ASPI Podcast: Policy, Guns & Money

In this Special Brexit edition of Policy Guns and Money, Dr Isaac Kfir, Director of the National Security Program at ASPI speaks with two special guests for an insight into Brexit - the process and status. Isaac speaks first with Professor Philomena Murray of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Professor Murray is a former diplomat and an internationally recognised expert on the European Union. Next, Isaac spoke with Dr Margherita Matera ( also from the School of Social and Political Sciences) who provided fascinating insights into what Brexit might mean in the security and defence context. Professor Murray: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person13932 Dr Matera: https://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person6511 Dr Kfir: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/isaac-kfir & https://twitter.com/isaac_kfir

In our first episode for 2019, Marcus and Malcolm, our two grumpy strategists, discuss China’s space ambitions and progress of Australia’s naval ship building program. Jack catches up with Graeme Dobell to discover who won this year’s Madeline award (starts at 12:10) and Renee talks with Dr Gorana Grgic of the US Studies Centre to ask ‘the US Government shutdown – what’s it all about?’ (starts at 20:50). Referenced in this episode; China and Space: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-new-space-race-pits-the-us-against-china-the-us-is-losing-badly/2019/01/10/bcdcad10-14f9-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/far-side-moon-china/579349/ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2018-china-the-us-and-the-race-for-space/ https://www.policyforum.net/the-highest-ground/ Naval long range strike: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/preparing-for-stormy-skies-part-1-the-raafs-future-fighter-force/ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/preparing-for-stormy-skies-part-2-long-range-strike/ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/preparing-for-stormy-skies-part-3-the-raafs-strike-power-beyond-2040/ The Madeleine Awards: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-10th-madeleine-award-glare-and-stare-wonder-and-ponder/ Dr Gorana Grgic: https://www.ussc.edu.au/people/gorana-grgic Background music in this episode: 'Crater Lake' by The Mini Vandals - via the You Tube Audio Library.

In this, our final episode for 2018, ASPI's Executive Director, Peter Jennings, discusses the year with Michael Shoebridge, ASPI's Director of Defence and Strategy.

In this episode: Are nuclear weapons becoming more or less relevant? Georgia Grice talks to deterrence expert Dr Brad Roberts. Aakriti Bacchawat interviews Derek Grossman, Senior Defence Analyst for the RAND corporation on the Quad and Trump in the Indo-Pacific Region and Lisa Sharland speaks with Aussie Major General Cheryl Pearce on her appointment as the next force commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus. Background music: "The Missing Link" by "the Whole Other" via the You Tube Audio Library.

In Episode 9 of Policy, Guns & Money, Tom Uren talks to Anne Lyons about her recent report, 'Identity of a nation', Brendan Nicholson interviews Dr Robert Glasser, the former Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)about Climate Change and we have some fantastic reporting from the latest Women in Defence and Security Network 'Speed Mentoring' event in Sydney.

In ep 8 of Policy, Guns and Money, Michael Shoebridge discusses the strategic implications of the US-PNG-Australia joint naval base on Manus Island and the message that sends to China. Maddie chats with Dr Emily Corner, Lecturer at ANU’s Centre for Social Research Methods, on the misinformation that surrounds discussion of terrorism, radicalisation and mental health following an attack and Jacky speaks with Dr Isaac Kfir on the latest developments in the Brexit process. Music in this episode; "Scratch the Itch" by Quincas Moreira - via the You Tube Audio library.

In episode 7 of Policy, Guns & Money, Maddie talks to Michael Shoebridge on the connections between Human Rights and Global Security, Danielle Cave, Fergus Ryan and Nathan Ruser of our Cyber team discuss their latest research into China's rapidly growing internment camps and Brendan Nicholson discusses the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1. Referenced in this episode: Maddie & Michael https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/state-sanctioned-murder-and-mass-radicalisation-why-upholding-our-values-matters/ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/saudi-arabia-should-face-real-consequences-over-khashoggi-killing/ https://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2018/mp_mr_181020.aspx https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/trump-names-former-reagan-lawyer-as-new-us-ambassador-in-canberra-20181106-p50ecy.html Cyber team on Xinjiang internment camps https://www.aspi.org.au/report/mapping-xinjiangs-re-education-camps ICPC Database https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR48u6lKYD21gv6mqM-2dV2lL8axuJ3yG5QJr2KNfG6bZNhy2dXDib_ZyFl9QKwvTRP0EBKZPYczwp9/pubhtml Brendan on the centenary of armistice https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/has-anybody-here-seen-kelly-the-lost-and-the-loss-of-world-war-i/ Music in this episode: "Lost Time" by Eveningland (You Tube audio library) and "Elegy in Memoriam - Rupert Brooke" by Frederick Septimus Kelly.

In this special edition of Policy, Guns and Money, we look at the up-coming US midterm elections. Our guests are Stephen Loosley AM and Dr Gorana Grgic. Both US specialists and both offer fascinating insights into this keenly observed election.

In this special episode, we consider the state of Counterterrorism through the lens of the UK and Australian experiences. For the UK perspective; ASPI roving reporter Brendan Nicholson speaks with Sir Paul Stephenson; Commissioner of the UK Metropolitan Police from 2009 to 2011. For the Australian perspective we talk to Dr Isaac Kfir; head of ASPI's National Security and Counter terrorism programs.

In episode 6 of Policy, Guns and Money we talk to Dr Jonathan Quick, author of "The End of Epidemics". Lisa Sharland gives us her views on the departure of US UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. Danielle Cave and Bart Hogeveen discuss Cyber Attribution and we talk to Elizabeth Blackney on the Nobel Peace prize recipients; Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad. Referenced in this episode. Dr Jono Quick: - http://www.endofepidemics.com/ - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic Lisa Sharland on Nikki Haley: - https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/10/nikki-haley-resignation-donald-trump - https://www.afr.com/news/world/north-america/with-john-bolton-ascendant-un-ambassador-nikki-haleys-departure-sparks-fears-20181010-h16ftu Danielle Cave & Bart Hogeveen - Russian Cyber Attribution: - https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/reckless-campaign-cyber-attacks-russian-military-intelligence-service-exposed - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-04/australia-britain-condemn-russia-cyber-attacks/10337266 - https://www.pm.gov.au/media/attribution-pattern-malicious-cyber-activity-russia - https://brica.de/alerts/alert/public/1232520/uk-ncsc-head-says-attribution-of-gru-attacks-important/ - https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-charges-russian-gru-officers-international-hacking-and-related-influence-and Nobel Peace Prizes: - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2018/summary/ - https://www.panzifoundation.org/ - http://www.unwomen.org/en/docs/2008/6/un-security-council-resolution-1820 Music in this episode: "Awaken" by Anno Domini Beats - courtesy of You Tube Audio Library.