Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Much has been going on around the world this year so climate and environment have taken a back seat. Now with the US electing a president who calls climate change a hoax, how will conversations and actions change globally? Perhaps there are opportunities for Australia as China increases its dominance. 

Martijn Wilder joins us to discuss - and it's not all bad. Martijn founded Pollination, a climate change advisory and investment firm that's working to speed up the transition to net zero. But he's worked in climate law and policy for many years, advising governments and organisations. 

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Geraldine: Documentary film Martha on Netflix 

Hamish:  The Jury: Death on the Staircase  directed by Tosca Looby on SBS on Demand

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Donald Trump has a mandate to do what he promised after winning easily. But how far will he actually go and how fast? And will he try to unite the country a little, as hinted at in his victory speech? 

Jonathan Swan, who’s been covering Trump for close to a decade, warns that Trump's been emboldened to take more risk, and little stands in his way this time. Swan is a reporter for The New York Times covering national politics and the US government but known for his Emmy-award winning interview with Trump when he was president.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Hamish:  The Great Global Rebalancing with Dr Samir Puri  - episode of War Studies podcast

Geraldine: Noble Fragments: The maverick who broke up the world’s greatest book, by Michael Visontay

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An election on a knife-edge, and a nation seemingly on the brink. How do we make sense of this fever-pitched moment? 

First a snapshot from USA Today political reporter Deborah Berry, who's been in Georgia a lot lately. Then we hear how strategist Rachel Bitecofer has advised the Democrats to beat the Republicans at their own game, with less focus on policies and more on  negative attacks.

And we discuss the deluge of listener feedback to our Niall Ferguson episode. 

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Geraldine:  Don Waton's Quarterly Essay - High Noon

Stopping the Steal documentary on SBS 

Hamish: Elon Musk's Secret Conversation with Vladimir Putin

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Our friends at If You're Listening have a new series about the US presidential election that we want to tell you about. 

Donald Trump still refuses to accept the result of the 2020 election. Now he’s on the ballot again, and in his campaign against Kamala Harris he’s calling on his supporters to make the race ‘too big to rig’. In America's Last Election, Matt Bevan leaves his basement and heads to the US, examining the chaotic aftermath of the 2020 election and what it means for the vote this November. 

Find the latest episodes by searching for If You're Listening in the ABC listen app. 

In this extended conversation with Geraldine and Hamish, renowned historian Sir Niall Ferguson warns that Donald Trump is not the biggest threat to American democracy. A bigger threat, he says, lies much closer to Australia...

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Geraldine: Niall Ferguson: The Treason of the Intellectuals article in The Free Press

Hamish: The tragedy of a 50-50 America article in the Financial Times by Janan Ganesh

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Like it or not, we all have a stake when Americans head to the polls in November. So what would a Harris or Trump presidency mean for the global economy, conflicts in the Middle East and Europe, and an increasingly powerful China?

Guest: Edward Luce - US national editor, Financial Times.

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Geraldine: Secret Documents Show Hamas Tried to Persuade Iran to Join Its Oct. 7 Attack by Ronen Bergman in The New York Times

Hamish: The World from Down Under by George Negus.

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In the final instalment of our New Frontlines mini-series, we look at the ideological fault-lines that are dividing countries from within. Identity, values and fears are being weaponised by those on the political extremes, and it's working. 

Guest: Margaritis Schinas - the European Commission vice president for Promoting our European Way of Life.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Geraldine: Europe Takes a Trumpian Turn by Hans Kundnani in Foreign Affairs Magazine

Hamish: Kosciuszko: The incredible life of the man behind the mountain by Anthony Sharwood

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Iran talks a big game, but in the last two weeks Israel has dealt some serious blows to the ‘axis of resistance’, while Tehran has done little to deter Netanyahu from going even further. Is the balance of power in the Middle East swinging away from Iran and towards Israel? Or is there more going on inside Iran than meets the eye?

Guests: 

Ali Ansari - Professor of Iranian History & Founding Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews 

David Hale - Global Fellow, Wilson Center; Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Former Ambassador to Pakistan, Lebanon, and Jordan.

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Geraldine: Kaos, series on Netflix

Raf:  English teacher, series on Disney +

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Exploding pagers, attacks on underwater gas pipelines and deepfake videos - we’ve entered a terrifying new realm of hybrid warfare, where the aim is to sow discord deep within our democracies. But how do you fight a war that isn’t really a war, against an invisible enemy? We visit a centre in Finland where they are urgently trying to find the answers to that question.  

Teija Tiilikainen - Director of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats. 

Elina Valtonen - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland 

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Geraldine: Ezra Klein podcast with David Remnick: Israel vs. Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran — and Itself

Hamish: We have changed, says Indonesia’s Jemaah Islamiah leader Para Wijayanto by Amanda Hodge in The Australian

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As the war in Ukraine spills into Poland, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski makes an impassioned call to countries around the world to wake up to what he sees as Putin's true imperialist intentions. 

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Geraldine: America’s Role in the World Is Hard. It Just Got Much Harder. Thomas Friedman in The New York Times.

Hamish: Take Me To Your Leader Season 3: Dictators & Demagogues on ABC Listen App.

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