to Israel." These two countries have great potential to take up more leadership position in the Indo-Pacific but something seems to be holding t…
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New Economic Security State or New Great Power Protectionism
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In the October 19th issue of Foreign Affairs, an essay about the so-called New Economic Security State explains how the Biden Administration and its national security chief conceptualizes the relationship between market, economy, and national security. This 'new' thinking is supposed to recalibrate the excesses of globalization and faith on the mar…
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Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Guilty pleas and the ICC: Charles Adeogun-Phillips Part 2
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In this episode, we conclude our interview with Dr Charles Adeogun-Phillips, discussing guilty pleas and their development in international criminal law. Dr Charles A. Adeogun-Phillips is an accomplished international lawyer and former lead international prosecutor. He founded the cross-border law firm of Charles Anthony LLP, following a distinguis…
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NZ General Election 2023 and the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza
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The results of the New Zealand General Election of 14 October 2023 are in. The incumbent Labour government was resoundingly defeated by the centre-right National Party. National will be able to form a two-party coalition with another party to its right, ACT. What does this mean for NZ's foreign policy, defense, and strategic policies? The Middle Ea…
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Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Guilty pleas and the ICC: Charles Adeogun-Phillips
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In this interview, we are speaking with Dr Charles Adeogun-Phillips about the history of guilty pleas in international criminal law, as an author of a chapter on the same topic, as part of the edited works, Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Contributions in Pursuit of Accountability for Africa and the World. The challenges associated…
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Contemporary ICL Issues - Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: What Legacy for the New ICC Prosecutor? - Natacha Bracq
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We continue this international criminal law mini-series by speaking with Natacha Bracq, who wrote a chapter on gender and sexual-based violence in Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Contributions in Pursuit of Accountability for Africa and the World, which deals with a range of issues impacting contemporary ICL practice in Africa and …
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Another one bites the dust? Prickly toes? Putin-Kim bromance? A brewing India-Canada diplomatic row?
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China's defense minister Li Shangfu has not been seen and there are speculation that he has been sacked and being investigated for corruption. This is the second disappearance and sacking of senior ministers handpicked by President Xi. So is President Xi really the strongman that we think he is? Ex-foreign minister of Singapore waded into the China…
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Future of War series: Sir Lawrence Freedman - The History of the Future of War (Ukraine Update)
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We start our futures mini-series by speaking with an eminent military historian on the future of warfare. In this episode we are delighted to be joined by Sir Lawrence Freedman. Recorded in September 2023 he joins us to talk about the future of warfare, having regard to his approach to predicting future war, as outlined in The Future of War: A Hist…
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Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Contributions in Pursuit of Accountability for Africa and the World: Takeh Sendze
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We start this international criminal law mini-series by speaking with Mr Takeh Sendze, who is the editor of a recently published book, Contemporary International Criminal Law Issues - Contributions in Pursuit of Accountability for Africa and the World, which deals with a range of issues impacting contemporary ICL practice in Africa and around the w…
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The more the merrier: ASEAN Jakarta Summit, G20 New Delhi Summit, Xi Jinping no-show
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ASEAN just concluded its Jakarta summit while Indian PM Modi is hosting the G20 summit in New Delhi. With the geopolitical and geoeconomics tension in the region, is ASEAN still a relevant player? While India is relishing in the limelight hosting the G20 summit one talking point is the absence of China's Xi Jinping. Interestingly, the proliferation…
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US-Korea-Japan leaders’ meeting, BRICS South Africa summit, Middle Power in Global Politics
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US President Joe Biden hosted ROK President Yoon and Japan PM Kishida in Camp David for a trilateral summit meeting that seeks to deepen its security partnership to strengthen trilateral deterrence and contribute to long-term balance of power in East Asia and in the Indo-Pacific. BRICS summit in South Africa added six new members to this economic f…
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BarbieHeimer Special Series - A Manhattan Historian's perspective on Oppenheimer: Chris Griffith (AtomicArchive)
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In this episode in the BarbieHeimer series, we focus on the history of the Manhattan Project and the accuracy of the Oppenheimer movie. We are speaking with nuclear historian Chris Griffith, about the history, and consequences of the atomic age. As a warning, if you haven’t seen the film we will be talking about the movie’s plot lines and breaking …
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China-Philippine tension in the South China Sea and Trump’s third indictment
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The Philippines accused China's coast guard of firing water cannon at a Philippine ship supplying one of its 'outpost' in the South China Sea. What is the background of this tension? Is this a tit-for-tat action by China against the current Marcos' administration move away from the China-friendly foreign policy of the Duterte administration? Former…
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BarbieHeimer Special Series - Oppenheimer missed an opportunity: Gareth Evans
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In the second in our 'BarbieHeimer' series, we turn to the Oppenheimer movie and speak with world-renowned nuclear disarmament advocate and expert, Gareth Evans, about the opportunity the movie missed in re-energising efforts to the nuclear disarmament cause. We speak with him about the need for Australia to return to its former position of influen…
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BarbieHeimer Special Series - Barbie and The Nine Dash Line: Don Rothwell
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In this, the first of our Special Series on the BarbieHeimer phenomenon, we speak with international law of the sea expert, Professor Don Rothwell to find out what all the controversy was about in relation to the banning of the Barbie movie in Vietnam; the 9-Dash line; and the importance of maps in international law. Professor Donald R Rothwell is …
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BarbieHeimer Special Series - Barbie as a Souvenir of International Law: Emily Crawford and Jacqueline Mowbray
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In this 'BarbieHeimer' special episode, we return to the plastic doll, to talk about materialism, symbolism and the souvenirs in international law. Emily Crawford and Jacqueline Mowbray walk us through their Souvenirs in International Law exhibit and project; and where Barbie features in their exhibit, as well as introducing us to Doudou Louis, the…
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BarbieHeimer - what the meme (and pop culture) teaches us about nuclear politics: Emily Faux
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Today we continue our ‘BarbieHeimer’ (or Barbenheimer) series, and are talking today about the meme itself. Is it appropriate to mash these two films together? Is this frivolity making light of the serious impacts of nuclear weapons and the need for a refocus on non-proliferation and disarmament efforts? We speak with a scholar of Visual Politics a…
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AWS, the Alignment problem and regulation - Brendan Walker-Munro and Sam Hartridge
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In this interview, we are continuing our series on legal review of AWS, and speaking with two of the Law and Future of war research team, about an issue that impacts the design approaches to AWS: the alignment problem. In May 2023, there were reports of an AWS being tested, that turned upon its operator, and eventually cut its communications links …
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Qin Gang canned; Blinken, Albanese, Macron and the summer South Pacific tour: What’s the buzz...tell me what’s a-happening?
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Up north, Qin Gang has gone from a missing Foreign Affairs Minister of the PRC to a missing ex-Foreign Affairs Minister. Down south, leaders and top diplomats of the West are here on a charm offensive all singing that famous Backstreet Boys line: "Don't care who you are, where you're from...as long as you love me."…
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New Zealand’s ’independent foreign policy:’ Walking cool but can it walk the line and face the ties that bind?
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New Zealand PM Chris Hipkins delivered three foreign policy speeches in a short span of 10 days -- from July 7 to July 17. Like any small state, NZ is caught in between the intensification of the US-China strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific region. As a Five Eyes member and IP4 partner of NATO, NZ is trying to balance its relations between th…
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NATO and Ukraine, NATO in Asia-Pacific, Betting on India
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This episode is on NATO's recent summit discussing Ukraine membership and its likely role in the Asia-Pacific. How do we make sense of what happened in Vilnius and the implications to the Asia-Pacific region? With talk of diversification of supply chain and de-risking, India has become the 'favourite' to take the title of factory of the world from …
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