How concerned should Australia be about the UK’s ability to deliver its side of AUKUS?

What role can middle powers play as the international order becomes more fragmented?

How should Australia and its partners balance alliances with their own national interests in a more contested world?

In part two of our geopolitical update, Sharryn Parker is joined by Charles Edel, Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva and Euan Graham to discuss AUKUS, the role of middle powers in a changing world and how Australian can build greater strategic agency while still deepening the US alliance.

Dr Charles Edel is Senior Adviser and Australia Chair at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and an expert on statecraft and great power competition.

Dr Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva is a Lecturer at the ANU National Security College (NSC) and an expert on Central Asia and the positioning of the Global South in world power.

Dr Euan Graham is an Expert Associate at NSC whose research spans military strategy and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.

Sharryn Parker is Senior Policy Advisor at NSC, on secondment from the Department of Defence.

TRANSCRIPT

Show notes:

• Listen to part 1 of this geopolitical update here
• NSC academic programs – find out more
• Navigating Australia’s Future in an Uncertain World - Address to the National Press Club of Australia by Dr Kevin Rudd
• John Howard on 9/11, geopolitics and Australia’s security

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How much strategic bandwidth does the United States have as it manages the Iran war, Ukraine and its wider global commitments?

How are conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East changing the nature and cost of modern warfare?

What does China’s growing military power and activity in the Indo-Pacific mean for Australian security?

In this episode, Sharryn Parker is joined by Charles Edel, Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva and Euan Graham to discuss the wars in Iran and Ukraine – and what they are revealing about the United States’ capacity, weapons stockpiles, and the changing character of warfare.

Dr Charles Edel is Senior Adviser and Australia Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and an expert on statecraft and great power competition.

Dr Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva is a Lecturer at the ANU National Security College (NSC) and an expert on Central Asia and the positioning of the Global South in world power.

Dr Euan Graham is an Expert Associate at NSC whose research spans military strategy and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.

Sharryn Parker is Senior Policy Advisor at NSC, on secondment from the Department of Defence.

TRANSCRIPT

Show notes:

• NSC academic programs – find out more
• Navigating Australia’s Future in an Uncertain World - Address to the National Press Club of Australia by Dr Kevin Rudd
• John Howard on 9/11, geopolitics and Australia’s security
• Community Consultations report
• US National Security Strategy

We'd love to hear from you! Send in your questions, comments, and suggestions to NatSecPod@anu.edu.au. You can tweet us @NSC_ANU and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes.

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How do we balance effective national security laws with protecting individual rights and democratic freedoms?

Where is the line between legitimate foreign influence and foreign interference?

How well do Australia’s espionage laws protect journalism and political discourse?

How should Australia’s terrorism laws respond to a threat environment increasingly involving children and different forms of violent extremism?

In this episode, Sharryn Parker speaks with Jake Blight – Australia’s Independent National Security Legislation Monitor –about whether Australia’s national security laws are keeping pace with the changing nature of espionage, foreign interference and terrorism.

Jake Blight is Australia’s Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM).

Sharryn Parker is Senior Policy Advisor at NSC, on secondment from the Department of Defence.

TRANSCRIPT

Show notes:

· NSC academic programs – find out more

· Launching the review of the definition of a ‘terrorist act’

· The monitor's lens: the Secrecy Review and insights from the INSLM

· Espionage, Foreign Interference and Related Offences Report

· Issues Paper – Review of the definition of a ‘terrorist act’

We'd love to hear from you! Send in your questions, comments, and suggestions to NatSecPod@anu.edu.au. You can tweet us @NSC_ANU and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss out on future episodes.

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