Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Leaders of the world's great industrial nations will gather in Canada at the G7 over the weekend. As the tectonic plates of international relationships continue to shift under the pressure of the Trump presidency, the summit is an opportunity to observe new diplomatic relationships.With the world sliding closer to chaos this week, could this be the moment for leaders to restore stability?Guest: Ian Bremmer, founder and President of the Eurasia GroupRecommendations:Geraldine: 'Sub Text' by Sam Roggeveen, The MonthlyNick: When the Going Was Good by Graydon CarterGet in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

If the West really is in decline, are we watching the creation of a new world order? This question is being asked with fresh urgency in capitals around the world as Donald Trump shakes the global system to its roots. How can Australia prepare to meet the challenge head on? Guests: Philippe Sands, professor of law at University College London, barrister and author of 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in PatagoniaEdward Wong, diplomatic correspondent and former Beijing Bureau chief, New York Times, author of At the Edge of Empire: A family's reckoning with ChinaBec Strating, Director of La Trobe Asia, co-author of Girt by Sea: re-imagining Australia’s SecurityRecommendations: All our guests' books!Get in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

Who is a conservative and who is a radical in American politics right now? It’s not entirely clear when the Republican party has dramatically shifted its policies on tax, industry and trade.Oren Cass has an important part in this identity shift, he is influential in the New Right, a movement that also counts JD Vance and Marco Rubio as important figures. Guest: Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of American Compass, author of The New Conservatives: Restoring America's Commitment to Family, Community, and IndustryRecommendations:Geraldine: Why Empires Fall: Rome, America and the Future of the West, Peter Heather and John RapleyHamish: 'This Instability May Be Worth It. Here’s Why.' New York TimesGet in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

Some news stories shake the world, others barely make the front page. In the era of Donald Trump, many important stories are being forgotten.Lindsey Hilsum is one of the journalism's most experienced and fearless foreign correspondents.She shares reflections on a career spent running towards atrocities and how to balance covering Trump and the stories we're missing.Guest: Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News International Editor, author of I Brought The War with Me; Stories and Poems from the Front LineRecommendations:Hamish: Lindsey Hilsum on Desert Island Discs, BBCKylie: You Don’t Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War, Elizabeth BeckerGet in touch:  We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

Donald Trump's tour of the Middle East was three days of glitz, gold and billion-dollar deals. The big surprise was a meeting with Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa. Does this signal an intent to reshape the region and some of its enduring conflicts? And does the decision not to visit Israel signal a cooling relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu?Recommendations:Kylie: Jerusalem the biography by Simon Sebag Montefiori Hamish: Donald Trump seeks bromance and billions as he heads to Gulf, FTGET IN TOUCH: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

The Australian Signals Directorate is one of Australia's most secretive agencies, responsible for decoding enemy messages, protecting us from cyber threats and collaborating with allied intelligence services. Rachel Noble knows how the machine works, as the former head of ASD she helped shape Australia's role in the Five Eyes alliance. Now, with Trump's return and Signal-gate leaks, can Australia still trust its closest ally?Guest: Rachel Noble, former Director-General of Australia Signals Directorate Recommendations:Geraldine:  The Crisis of our Time by Christopher ClarkHamish: East West Street by Philippe SandsGET IN TOUCH: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

As the world awaits the sitting of the conclave and the appointment of a new Pope, Geraldine sits down with the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Paul Gallagher in the Apostolic Palace.Get in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

The Australian election campaign was rocked by allegations that Moscow had requested access to an Indonesian air base for use by long-range Russian military planes.Russia and Indonesia have a long and deep history of cooperation and trade going back to Indonesian independence, which appears to be strengthening under President Prabowo Subianto. Does Australia have reason to be concerned?Guest: Dr Marty Natalegawa, former Foreign Minister of IndonesiaGet in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

There are two states that have the most to gain, and the most to lose, when it comes to AUKUS: South Australia and Western Australia. In the final episode of AUKUS Investigated Hamish and Geraldine speak to South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas about why he thinks the rest of the country needs to come to the AUKUS party. NOTE: This podcast was first released on 20 December 2024.GET IN TOUCH: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

A great re-balancing is underway from the Western world to a much more diverse future.As developing nations rise up with greater wealth, military power, demographic heft and cultural influence, will Western nations give up their privileged positions willingly?Guest: Dr Samir Puri, author of Westlessness: The great global rebalancing; Director, Global Governance and Security Centre at Chatham House; former UK diplomat Get in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au