Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

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A war breaks out, a leader emerges, a revolution unfolds. How did it happen, and what are the implications for you? Award-winning journalists Geraldine Doogue, Hamish Macdonald, Latika Bourke, Laura Tingle and Waleed Aly discuss the biggest world events and how to make of sense of them. Along with expert guests, they take a single topic and examine it with Australian eyes. Challenging, thoughtful and fun, Global Roaming is your user's guide to what the world is talking about.

  1. 22h ago

    Is Türkiye the Middle East's new power broker?

    Türkiye is quickly becoming the Middle East’s indispensable diplomatic hub.   Laura Tingle, reporting from Istanbul, and Eric Tlozek are joined by Sinan Ülgen of the Istanbul-based EDAM think tank to unpack Türkiye's rising regional weight, anchored by the Mecca Pact, its new NATO-style defence alliance with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, already once activated in response to Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia. Ülgen argues the US midterm result may do little to prevent an escalation with Iran. With Netanyahu’s path to government uncertain and Trump newly constrained at home, both leaders may be drawn toward confrontation. Ülgen also argues Israel’s campaign against Iran has exposed the limits of its regional power, and says Türkiye's and Israel’s starkly different visions for Syria’s future as the next flashpoint to watch. Guest: Sinan Ülgen, director of Istanbul-based EDAM think tank Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

  2. 1d ago

    Could a new Israeli government change anything for Palestinians?

    With Netanyahu’s bloc losing its majority in Israel’s 27 October election, President Isaac Herzog has given opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form government. Eric Tlozek and Laura Tingle, reporting from Turkey, are joined by Amjad Iraqi from the International Crisis Group to ask what, if anything, changes for Palestinians under a different Israeli government. A UN Human Rights Council commission found in October that Israel continues to commit “genocidal acts” in Gaza despite the ceasefire, a finding Israel rejects. Meanwhile, funding cuts have forced the World Food Programme to halve food assistance to hundreds of thousands of Gazans just as flooding from heavy rains has displaced tens of thousands more. Guest: Amjad Iraqi, International Crisis Group’s senior analyst for Israel/Palestine Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

  3. 2d ago

    Bougainville might become the world’s newest nation, but at what cost?

    Can Bougainville build a viable future without repeating the mistakes of its past? In 2027 Bougainville is seeking independence from Papua New Guinea. To fund it, they’re planning to reopen a mine that triggered a brutal civil war. The Panguna mine is an enormous copper and gold deposit that bankrolled Papua New Guinea’s independence movement just over 50 years ago. It also irreparably transformed the local environment and extracted wealth from the local Bougainville people with crumbs in return. Now, as Bougainville approaches its deadline for independence, Ishmael Toroama, the President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville says it’s time to reopen the mine. Geraldine Doogue and Latika Bourke speak with Theonila Roka Matbob, a environmental and human rights advocate who grew up in the shadow of the conflict, and Oliver Nobetau from the Lowy Institute. They discuss the legacy of the mine, the fraught transition towards possible independence and competing visions for Bougainville's future. Will economic necessity force Bougainville back towards the very project that helped trigger war in the first place, or is there another way?  Guest: Theonila Roka Matbob, Bougainvillean environmental and human rights advocate, and Oliver Nobetau, Lowy Institute Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

    Bougainville might become the world’s newest nation, but at what cost?

  4. 3d ago

    The $6b hack the FBI blames on North Korea

    North Korea's $6 billion heist, Poland's court crisis, and troops in the streets of Jakarta. Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue are joined by Jeremy Dicker, managing editor of International Intrigue and former diplomat, to survey a week of global upheaval. The FBI says North Korea's Lazarus Group pulled off the largest crypto theft in history — draining more than $6 billion from Binance in roughly 20 minutes. In Poland, a long-simmering stand off between President Karol Nawrocki and PM Donald Tusk's government erupted when government-aligned judges moved to seize control of the constitutional tribunal while the president was mid-flight to Senegal, a move some opposition figures are calling a coup. And in Jakarta, more than 20,000 troops have been deployed after the president's own chief of staff was arrested over an alleged wiretapping operation targeting President Prabowo Subianto himself. Plus, Dicker argues a chastened Trump will turn to foreign policy for his final two years. Guest: Jeremy Dicker, former diplomat and Managing Editor International Intrigue Recommendations: Geraldine –  Empires of AI: The Rise and Fall of a New Global Order Jeremy – The Diplomat, season four Hamish – Indonesia deploys 20,000 soldiers as wiretapping scandal erupts Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

    The $6b hack the FBI blames on North Korea

  5. 6d ago

    Lula's army: How WhatsApp helped flip Brazil's election

    Lula wasn't supposed to win. Just three weeks before Brazil's presidential runoff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was trailing Flavio Bolsonaro by 2.2 million votes and staring down defeat. Then something extraordinary happened. Lula became the first candidate in Brazil's democratic history to lose the first round of a presidential election and still win the presidency. How did he pull it off? And what does the comeback tell us about the future of populism, social media and democracy? Brazilian-born Associate Professor Deborah Barros Leal Farias joins Laura Tingle and Latika Bourke to explain how a vast grassroots movement helped turn the race around, why an 11-million-person WhatsApp network became a decisive campaign tool, and how Lula's supporters learned to fight online political battles on terrain long dominated by the far right. The conversation also looks at what comes next. Lula inherits a deeply polarised country, a powerful conservative movement, strong evangelical voting blocs and a Congress that may resist much of his agenda. Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Meta and the Bolsonaro political machine all loom over the story. Guest: Associate Professor Deborah Barros Leal Farias, UNSW School of Social SciencesGet in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

    Lula's army: How WhatsApp helped flip Brazil's election

  6. Nov 5

    Is the US midterm result a win for ‘normal Americans’?

    The US has been hit by a blue wave, maybe even a tsunami. But what can the Democrats achieve with their control of the congress? Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue speak with Dane Waters, a Republican political strategist who crossed the aisle to lead a SuperPAC campaign in support of the Democratic senate candidate for Texas, James Talarico.  They discuss whether this result represents a massive repudiation of Donald Trump’s war in Iran, or if it simply exposes a Republican administration that has lost touch with the median voter. Plus, with billionaires like Elon Musk spending hundreds of millions of dollars on failed Republican campaigns, are we seeing a limit of what money can buy in politics? Will we see a new type of political candidate fielded when the 2028 US election begins? And what does this result mean for President Trump, who already seems to be getting his big red VETO stamp ready for action? Guest: Dane Waters, Republican political strategist, treasurer and advisor to the ‘Moment of Truth’ PAC Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

    Is the US midterm result a win for ‘normal Americans’?

  7. Nov 4

    Nuclear anarchy: who’s stopping the next arms race?

    In February this year, the New START treaty governing nuclear weapon stockpiles in USA and Russia expired. Is there anything to replace it? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jane Perlez, host of the podcast Face Off: Nuclear Anarchy, joins Hamish Macdonald and Waleed Aly to explain why experts are increasingly worried about a new era of nuclear competition. They also discuss China's rapidly growing arsenal, Russia's increasing brinkmanship over nuclear weapons, and why Iran's calculations could change after years of confrontation. Plus, can Trump continue the trend of US presidents negotiating increasingly smaller nuclear stockpiling with Russia? Does he even want to? And with artificial intelligence beginning to reshape military decision-making, are the risks becoming even harder to manage? If the old nuclear order is breaking down, who will build the next one? Guest: Jane Perlez, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, host of Face Off: Nuclear Anarchy Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au

    Nuclear anarchy: who’s stopping the next arms race?

  8. Nov 3

    South Africa is moving on from Mandela's party. Is a new Africa emerging?

    South Africa's politics are changing fast, and it may signal something much bigger. The African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela and President Cyril Ramaphosa, is losing its grip on the country's biggest cities. In Johannesburg, years of failing services, power outages and frustration with government competence are reshaping how South Africans vote. For the first time, many voters are judging parties on delivery rather than liberation-era loyalties. But that's only part of the story. The Economist's chief Africa correspondent John McDermott examines the new scramble for influence across Africa. China, Russia, the United States, Europe, India, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates are all competing for resources, markets and political support.  And then there's Aliko Dangote. Africa's richest businessman is betting billions on giant industrial projects that could reshape the continent's economic future.  Is Africa becoming one of the century's most important geopolitical players? Or is the continent's future being shaped by two very different realities at once? Geraldine Doogue and Latika Bourke speak with John McDermott about the elections, wars, power struggles and economic shifts transforming Africa.Guest: John McDermott, chief Africa correspondent for The EconomistGet in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

    South Africa is moving on from Mandela's party. Is a new Africa emerging?
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A war breaks out, a leader emerges, a revolution unfolds. How did it happen, and what are the implications for you? Award-winning journalists Geraldine Doogue, Hamish Macdonald, Latika Bourke, Laura Tingle and Waleed Aly discuss the biggest world events and how to make of sense of them. Along with expert guests, they take a single topic and examine it with Australian eyes. Challenging, thoughtful and fun, Global Roaming is your user's guide to what the world is talking about.

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