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Lots going on in the world this week!

 

Boris Johnson’s no confidence vote.

Putin’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and Western response.

Biden going to Saudi Arabia and energy politics

US Domestic politics of Jan 6 investigations, gun control and abortion rights.

 

And more!

 

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Kos Samaras is one of Australia’s top pollsters and political analysts.

He is a director at RedBridge Group Australia. For years, Kos was the Deputy Campaign Director for the Australian Labor Party in Victoria.

A veteran of numerous campaigns, Kos caught up with Misha Zelinsky to unpack everything that happened in the 2022 election, how Anthony Albanese won, why voters are leaving major parties, the collapse of the Liberal Party in the inner cities of Australia and what is likely to happen next.
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G'day Diplomates fans — apologies for the break in regular episodes. We've got some exciting guests coming up, so please stay tuned!

This week, Hagar Chemali returns for our Chinwag editions of the show!

Misha and Hagar talk:


Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The politics of sanctions 
Macron’s re-election bid and what this means for global democracy
What’s happened to Carrie Lamb in Hong Kong
Imran Khan losing his job and blaming the CIA
And more!

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

For those following Misha's work covering the Ukraine war, please continue to support efforts to help Ukrainian refugees via the Fund of the Free and Caring: 

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Together we've raised $US60,000. Please keep giving -- you are saving lives!
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Recorded from the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine:

Pavlo Khazan, a Reserve Major in Ukraine’s armed forces and a signals officer of Jewish Ukrainian descent, is defiant in the face of unbelievable odds. 

A prominent leader of the Maiden movement and a veteran of the Donbas wars, Misha Zelinsky meets him at a friend’s place only hours before he boards a train to travel 500 kilometres east to his hometown of Dnipro – directly into the Russian storm.

An environmental engineer with a PhD in statistics, the once leading European eco-warrior has made the shift to battled hardened defender of his nation over the last decade. With the stakes so high, he appeals to the world for help in what he calls “critical moment for global democracy

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Amb. Bi-khim Hsiao is Taiwan’s diplomatic representative to the United States.

Bi-khim is a decorated Taiwanese politician, having served twice in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan (Taiwan’s lower house) as an elective representative of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). She is a passionate advocate for a peaceful and open Indo-Pacific as well as a defender of democracy at home and abroad.

 

I caught up with Bi-Khim for a chinwag about the history of Taiwan and its relationship with the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan’s flourishing and highly performing democracy, the relentless grey zone and political warfare efforts that the Taiwanese people are enduring from the CCP, the threat of CCP military invasion, why we must not allow Taiwan to be erased from global discussions, the importance of human rights globally, how the world can maintain peace and avoid war, and most critically what the Taiwanese people want for themselves and from the world. 

 

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Merry Christmas Diplomates fans!  It’s the Christmas Chinwag special with Hagar Chemali.

 

Thanks for all your feedback so far on this new format. We love that you love it! Or that you at least love Hagar. Please rate and review the show. 

 

We’ve got a HUGE interview set for January, so keep your eyes peeled for it!

 

In this episode we talk:

 


Democracy summit - big deal or big bust?
Russia troops along Ukraine border, Putin demands of NATO
U.S and other nations boycott of the Beijing Olympics and U.S. house voting to ban imports from Xinjiang
Russia and China video tele-conference – what’s going on here?
Facebook sued over the Rohingya Genocide
UK politics. Boris on the nose, holiday parties, and special elections. 
Covid vaccine diplomacy and Squid Game politics

 

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

 

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

 

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
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