Between the Lines

Donald Trump says that America is going to hell but is it? Maybe not. Plus a year out from the French Presidential election it looks as if it will be the same people standing as last time, that is, unless a new political party gains some traction.

Does American politics resembles European politics right now? A new article suggest that it does and that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders would fit right in. Also does Australia need a new foreign policy? Is it time to break, or bend, the ties that bind us to the US and instead align ourselves with our Asian neighbours?

The Permanent Court of Arbitration will soon rule on whether or not China is entitled to take over islands and outcrops in the West Philippine Sea aka South China Sea. How important will the ruling be for the Philippines? Also today the Queen has turned 90 so will Charles ever take the throne and is he the best person to do so?

To mark Malcolm Turnbull's first visit to China as Prime Minister we discuss two topics that will be raised during discussions between the two nations, the disputed islands in the South China Sea and whether or not the Australian navy should enter the 12 mile exclusion zone and with China's slowing growth rate what is the future of our trade relationship.

Libya. Perplexed and perturbed.

Should Britain stay in or leave the EU and if they leave what impact would that have on Australia? We also met the man who smoothed the way for Gough Whitlam's tour of China in 1971 and who also made it easier for President Nixon to go there the following year

Why was there, again, a terrorist attack in Europe? Is it because of a failed Middle East Policy, perhaps the surge of refugee's in Europe or something else? Also why are our cousins across the ditch about to get a new flag and why is their PM pulling pony tails?

Next week President Obama will become the first sitting President to visit Cuba since 1928. Why is he going? Also is Australia stuck in the middle of China and the US? We have a good relationship with both but what would happen if we had to choose between them?

Iran has voted for the first time since the nuclear framework agreement. So what happened? Did the moderates gain or lose and what it all mean for the political and social future of the nation? Do you remember the 'Lizard of Oz' incident of 1992? What did the Queen say to the then Governor General, Bill Hayden?

Did Super Tuesday deliver the Republican result that was predicted or does a closer scrutiny reveal that Donald Trump's campaign is actually on the decline? Joko Widodo was swept to power in Indonesia with a promise of reform but has he delivered?