Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

As the war in Ukraine spills into Poland, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski makes an impassioned call to countries around the world to wake up to what he sees as Putin's true imperialist intentions. RECOMMENDATIONS:Geraldine: America’s Role in the World Is Hard. It Just Got Much Harder. Thomas Friedman in The New York Times.Hamish: Take Me To Your Leader Season 3: Dictators & Demagogues on ABC Listen App.VOTE FOR US:Love the pod? Vote for us in the Australian Podcast Awards here: Voting - Australian Podcast AwardsGET IN TOUCH: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

We kick off this Global Roaming mini-series by looking at the ways wars will be fought in the future. From drones to electronic warfare and even social media, war today looks completely different to what it did even a decade ago. Russia’s war on Ukraine is providing a breeding ground for testing and innovation of new weapons, but are we in Australia prepared for any of this? Do we need to be?   Guest: Dr Jack Watling - Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at the Royal United Services Institute. His 2023 book is The Arms of the Future: Technology and Close Combat in the Twenty-First CenturyRECOMMENDATIONS:Geraldine: A Trump loss could stabilise US politics for a generation by Janan Ganesh, Financial TimesHamish: ‘Whatever Happens in the Sauna Stays in the Sauna’: Diplomacy, Conducted in the Nude By Alison Krueger, The New York TimesVOTE FOR US:Love the pod? Vote for us in the Australian Podcast Awards here: Voting - Australian Podcast AwardsGET IN TOUCH: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

Sure, we have great beaches, but when it comes to forging strong economic and security ties, does Australia leave something to be desired?Guest: Dr Kyung-wha Kang – President and CEO of the Asia Society; South Korea’s 38th Minister of Foreign Affairs (2017 to 2021) under President Moon Jae-in RECOMMENDATIONS:Geraldine: Kiss the Future documentary - SBS On DemandHamish: Zhou Enlai: A Life - review in London Review of BooksVOTE FOR US:Love the pod? Vote for us in the Australian Podcast Awards here: Voting - Australian Podcast AwardsGET IN TOUCH: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

With 40 million eligible Gen Z voters, the tight US presidential race has become a battle for followers, likes and shares on social media. But will this actually translate to votes in November? GUEST: Katie Harbath - founder and CEO of technology policy firm Anchor Change; Former Facebook Public Policy Director for global elections RECOMMENDATIONS:Geraldine: The Born in the USA fallacy - The New Statesman Hamish: This wasn't 't the social media election everyone expected - BBCVOTE FOR US:Love the pod? Vote for us in the Australian Podcast Awards here: Voting - Australian Podcast AwardsGET IN TOUCH: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

Rory Stewart, a former MP for Penrith and The Border and co-presenter of The Rest is Politics podcast, shares his insights on making progressive politics more relatable. He argues that Australia’s political model could inspire a more appealing center-ground. The conversation delves into his rich experiences in Asia and Afghanistan, the disconnect between political elites and community sentiments in the UK, and the promising teal movement in Australia. Stewart emphasizes the role of humor in politics and the need for relatable leadership to invigorate democracy.

At the eleventh hour, journalist Masha Gessen has been granted a visa to enter Australia, but why are they considered so dangerous? Guest: Masha Gessen - Russian-American journalist and author. Masha is due to appear at The Edge, Fed Square in Melbourne for the Wheeler Centre (21 August) and at Carriageworks in Sydney, as part of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas (24-25 August).KEEP AN EYE OUT:Our main episode will drop Friday, with special guest Rory Stewart, co-host of The Rest Is Politics podcast.

In a sign of our deepening strategic ties, Australia will play host to more frequent US military deployments across air, land, and maritime domains. At the same time, an updated AUKUS agreement provides a 'get-out' clause for the US and the UK. Former prime minister Paul Keating has raised his concerns, but he's not alone is asking: Is Australia getting the short end of the stick? Guest: David E. Sanger is chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times and the author, most recently of New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West.Recommendations:Geraldine - When Keating went to war with the White House  Australian Financial Review article by James Curran. Hamish - The Places in Between by Rory Stewart.Get in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

The sudden departure of Sheikh Hasina after weeks of student protests sparked jubilant celebrations, which stretched all the way to Australia. It’s paved the way for a new interim government led by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is heralding this as a 'second liberation' for Bangladesh.Guests:Dr Mubashar Hasan - Bangladesh born academic and social justice activist. Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Oslo, Norway and an adjunct research fellow at Humanitarian and Development Research Initiatives, Western Sydney University.     Associate Professor C. Christine Fair - Professor in the Security Studies Program within Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Recommendations:Geraldine: Lies, Politics and Democracy on SBS on DemandHamish: Bangladesh has achieved its second liberation, says Muhammad Yunus, The EconomistBonus episode: Hamish speaks to Gov. Tim WalzGet in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate, but who is he? It turns out he was actually in Australia last November for a trade mission and he spoke remarkably openly with Hamish Macdonald. GET IN TOUCH:Love this bonus discussion? Have your own thoughts on Gov. Tim Walz that you need to share? We're listening! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

In the wake of two major assassinations of a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and a Hamas leader in Tehran, both at least ostensibly by Israel, former Mossad director Efraim Halevy issues a surprisingly critical assessment of Israel’s strategy for the broader Middle East. Plus, former US Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale gives some much-needed context on Hezbollah’s engagement in the conflict, and what diplomacy might achieve, should cooler heads prevail.Recommendations:Hamish: Caledonian Road by Andrew O'HaganGeraldine: The Lammy Doctrine by Jason Cowley in The New StatesmanVOTE FOR US:We've been announced as a finalist in the Radio Today Australia/NZ podcast awards! You can vote for us here.Get in touch:We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au