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Global Questions — 119 episodes · page 1 of 2
YDS x WIIS-A: Diplomacy in Motion - Susan Coles
YDS x WIIS-A: Diplomacy in Motion - Jane Hardy
YDS x WIIS-A: Diplomacy in Motion - Shannon Zimmerman
Trailblazers: Dr Shira Mansaray
Trailblazers: Dr. Emma Collins
Trailblazers: Joshua Dario Hasenstab
In-Depth: Inside Iran
Trailblazers: Rhiannon Van Vliet
Trailblazers: Dr Natalia Grincheva
In-Depth: The Art Of Diplomacy
Trailblazer: Xenia Hanusiak
In-Depth: The 2025 Australian Election Preview
Trailblazer: Jeremy Dicker
In-Depth: The Year To Come
An Interview with Carlo Nicholls: Our YDS Foreign Policy Case Competition Winner
Trailblazer: Advice I wish I got with Shadi Rouhshabhaz
In Depth: Trump and Harris Race to the White House
In Depth: Beyond the Game - Sports Diplomacy as an emerging field with Dr Stuart Murray
Trailblazer: scoring goals in Pacific sports diplomacy with Sarah Leary
FAREWELL FROM US: What's next for Global Questions?
IN-DEPTH: The Digital Divide (and why failing to stop it could be catastrophic)
THE WRAP-UP: Could Netanyahu return as PM? Why the Rwanda Deal is controversial. Can democracy survive in Cambodia? The 50-year Whisky War.
IN-DEPTH: How your favourite social media sites are turbocharging terrorism (w/Tech Against Terrorism)
THE WRAP-UP: North Korea to lead anti-nuclear group. El Salvador’s prison spree. Putin meets with African leaders. Can the British monarchy survive?
IN-DEPTH: Is space exploration causing geopolitical tensions? W/ Leonard David
THE WRAP-UP: Why a dictator’s son was elected president. How one family helped derail Sri Lanka’s economy.
IN-DEPTH: How is artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionising modern warfare? W/Dr Peter Layton
THE WRAP-UP: Anger at Xi’s Covid strategy. America’s dystopian post-Roe future. Could Israel spiral into war? Northern Ireland considers leaving UK.
IN-DEPTH: Is Bitcoin going to change the world? Or is it a scam? W/David Gerard
THE WRAP-UP: The elaborate conspiracy to blame France for war crimes. China’s aim in the Solomons. Is the Arab Spring dead? Honduras’ drug-trafficking president.
IN-DEPTH: We're all being monitored. How does it affect society? W/ Kevin Macnish & Moira Patterson
THE WRAP-UP: UNHRC kicks out Russia. Pakistan’s crazy politics. 6,500+ deaths tied to World Cup. How Taiwan’s fate will affect your shopping.
TEASER: Season 6 REVEAL
REPLAY: Gillian Triggs on Australia's refugee crisis
REPLAY: Kevin Rudd on why Murdoch is a "cancer on our democracy"
REPLAY: The horror of China's 're-education' camps W/ Nuria Yu & Nathan Ruser
REPLAY: Meet the student who sued his super company over climate change. W/ Paul Govind and Mark McVeigh
IN-DEPTH: Can we save democracy? W/Iain Walker & Tim Hollo
TRAILBLAZER: Using music and education to inspire social change and international peace-building W/Janielle Beh
THE WRAP-UP: A gas war in Ukraine? Fishermen defeat Russian navy. Far-right meet in Hungary. Why Honduras’ election matters.
IN-DEPTH: Can the CCP and democracy co-exist? It's complicated. W/Roger Huang
IN-DEPTH: Are conspiracy theories and political paranoia destroying democracy? W/Jesse Walker
HUGH’S FINAL WRAP-UP: Refugees sue Facebook. Is the Iran Deal back? The dark side of renewables. A Saharan sports saga.
IN-DEPTH: Is India (the world's largest democracy) turning authoritarian? W/ Mauktik Kulkarni
TRAILBLAZER: Developing a career in cyber security W/ Bronte Munro
THE WRAP-UP: Ethiopia’s PM *literally* goes to war. Australia helps Solomons. Taiwan's uncertain future. Sweden’s 7-hour female PM.
IN-DEPTH: How has globalisation affected inequality and democracy around the world? W/ Steven Slaughter & Estella Kabachwezi
THE WRAP-UP: Was COP26 worth it? Belarus weaponises migrants. Democratic setback for Thailand. A boycott of the Winter Olympics?
IN-DEPTH: What is populism and is it destroying democracy? W/ Anastasia Kapetas & Brandon Wu
TRAILBLAZER: Turning your love for international affairs into a meaningful career in research W/ Daria Impiombato
THE WRAP-UP: What to expect from COP26. Why Sudan’s coup matters. Azerbaijan vs Armenia. How an actor could jail Italy’s ex-deputy PM.
IN-DEPTH: When press freedom declines, what happens to democracy? W/ Marcus Strom
THE WRAP-UP: Civil war in Lebanon? Billions for the Taliban. Kenya ignores the ICJ. America’s cyber reckoning.
IN-DEPTH: Is Covid-19 killing democracy? W/ Tom Daly & Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
THE WRAP-UP: China turns off power. Germany’s election stalemate. A sports star President? Nigeria's phone ban.
TEASER: Season 5 REVEAL
REPLAY IN-DEPTH: How does the Black Lives Matter movement relate to Indigenous Australians? W/ Ama Burkoh & Nayonika Bhattacharya
REPLAY IN-DEPTH: Who is Witness K and why is he being charged with conspiracy? W/ Bernard Collaery
BONUS: Saying farewell to the founders of Global Questions W/ Genevieve Marcocci & Emma Fabreguette
TRAILBLAZER: Exploring opportunities and engaging in global affairs W/ Ryan Attard
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IN-DEPTH: How is climate change law paving the way for the future? W/ Paul Govind and Mark McVeigh
THE WRAP-UP: Haiti’s competing Prime Ministers. China’s vaccine woes. Secret trials in Cuba. Russia’s weaponised gas pipeline.
IN-DEPTH: What does climate change have to do with the Egypto-Ethiopian Nile dispute and the internationalisation of the Amazon? W/ Anet McClintock & Professor Stephen M. Walt.
THE WRAP-UP: Lebanon’s ‘social explosion’. South Africa’s ex-President in jail. The rise of private armies. France’s climate constitution.
IN-DEPTH: How is climate change affecting the developing world? W/Anna Gero
THE WRAP-UP: Iran’s hardliners seize control. 100 years of the CCP. Pardons divide Spain. Far-right soldiers threaten EU.
IN-DEPTH: How is veganism integral to climate change mitigation? W/ Alana Mann
THE WRAP-UP: Chaos in Afghanistan. Myanmar’s rebel armies. El Salvador’s bitcoin revolution. Can the UN end HIV/AIDS?
IN-DEPTH: How is climate change affecting Antarctica? W/ Dr Alessandro Antonello
TRAILBLAZER: Indigenous activism & climate change W/Joshua Gilbert
IN-DEPTH: What is climate-induced migration? W/ Dr Celia McMichael
THE WRAP-UP: The Israel-Palestine crisis. An unprecedented cyber attack. Will the Olympics go ahead? A political shake-up in Venezuela.
TEASER: Season 4 REVEAL
THE WRAP-UP: Samoa’s jaw-dropping election. Chad’s president dies in battle. TikTok faces a historic lawsuit. French secularism ignites Pakistani protests.
TRAILBLAZER: How to navigate opportunities and create agency W/Yasmin Poole
THE WRAP-UP: Is Russia going to war? North Korea’s ‘worst-ever situation'. Nigeria’s mass prison break. Hong Kong’s anti-democratic revival.
IN-DEPTH: How is Islam changing Indonesian politics? W/ Dr Rachel Rinaldo and Dr Dina Afrianty
THE WRAP-UP: Double-mutant strains, China's fashion boycott, Columbian border conflict and Haiti's government chaos
IN-DEPTH: Why Is Anti-Semitism On The Rise? W/ Harrison Rosen
THE WRAP-UP: Turmoil in Yemen, Kiribati’s Change of Address, the Pope in Iraq and a Brazilian Ex-President’s Prison Release
IN-DEPTH: What is Political Evangelicalism? W/ Dr. Joshua Roose
THE WRAP-UP: Upheaval in Ethiopia, an Armenian coup, vaccine diplomacy and New Caledonia's separatist government
IN-DEPTH: What is Reclaiming Saudi Salafism? w/ Dr Raihan Ismail
TRAILBLAZER: What does it take to realise your passion? W/ Joel MacKay
IN-DEPTH: What is happening to Uyghur Muslims in China? W/ Nuria Yu & Nathan Ruser
THE WRAP UP: The EU vaccine scuffle, protests in India, Israel, Iran, and Biden, and the lawsuit against Brazil's president
IN-DEPTH: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict W/ Ronald Zweig
TEASER: Season 3 - What will be covered?
BONUS: How is UNESCO reimagining education? W/ Noah Sobe
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Yemen famine, News Media Commission & Cancel Culture W/ Josh & Saacha 2/2
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Megxit, Wolf-Warrior Diplomacy & BLM W/ Hugh & Kelly 1/2
THE WRAP-UP: Australian money-laundering, West Papuan independence, France's 'values' charter and UN Security Council negligence
THE WRAP-UP: Australia's war crimes, Who gets the vaccine, Armenia Azerbaijan and a peace deal and Typhoon Vamco
IN-DEPTH: Why is the South China Sea such a pivotal region? W/ Professor Rory Medcalf
THE WRAP-UP: Why is terror on the rise? How does Iran benefit from Biden? Is Thailand becoming a democracy? What's going on in Ethiopia?
IN-DEPTH: What is the significance of South Korea-Australia Relations? W/ Thomas Corben
BONUS: How to dismantle the Murdoch Empire? W/ Kevin Rudd
TRAILBLAZER: How to choose the right degree W/ Asher Klein
TRAILBLAZER: How to start a global impact driven career? W/Jacob Thomas