Between The Lines - ABC Radio National Podcast
1) Australia is ill-prepared for the new reality of climate disasters and the growing crisis in Sri Lanka
Australia is ill prepared for the new reality of climate disasters and the crisis in Sri Lanka, some are calling for an emergency election and what is needed from the international community
2) What Australians think about foreign policy. How effective are UN Peacekeepers. PNG elections.
What do people think about Australia’s foreign policy. Results from the 2022 Lowy poll In troubled times do UN Peacekeepers make a difference? The challenges for Papua New Guinea as they head to a g...Show More
3) Jan 6th attack testimony. Commonwealth heads meet in Rwanda. The view from the Pacific.
Olivier Knox discusses the mostly Republican witness testimony on the January 6th attack on the US Capitol building. Cindy McCreery looks at CHOGM — the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rw...Show More
4) Ukraine’s bid for EU membership. Too many regional strategic groups. The state of Florida vs Disney
What it will take for Ukraine to be able to join the EU? Has Australia has signed up for too many strategic regional groups and dialogues and is it time to review and prioritise? What’s at stake in ...Show More
5) The PM’s visit to Indonesia. Boris survives. Watergate and the Jan. 6th insurrection.
Greg Barton reviews Prime Minister Albanese’s official visit to Indonesia. A blunt assessment of Boris Johnson’s tenure as UK PM. Would things turn out differently for President Richard Nixon if Wat...Show More
6) Ukraine's MP Kira Rudik. Australia's covert action. The myth of primitive communism.
Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik urges for more support during her speaking tour of Western Europe and describes the situation in her war torn country. William Stoltz discusses his new paper ‘A regrettable n...Show More
7) U.S politics and fault lines. Diplomacy and grand Asia Pacific tours. Congestion and conflict in space.
Damien Cave, the New York Times bureau chief here in Australia considers the big fault lines that have led to deep and lasting divisions in US politics and society. Richard McGregor reviews the grand...Show More
8) Bin Laden's secret letters. Testing times for Lebanon.
Osama Bin Laden’s declassified personal papers and correspondence have prompted a re-evaluation of the infamous terrorist and his reach, power and influence following the 9/11 attacks. From Beirut, K...Show More
9) Marcos return to power. Afghanistan failed and now forgotten. Geopolitics and Eurovision.
Why and how did Ferdinand Jnr win so convincingly in this week’s election in the Philippines? What’s life like under the Taliban for the long suffering people of Afghanistan. How the geopolitical re...Show More
10) (Rpt) John Howard. Home Affairs - too big ? China, nationalism & WW2.
(Repeats) Former Prime Minister John Howard evaluates his time in office. Peter Edwards and Jacinta Carroll on the Dept. of Home Affairs and the legacy of the Hope Royal Commissions into intelligence...Show More