Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, speculation has been rampant on the potential changes it could bring in international relations. Join James Cafferky in this second double-feature interview episode, to hear from Drs Angel Alcade, and Daniel McCarthy, stepping us through, first, the relationship between the pandemic and globalisation, and secondly, the relationship between the pandemic and IR more broadly.
Lessons in humility and the importance of understanding your enemy. In Northern Ireland, Iraq, the Balkans and Sierra Leone, among others, retired British military commander Richard Iron has spent a lifetime in counterinsurgency. In this episode Richard takes us through his role as Chief Mentor to Basra Operations commander in the 2008 battle for Basra, Iraq, and how his military career prepared him to take on a faceless enemy. Music: Jade by Scott Buckley ...
Today we had a discussion with Zara Kimpton OAM, National Vice President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs and the head of the Australian delegation for the Women20, an official G20 engagement group forming a transnational network of women’s organizations, female entrepreneurs associations and think tanks. Zara talked us through the key areas of engagement for the W20, how we can turn ideas into effective action on gender equality, and the role Australia is playing in supporting the W20 agenda. ...
Reporting on the ground in Iraq and Indonesia, and liaising with Fairfax correspondents in the field as Foreign Editor, Michael Bachelard knows every detail of life as a foreign correspondent. Find out what it takes to get a job as a foreign correspondent and to live as one in places as varied as the Middle East to Europe. An essential listen for those with aspirations of foreign correspondence. Music: Jade by Scott Buckley ...
