In this Special Brexit edition of Policy Guns and Money, Dr Isaac Kfir, Director of the National Security Program at ASPI speaks with two special guests for an insight into Brexit - the process and status. Isaac speaks first with Professor Philomena Murray of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Professor Murray is a former diplomat and an internationally recognised expert on the European Union. Next, Isaac spoke with Dr Margherita Matera ( also from the Sc...
Jan 21, 2019•21 min
In our first episode for 2019, Marcus and Malcolm, our two grumpy strategists, discuss China’s space ambitions and progress of Australia’s naval ship building program. Jack catches up with Graeme Dobell to discover who won this year’s Madeline award (starts at 12:10) and Renee talks with Dr Gorana Grgic of the US Studies Centre to ask ‘the US Government shutdown – what’s it all about?’ (starts at 20:50). Referenced in this episode; China and Space: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-new...
Jan 17, 2019•38 min
In this, our final episode for 2018, ASPI's Executive Director, Peter Jennings, discusses the year with Michael Shoebridge, ASPI's Director of Defence and Strategy.
Dec 20, 2018•24 min
In this episode: Are nuclear weapons becoming more or less relevant? Georgia Grice talks to deterrence expert Dr Brad Roberts. Aakriti Bacchawat interviews Derek Grossman, Senior Defence Analyst for the RAND corporation on the Quad and Trump in the Indo-Pacific Region and Lisa Sharland speaks with Aussie Major General Cheryl Pearce on her appointment as the next force commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus. Background music: "The Missing Link" by "the Whole Other" via the You Tube Au...
Dec 18, 2018•37 min
In Episode 9 of Policy, Guns & Money, Tom Uren talks to Anne Lyons about her recent report, 'Identity of a nation', Brendan Nicholson interviews Dr Robert Glasser, the former Head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)about Climate Change and we have some fantastic reporting from the latest Women in Defence and Security Network 'Speed Mentoring' event in Sydney.
Dec 07, 2018•41 min
In ep 8 of Policy, Guns and Money, Michael Shoebridge discusses the strategic implications of the US-PNG-Australia joint naval base on Manus Island and the message that sends to China. Maddie chats with Dr Emily Corner, Lecturer at ANU’s Centre for Social Research Methods, on the misinformation that surrounds discussion of terrorism, radicalisation and mental health following an attack and Jacky speaks with Dr Isaac Kfir on the latest developments in the Brexit process. Music in this episode; "S...
Nov 22, 2018•32 min
In episode 7 of Policy, Guns & Money, Maddie talks to Michael Shoebridge on the connections between Human Rights and Global Security, Danielle Cave, Fergus Ryan and Nathan Ruser of our Cyber team discuss their latest research into China's rapidly growing internment camps and Brendan Nicholson discusses the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1. Referenced in this episode: Maddie & Michael https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/state-sanctioned-murder-and-mass-radicalisation-why-upholding-our-values-mat...
Nov 08, 2018•37 min
In this special edition of Policy, Guns and Money, we look at the up-coming US midterm elections. Our guests are Stephen Loosley AM and Dr Gorana Grgic. Both US specialists and both offer fascinating insights into this keenly observed election.
Nov 02, 2018•24 min
In this special episode, we consider the state of Counterterrorism through the lens of the UK and Australian experiences. For the UK perspective; ASPI roving reporter Brendan Nicholson speaks with Sir Paul Stephenson; Commissioner of the UK Metropolitan Police from 2009 to 2011. For the Australian perspective we talk to Dr Isaac Kfir; head of ASPI's National Security and Counter terrorism programs.
Oct 25, 2018•31 min
In episode 6 of Policy, Guns and Money we talk to Dr Jonathan Quick, author of "The End of Epidemics". Lisa Sharland gives us her views on the departure of US UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. Danielle Cave and Bart Hogeveen discuss Cyber Attribution and we talk to Elizabeth Blackney on the Nobel Peace prize recipients; Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad. Referenced in this episode. Dr Jono Quick: - http://www.endofepidemics.com/ - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic Lisa Sharland on Nikki Ha...
Oct 11, 2018•41 min
In Episode 5, our analysts discuss; Conventional v Nuclear Submarines for Australia, an Australian Cyber force - lessons learned from the US, emerging Biosecurity threats and how we can prepare and UNGA - the United Nations General Assembly - who's been saying what. Mentioned in this episode: - John Coyne and Paul Barne's special report: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/weapons-mass-economic-disruption
Sep 27, 2018•35 min
In episode 4, our strategists discuss the expansion of PLA capabilities, recent concerns about the Chinese surveillance state, the continuing rise of right-wing extremism in Europe and some welcome good news from India. We'd love to hear from you: Please let us know what you think of the podcast at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/policy-guns-money Referenced in this episode: Maddie & Jacky; - Swedish election: deadlock as far right makes gains – as it happened: https://www.theguardian.com/world/...
Sep 13, 2018•33 min
In this Special Edition of Policy, Guns and Money, our roving reporter Brendan Nicholson spent time with several speakers at the recent Land Forces2018 conference held at the Adelaide Convention Centre. In this episode you'll hear from Katja Theodorakis from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the ANU. Kate Louis of the Australian Industry Group and Dr Albert Palazzo.
Sep 11, 2018•33 min
Policy, Guns and Money is the fortnightly ASPI podcast. In episode 3 our strategists discuss the foreign policy and defence implications of the recent leadership spill, the decision to ban Huawei from the 5G build and economic crisis in Venezuela. Referenced in this episode: Danielle and Tom; - https://www.ft.com/content/e90c3800-aad3-11e8-94bd-cba20d67390c - https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/huawei-highlights-chinas-expansion-dilemma-espionage-or-profit/ - https://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists...
Aug 30, 2018•29 min
Policy, Guns and Money is the fortnightly ASPI podcast. In episode 2 our strategists discuss Australia's reset with China, the true cost of our new Submarine fleet, big tech companies & online censorship and Madeleine Nyst interviews Indonesia expert, Natalie Sambhi. Mentioned in this episode: The Two Grumpy Strategists. - ‘Australia’s China reset’ by John Garnaut. https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2018/august/1533045600/john-garnaut/australia-s-china-reset - Rowan Callick’s ASPI public addres...
Aug 16, 2018•34 min
Policy, Guns and Money is the fortnightly ASPI podcast. In this episode our strategists discuss the recent AUSMIN meeting and the state of the alliance. 'Free Speech Panic', judicial changes in Poland and the latest cyber news including the Government's MyHealth record. Links: ‘Free speech panic’: The free speech panic: how the right concocted a crisis: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/26/the-free-speech-panic-censorship-how-the-right-concocted-a-crisis How To Disagree Better with Arthu...
Aug 02, 2018•26 min
Renee Jones talks to Stephen Loosley AM about Trump and Russia
Aug 07, 2017•19 min
John Coyne talks to Michael Chi about Michaels latest ASPI report, Big Data in national security. Dr John Coyne is Head of the Border Security program at ASPI. Michael Chi is a research Inten at ASPI. Supporting music: Goodnight by Coldnoise. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/Good_Night/ Released under Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Aug 02, 2017•19 min
