US elections, Germany’s Indo-Pacific Strategy & social media in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict

In this week's episode of Policy, Guns & Money; Brendan Nicholson and Anastasia Kapetas discuss the upcoming US elections, the chances of President Trump being re-elected and the potential impacts of social media on the elections. Dr Huong Le Thu is joined by Ms Petra Sigmund, Director-General for East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific at the German Federal Foreign Office to discuss Germany’s recently launched Indo-Pacific Strategy, how it was developed and how it will shape Germany’s future engagement in the Indo-Pacific region. Elise Thomas and Research Intern Albert Zhang discuss their report ‘Snapshot of a shadow war’ which looks at the social media elements of the Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict and the battle on social media for control of the international narrative about the conflict. Mentioned in this episode: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/snapshot-shadow-war https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/regionaleschwerpunkte/asien/german-government-policy-guidelines-indo-pacific/2380510 Guests: Brendan Nicholson: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/brendan-nicholson Anastasia Kapetas: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/anastasia-kapetas Dr Huong Le Thu: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/huong-le-thu Petra Sigmund: @GERonAsia (Twitter) Elise Thomas: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/elise-thomas Albert Zhang: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/albert-zhang Image: via WikiMedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2004_US_elections_map_electoral_votes.png Background music: "BeeyornandRaysd" by 'Noir Et Blanc Vie', via the You Tube Audio Library.