Diplomates – A Geopolitical Chinwag

G’day Diplomates fans, it’s a huge week and month in global news — so we’ve got Hagar Chemali back to talk shop!

Misha and Hagar discuss: 

Are we in a new Cold War? And what does this mean for the world?

What Xi’s visit to Moscow means for Chinese and democratic policy makers.

China’s brokering of a peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Should we be worried?

Israeli protests, Bibi and the Supreme Court. What happens next will matter globally.

Deep Fake Popes.

Lebanese daylight saving politics.

AND MORE!

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You can follow Misha and diplomates here: @mishazelinsky @diplomatesshow

Please check out Misha Zelinsky’s column in the Australian Financial Review here: https://www.afr.com/by/misha-zelinsky-p5363h

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Dr Mike Green is CEO of the United States Studies Centre.

Mike has a long and distinguished career in foreign policy working at a number of think tanks including CSIS and CNAS. An Asia expert, he served on the staff of the National Security Council in the Bush Administration, first as director for Asian affairs with responsibility for Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, and then as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia.

He has authored numerous books and articles on East Asian security, including most recently, By More Than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783 (Columbia University Press, 2017) and Line of Advantage: Japan’s Grand Strategy in the Era of Abe Shinzō (Columbia University Press, 2022). 

Misha and Mike caught up for a chinwag about all things AUKUS, including why the US has shared its ‘Crown Jewels’ of nuclear propulsion for the first time in 70 years, the huge national mission Australia must undertake to get subs in the water as quickly as possible, why Xi Jinping is the godfather of AUKUS, how advanced military kit acts as a deterrence to war, the possibilities of new technology transfers under phase two of AUKUS, how having nuclear submarines increases Australia’s national sovereign agency and why flat whites will need to be served by the US Navy.

It’s a huge, huge chat rich in detail answering so many questions about AUKUS. We hope you enjoy it. As ever, please rate and review — thanks to everyone who has been so generous following and supporting the show. We love you. 

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G’day Diplomates fans, it’s a huge week and month in global news — so we’ve got Hagar Chemali back to talk shop!

Misha and Hagar discuss: 

The one-year mark of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (don't call it an anniversary)

Why Biden's visit to Kyib was a baller move

Can Putin survive?

Will Xi bail out Putin?

Why earthquakes threaten Erdogan's grip on power.

Bears in Zoos, North Korea, and spy balloons!

AND MORE!

Be sure to follow Hagar and the Oh My World! show on social media and YouTube @ohmyworldshow and @hagarchemali

You can follow Misha and diplomates here: @mishazelinsky @diplomatesshow

Be sure to check out Misha Zelinsky’s column in the Australian Financial Review here: https://www.afr.com/by/misha-zelinsky-p5363h

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Bill Browder is the head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign the author of Red Notice and Freezing Order.

Bill was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005, when he was denied entry to the country and declared “a threat to national security” for exposing corruption in Russian state-owned companies.

In 2008, Browder’s lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, uncovered a massive fraud committed by Russian government officials that involved the theft of US $230 million of state taxes. Sergei testified against state officials involved in this fraud and was subsequently arrested, imprisoned without trial and systematically tortured. He spent a year in prison under horrific detention conditions, was repeatedly denied medical treatment, and died in prison on November 16, 2009, leaving behind a wife and two children.
Since then, Mr. Browder has sought justice outside of Russia and started a global campaign for governments around the world to impose targeted visa bans and asset freezes on human rights abusers and highly corrupt officials. The United States was the first to impose these targeted sanctions with the passage of the Sergei Magnitsky Accountability Act in 2012, followed by the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act in 2016.

Misha and Bill caught up for a chinwag about Russian sanctions, whether the world could have done more to stop Putin’s invasion, what the deaths of Russian oligarchs tells us, what the world including Australia can do to help Ukraine and whether Russian democracy is possible.

You can follow misha and the show @mishazelinsky and @diplomatesshow

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G’day Diplomates fans, it’s a huge week and month in global news — so we’ve got Hagar Chemali back to talk shop!

Misha and Hagar discuss: 

Brazil insurrection, why this matters, including links to Trump and US far right identities.

Tanks heading to Ukraine and  Putin’s energy blackmail failing. 

Iran protests, including rapes and tortures and soldiers opening fire on protestors.

The ‘Israeli’ strike on an Iranian drone facility.

China’s dodgy Covid and population numbers and Xi’s attempts to reset global relations.

Secret files next to Biden’s corvette and how you are should handle classified materials.

George Santos. ‘Nuff said!

Putin’s threat to kill Bojo.

And more!

Be sure to follow Hagar and the Oh My World! show on social media and YouTube @ohmyworldshow and @hagarchemali

You can follow Misha and diplomates here: @mishazelinsky @diplomatesshow

Be sure to check out Misha Zelinsky’s column in the Australian Financial Review here: https://www.afr.com/by/misha-zelinsky-p5363h

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Mick Ryan is a retired major general in the Australian Army and an expert on modern warfare.

He was the head of the Australian Defence College and was made a member of the Order of Australia for his leadership of Australia’s first reconstruction task force in Afghanistan.  A prolific writer and commentator, Mick’s analysis has featured in the Sydney Morning Herald, Foreign Policy Magazine and The Economist. His book, War Transformed is compulsory reading for those seeking to understand the future of great power rivalry. 

Mick and Misha discuss all things related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine including how Ukraine’s military is reshaping global thinking about modern warfare, Putin’s change of military leadership and what that means for Russia’s strategy, the role of smartphone technology and modern information systems in warfare, why leadership is so crucial to military success, what will happen in 2023 and why Ukraine is a key battlefront for the future of democracy. 

You can follow Mick online at @wartransformed 

You can follow Misha at @mishazelinsky and @diplomates.show

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Chin-up Chingwaggers, it’s the Christmasode with Hagar Chemali! It’s been a rough year, but we made it. 

Misha and Hagar Chemali wrap up 2022 with a huge chat.

• FIFA World Cup and Qatari sports washing
• Xi’s China COVID Zero trap and why autocrats are doomed to fail
• Britney Griner, hostage diplomacy and a shift in US policy
• Iranian protests continue. 
• So does Elon’s Twitter meltdown.
• And Trump. Remember him? 

And more!

Merry Christmas to everyone, except the autocrats! 

Check out Misha Zelinsky’s column in the Australian Financial Review here: https://www.afr.com/by/misha-zelinsky-p5363h

Be sure to follow Hagar and the Oh My World! show on social media and YouTube @ohmyworldshow and @hagarchemali

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Peter Hartcher is political editor and international editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. He is the author of numerous books, including Red Zone — a deep dive in the the Chinese Communist Party under Xi Jinping.

Misha Zelinsky caught up with Peter for a chinwag about the future of China under Xi Jinping, the centrality of ideology in today’s Communist China, how Australia successfully stood up to Xi’s bullying, the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and why autocracies are suddenly on the back foot.

You can follow Diplomates and Misha at @mishazelinsky @diplomates.show

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Lots going on in the world, so who better to join us for a chinwag than Hagar Chemali of Oh My World!

- The US Mid Terms and why might be (actually) finished.

- Ukraine and averting World War 3.

- The latest from the G20: Biden and Xi, Xi and Albanese and an isolated Putin. 

- Iranians protest and what happens next. 

- Qatar and FIFA.

- Elon and Twitter.

And more!Be sure to follow Hagar and the Oh My World! show on social media and YouTube @ohmyworldshow and @hagarchemaliYou can follow Diplomates and Misha at @mishazelinsky @diplomates.show

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Evgenia Kara-Murza, is a Russian dissident and campaigner for democratic change in Russia. 

Evgenia is the wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian politician, author, and historian who is currently jailed in Russia as a political prisoner of Vladimir Putin having previously survived two assasination attempts. Kara-Murza played a key role in the establishment of Magnitsky laws around the world and has been a long time opponent of Putin's regime.

Evgenia is the advocacy coordinator for the Free Russia Foundation, which seeks to give a voice to those repressed by the current Russian government and informs the world about the situation in Russia.

Misha Zelinksy caught up with Evgenia to discuss Russia's war in Ukraine, Russian war crimes and who must pay, why the West indulged Putin for too long, how Putin has crushed Russian political opposition, why Ukraine must win, and what a post Putin Russia might look like one day.

You can follow Evgenia and Vladimir here: @ekaramurza and @vkaramurza

You can follow Misha Zelinsky who is reporting on the war for the Australian Financial Review from inside Ukraine here: @mishazelinsky

About Vladimir Kara-Murza

A longtime colleague of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, he has served as deputy leader of the People’s Freedom Party and was a candidate for the Russian Parliament. Kara-Murza played a key role in the passage of “Magnitsky laws” in countries around the world – including the UK, the U.S., and Canada – that imposed personal sanctions on Russian officials involved in human rights abuses. 

Twice, in 2015 and 2017, he was targeted for assassination by poisoning by operatives of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who were later identified in a media investigation by Bellingcat, The Insider, and Der Spiegel. In April 2022 Kara-Murza was arrested and has since been imprisoned in Moscow for his public opposition to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. 

He has been designated as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. Kara-Murza is the author or contributor of several books and documentaries on Russian politics and history. He has worked as a journalist for Russian and Western media organizations, including Kommersant, Echo of Moscow, and the BBC; and writes a regular column for The Washington Post. He is a recipient of a number of international prizes, including the Geneva Summit Courage Award, the Sakharov Prize for Journalism as an Act of Conscience, and the Magnitsky Human Rights Award. He holds an M.A. (Cantab.) in History from Cambridge.

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