The Peace Production

Co-hosts Andrew and Sheetal are joined by an Australian expert, Nick Cheesman, to discuss the current military coup in Myanmar and the country's possible future. The duo then speaks to a Burmese- Australian activist, Sophia Sarkis, who is pushing Western governments to condemn the illegal coup. 

On this week's podcast, Andrew Bernstein speaks with Mattea Weihe, spokesperson and cultural mediator for Sea Watch, about the plight of refugees in the Mediterranean and Sea Watch's efforts to save them. 

In this week's episode of the Peace Production, Katherine Everest speaks with Dr Rodrigo Acuña, expert on Latin American politics, about Venezuela's global alliances with Iran, China and Russia, how Venezuela's historical role in the region plays a part in the United States' treatment of the nation, and what foreign policy could look like under a Biden presidency. 

In this week’s episode of the Peace Production, the podcast team speaks with Dr Serena Parekh, author of ‘No Refuge: Ethics and The Global Refugee Crisis’ about where responsibility lies when it comes to refugees, and how the world can address the issue from a better moral standpoint.

In this week’s edition of the Peace Production, the podcast team draw on the expertise of Human Rights Law Centre Senior Lawyer, Shahleena Musk, and Shadow Assistant Minister for Treasury and Charities, Andrew Leigh, to discover the potential causes behind the overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults and children in prisons across Australia, as well possible solutions to address the issue.

In this week’s edition of the Peace Production, Monica Sager and Katherine Everest speak with Paul Lachelier, Founder and Director of Learning Life, to learn of the organization's aspirations to shift away from traditional diplomacy, and why this is important.

In this week’s edition of the Peace Production Andrew Bernstein, and Monica Sager speak with Michael Collins, The Americas Executive Director for the Institute for Economics & Peace, on key findings within the Institute’s latest Global Peace Index for 2020.

This week, Andrew Bernstein, Monica Sager and Katherine Everest discuss US-China relations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they manifest in the discourse surrounding the WHO and the WTO. 

This week, Andrew Bernstein and Monica Sager discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on a pervasive and seemingly intractable issue: food insecurity.

In this week's edition of the Peace Production, Monica Sager and OWP political scientist, Andrew Bernstein, explore the interplay of two pandemics: fake news and the coronavirus.