<p>This episode explores the origins of the world system and the key concepts which policy-makers and scholars use to explain its nature, and the forces which shape it, control change and produce conflict. Australia as a nation state belongs to this system and its policymakers and scholars use these historically derived terms and ideas to make sense of the world and to explain the government’s actions.</p><p>Voice Actor: Associate Professor Nick Eckstein</p>

This episode explores the origins of the world system and the key concepts which policy-makers and scholars use to explain its nature, and the forces which shape it, control change and produce conflict. Australia as a nation state belongs to this system and its policymakers and scholars use these historically derived terms and ideas to make sense of the world and to explain the government’s actions. Voice Actor: Associate Professor Nick Eckstein

The world in which Australia finds itself

This podcast series is about Australia’s relations with and response to the world from the late 19th Century to the present. It focuses on the historical, cultural, ideological, economic and strategic factors shaping the government’s foreign and defence policies. It looks first at historical themes that still have a bearing on Australia in the contemporary world, then moves on to discuss how Australian politicians and policymakers have reacted to and acted in periods of war and stress, crisis and creativity, hope and delusion. It looks at the role of prime ministers, individual ministers and political parties, the globalising economy, trade, immigration and debates over alliances, Asia, and national loyalty. Written and presented by Professor James Curran from the University of Sydney (Discipline of History) , who is also the International Editor at The Australian Financial Review.

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