Achieving global net zero at COP 27 ? Opposing views from; Rupert Darwall, author of The Age of Global Warming: A History and Dorinda Cox: Greens Senator from Western Australia.

What demography can tell us about international relations. Nicholas Eberstadt: American Enterprise Institute, Washington.

What's wrong with identity politics. Mary Eberstadt: the Catholic Information Center, Washington DC. Author of Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics.

Can the world agree on carbon reduction at COP 27? What demography tell us about geopolitics and what's wrong with  identity politics

This program is no longer in production. Making sense of Australia’s place in the world, Between the Lines puts contemporary international issues and events into a broader historical context, seeking out original perspectives and challenging accepted wisdom.

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It was called Russia-gate and it’s now been found to have been a complete fabrication. It was based on the widespread claim that Donald Trump was a Kremlin agent, and his victory in the presidential election in 2016 was due to his campaign’s collusion with Russia.

The fabrication that was “Russia-gate”

If the west’s wealth is based on slavery, should reparations be paid? Or does Africa instead need moral accountability from its own leaders and honesty among its intellectuals about what the trans-Atlantic trade entailed.

The debate on reparations for the African slave trade

A new book tells the stories of people who took part in the Cultural Revolution and what is has cost them. It also examines its importance and its connection to China today.

What can today’s China learn from the Cultural Revolution?

Kim Yo Jong is the sister of North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un. She’s known as the most powerful woman in the hermit kingdom. Could she also be her brother’s successor?

The most powerful woman in North Korea

We look at why pro-interventionist views dominate the front pages and media airwaves.

Can the world agree on carbon reduction at COP 27? What demography tell us about geopolitics and what's wrong with identity politics

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