Can North Korean threat drive Australia and South Korea closer? Last week North Korea fired its most missiles in a single day into waters near South Korea. In response, South Korea fired missiles over the maritime demarcation line. Australia and South Korea have been cooperating on security and defence since they fought side-by-side in the […]

How do you become an Australian ambassador? Ever wondered about the career path to becoming an ambassador? How do you go from being a university student to Head of Mission at an overseas Australian post? Perth USAsia Centre Research Director, Dr Kate O’Shaughnessy, shares her experience as High Commissioner to Mauritius and Ambassador to Madagascar […]

How is Australia’s work on space impacting its regional relationships? The Australian Space Agency has been operating in Adelaide since 2018. Committed to transforming technologies and growing the space sector, it has not only opened opportunities for regional partnerships on space but created new areas of competition.  Hayley Channer is joined for a stellar episode […]

How is the Quad progressing? Hayley Channer is joined by Dr Kristi Govella, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund. Together, they unpack the state of the Quad following the meeting of its countries’ foreign ministers in New York City earlier this month. Hayley and Kristi consider what […]

What do US ‘Special Forces’ military do? The United States’ military is huge, so what do its ‘special forces’ do? What does INDO-PACOM mean? And how is the US working with partners like Australia and Japan? If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to work in a high-intensity military environment, then this episode is for […]

Should Japan be a member of AUKUS? Amid worsening strategic circumstances, leaders including the late Abe Shinzo have led the charge for Japan to increase its national and collective defence abilities. Given Japan’s closeness with Australia and the US, it has been suggested that Japan might join the AUKUS arrangement. So, what is stopping Japan […]

ERIN MURPHY PT 1: WHAT ARE IPEF, DFC AND PGII? – US ECONOMIC INITIATIVES EXPLAINED The United States recently launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) as an answer to its absence from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). It also established a new infrastructure and investment framework called the Partnership for Global […]

What’s India thinking and how’s it relating to its region? For a brief time only, 15 Minutes in Canberra is going international as host Hayley Channer relocates to the United States to undertake a Fulbright Scholarship at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC. India-China tensions remain high and, despite holding regular military negotiations to resolve […]

What it’s like to be a war correspondant? For a brief time only, 15 Minutes in Canberra is going international as host Hayley Channer relocates to the United States to undertake a Fulbright Scholarship at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. Kicking off her stint in the US capital, Hayley interviews Australian Financial Review Special […]

US-China relations: where’s it all heading? For a brief time only, 15 Minutes in Canberra is going international as host Hayley Channer relocates to the United States to undertake a Fulbright Scholarship at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC. There have been some big developments in the United States’ strategic messaging on China. US President […]

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