Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald
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Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald
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 and Hamish Macdonald are joined by two new hosts, former foreign correspondent Kylie Morris and journalist Latika Bourke in London. Every da...
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Does AUKUS make more sense (or less) in a conflicted world?
AUKUS has a confidence problem.
In a bid to reassure industry over the slow pace of AUKUS, the Australian and US governments are set to announc...
Is the tide turning in favour of Ukraine?
Is the unthinkable becoming possible?
For the first time in two years, Ukrainian forces have regained more territory than was lost to Russia. <...
Africa's population is about to double. Who will power it?
The latest outbreak of Ebola in the Congo is the kind of crisis we most hear about when Africa rates a mention on our televisions, or in our feeds. Bu...
Philippines' 'Game of Thrones': Senate moves to impeach the Vice President
High stakes political chaos is unfolding in the Philippines with a missing Senator, an ex-President in the Hague, and bitter, duelling family dynastie...
Indonesia has high speed rail. How come Australia can't get there?
Indonesia's 'WHOOSH' train does exactly that. The high speed link from Jakarta to Bandung used to take three to four hours, now it's a 35 minute jour...
Australia's Delta advances, but who's missing from this Eurovision?
Challenging, thoughtful and fun — a user's guide to what the world is talking about.
Enter the "dealmaker": Donald Trump in Beijing
Going into the summit in Beijing between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the narrative from China is that President Trump is weak and distracted.
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What the world needs now: a Trump-Xi summit free of fireworks
In this over-stimulated moment in international affairs, observers have set a low bar for success for the summit this week scheduled between Donald Tr...
Populist Britain: Is two-party politics over in the UK?
The UK's local council elections last week saw Labor lose Wales for the first time in 100 years. Reform UK and the Greens also made big strides in tra...
Indonesia Rising: What does it mean to be Indonesian?
Indonesia is one of Australia's nearest neighbours but the nature of its people, art and culture remain a mystery to many.
In the fourth instalm...
Is Australia ready for drone warfare?
From Ukraine to Iran, the rapid advancement of cheap and mass-produced drones is reshaping battlefields around the world.
Before Russia's full-s...
Is the Iran war supercharging the energy transition?
The war with Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent oil and gas prices through the roof.
As countries scramble to secure energy suppl...
'If you're weak you'll get invaded': Poland prepares for war with Russia
On the frontline with Russia, Poland is now spending a massive $90 billion on defence, bolstered by a loan from the EU and multinational forces from E...
Is Russia's time as a dominant power coming to an end?
Russia has crossed the threshold of losing more soldiers than it's able to mobilise. Some troops are paying their commanders to get a spot at the back...
Indonesia Rising: The struggle to reclaim history
Indonesia declared independence from Dutch rule in 1945, sparking a violent revolution. It was the first country to do so in the wake of World War II...
If Australia can't trust the US, can it trust Japan?
There’s an important meeting in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s diary.
On Monday, Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, will to...
The Iran trap: No peace no war
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth denies Trump's war on Iran has hit a "quagmire", but the reality on the ground tells a different story. With an ongo...
Why is the US so prone to political violence?
On Saturday evening a gunman attempted to storm the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington DC.
The act of politica...
The AI arms race: How the US and China are fighting for the future
Artificial intelligence is reshaping power, cyber security and geopolitics, but can anyone really control it? From the US-China AI arms race to Taiwan...
Indonesia Rising: How do you ban social media on an archipelago?
On this episode of Global Roaming's mini-series, Indonesia Rising, Hamish returns to Jakarta to speak to Indonesian communications minister Meutya Haf...
Anzac special: Finding peace in a time of war
On the eve of Anzac Day, the Global Roaming team comes together to discuss war, peace and what Australia's national day of remembrance means as confli...
What happened to the ICC case against Benjamin Netanyahu?
In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes....
Is a global recession inevitable?
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is sending shock waves through the global economy. Supply chains are in disarray, inflation is surging and oil pri...
The President vs the Pope: How Trump's 'holy war' is stoking old rivalries
Trump's AI-generated image of himself as the Pope has drawn harsh criticism. He also called the Pope “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,”...
Indonesia Rising: Can Australia keep up with our neighbour's rapid growth?
Australia's close neighbour is changing before our eyes. By mid-century, Indonesia is forecast to become the world’s fourth largest economy – imagine ...
Keir Starmer is ‘fed up’ and so are the British. Is the UK doomed?
Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting global headwinds and now the war in the Middle East have hit the British hard. So with some of the world's hig...
How Hungary Trumped Orbán
Péter Magyar has beaten Viktor Orbán in Hungary's election, ending 16 years of autocratic rule. Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians celebrated in the...
Peacemaker or playmaker? Where China stands on Trump's war in the Middle East
The war in the Middle East is sending shock waves through global supply chains, so where does this leave economic superpower China? Will it emerge as...
Is Israel using Lebanon to sabotage peace in the Middle East?
The ink hadn't even dried on the initial US-Iran ceasefire last week when Israel launched an unprecedented bombardment on Lebanon's capital, Beirut. <...
A Matter of Facts: Wikipedia co-founder on freedom of speech vs disinformation
Is Wikipedia a relic of a more utopian version of the internet? Or is it the citizen-led antidote that we need?
In the final episode of Global R...
Could Australia and Asia supply our own energy and cut out the Middle East?
The Middle East conflict has triggered a reckoning in global energy supplies.
So as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese touches down in Singapore f...
Can Cubans survive under Trump's fist?
The war in Iran has aroused worldwide fears: what happens if a country runs out of oil? Because of severe US restrictions, Cuba has faced that reality...
Trump and the Iran ceasefire: what happens next?
A ceasefire is declared after Donald Trump agrees to a two-week pause in attacks on Iran, contingent on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. But is...
Soft power, hard lesson: what can Australia learn from unhappy Asian students?
Australia's education system is one of our most successful export industries, worth an estimated 54 billion dollars. But as perceptions that our unive...
A Matter of Facts: How mainstream media lost public trust
In our previous Matter of Facts mini-series episodes, we covered why our brains are vulnerable to misinformation, and how disinformation is affecting...
How to fight back against disinformation?
On Global Roaming, Hamish and Geraldine consider how we fight back against disinformation. It's another instalment in their companion mini-series to...
The lives of Australian diplomats: what it's like to be on the front line of world politics
Today, a special episode recorded at the Manly Writer's Festival 2026 where Geraldine speaks to three highly experienced diplomats -- Ian Kemish AM, D...
Greater Israel: Is Netanyahu pursuing an expansionist dream?
As the war in the Middle East rages, Israel is waging offensives on multiple fronts. The state is pounding Iran and Beirut with missiles and drones. G...
Is Trump already past the point of no return in Iran?
Iran has withstood US and Israel's offensive more effectively than those who attacked it had expected. They've made the most of geography - and shown...
Will Japan be pulled into defending the Strait of Hormuz?
President Trump’s campaign to pull allies like Australia and Japan into defending the Strait of Hormuz is growing more urgent by the day. Japan's paci...