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Diplomates – A Geopolitical Chinwag — 59 episodes

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Christmasode: Will democracy survive in 2024? Let's find out!

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Special Episode: The Sun Will Rise — Peter Hartcher interviews Misha Zelinsky

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Prisoners of history? Israel, Hamas and Xi

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Terror in Israel — War, Peace and the Middle East

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The African Coup Capital? Wagner, China and the West

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Patrick Gibbons — Winning the New Resources War: Rare Earths, Renewables and Dictatorships

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Is Putin Pooped? Ukraine, Russia, Xi and Bibby -- Chinwags with Misha and Hagar

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Luke Harding: Invasion — Russia, Ukraine and the Battle for Freedom.

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War in Taiwan? Putin, Macron, Sudan and leaky US intelligence — Chinwags with Misha and Hagar

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Dr Yuriy Sak: Help Us Win — Ukraine, Russia and the global fight for democracy

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Meet the new Cold War, same as the old one: Xi in Moscow, Kishida in Kyiv and Bibi in big trouble!

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Dr Mike Green: All About AUKUS — Subs, Tech and China

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Mr Biden goes to Kyiv: Zelensky, Putin and Xi — Chinwags with Misha and Hagar Chemali

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Bill Browder: Sending Putin Broke — Dirty Money, Oligarchs and Sanctions

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Exporting insurrections, Tankplomacy and Biden’s Corvette — Chinwags with Misha and Hagar Chemali

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Major General Mick Ryan — War Transformed: Ukraine, Russia and the Future of War

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Has the world reached Peak Autocrat? — Xi, Putin, Elon and Donald

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Peter Hartcher: What does Xi Jinping want? China, Australia and the global struggle for freedom.

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Is Trump the biggest loser? US Midterms, the G-20 and stopping World War 3.

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Russia without Putin? Ukraine, War Crimes, and Political Resistance

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Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko: Why we will win -- Ukraine, Russia and the fight for freedom.

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Bojo Buggered, hurting Putin’s feelings and US insurrectionists — Chinwags with Hagar Chemali

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Kos Samaras: Change the government, change the country — 2022 Australian Election special

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Hagar Chemali Returns For A Chinwag

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Ukrainian frontline with Pavlo Khazan — Are you ready to protect human life? Freedom, Fighting and the Future of Democracy

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Amb Bi-khim Hsiao: Peace in Taiwan - Democracy, Freedom and the Indo-Pacific

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Christmas Chinwag Special with Hagar Chemali and Misha Zelinsky

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Chinwags with Hagar Chemali and Misha Zelinsky

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Dr. Clare Wardle: The Info Wars - Lies, Damned Lies and Social Media

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Dr. Tom Mahnken: Going Nuclear - Submarines, AUKUS and Great Power Competition

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Ben Rhodes: After The Fall - Democracy, Authoritarianism and America

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Nathan Law: Fighting for Freedom - Democracy, The CCP and Hong Kong

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Guns in America: Violence, Rights and Politics

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Luke de Pulford - The Human Rights Fight: China, Democracy and Global Responsibility

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Chris Pyne - The Insider: Politics, Party and Parliament

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Malcolm Turnbull: A Bigger Picture - Politics, Leadership and Government

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Clare O’Neil: The Long View - Fixing Work, Tech and Politics.

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Nicole Hemmer: Nightmare at the Capitol - Conspiracies, Insurrectionists and Trump.

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Professor Rory Medcalf: Democracy v Autocracy – Friends, Rivals, Values

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Ambassador Frank Lavin: Winning Elections – Reagan, Bush, Trump and Election 2020.

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Eric Schultz: Hope v Fear? Obama, Authenticity and Election 2020

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Richard Marles: Playing Big – Navigating Australia’s foreign policy in a post COVD-19 world.

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Laura Rosenberger: Open v Closed? Securing democracies from misinformation and interference.

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Mike Murphy: Never Trump? The Future of the Republican Party and Election 2020

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Bonus Content: Senator Kristina Keneally and Misha Zelinsky in panel discussion on COVID-19, immigration and trade policy.

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Tarun Chhabra – The China Card: How progressives should deal with an assertive Chinese Communist Party

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Professor Ross Garnaut: Bouncing back from COVID - how renewables can make Australia a manufacturing superpower

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Richard McGregor: The war within the war on COVID-19

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Dr Alexandra Phelan: Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic - what you need to know.

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Dr Michael Fullilove: Why middle powers matter - managing China in an era of Trump.

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Ambassador Jeff Bleich - Why trust matters in democracy and how we get it back.

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Benedict Hugosson: Still the heartland? How social democrats can fight back in Sweden, Europe and the world.

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Emily Lau: Hong Kong's long struggle for freedom.

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Alex Oliver: What do the numbers say? Australian attitudes to foreign affairs.

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Wayne Swan

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Dr Charles Edel: The gathering storm? How the 'Lessons of Tragedy' can help us preserve peace.

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Chris Bowen: On reasons to be optimistic

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Max Bergmann - Center for American Progress: Foreign Interference and Russia 2016 Special

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Ambassador Curtis Chin