BRICS+ opens doors in Asia, has Australia locked itself out? W/ Dr Alex Waters

Episode 38 of the Bogan Intelligentsia Podcast features Dr Alex Waters in a no-holds-barred second-hour deep dive: Can Australia ever say “no” to the United States? Has AUKUS irreversibly chained us to a dying unipolar order while Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand join BRICS+? Are we sleepwalking into becoming the southern pillar of a new American Monroe Doctrine in Asia? From creeping U.S. nuclear-sub bases on our west coast to the hypocrisy of lecturing ASEAN on democracy while selling coal to juntas, Dr Waters details what should be the most important Australian foreign-policy conversation of the decade.

Episode Details: Duration: ~75 minutes | Release Date: Monday, November 23, 2025 | Guest: Dr Alex Waters, geopolitical analyst & author

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