Youth and violent extremism, Biden’s climate ambitions and social media weaponisation

Coinciding with this week’s launch event of the 2020 Global Terrorism Index at ASPI, Leanne Close speaks with Peta Lowe, Principal Consultant at Phronesis Consulting. Peta has over 15 years’ experience working with young people involved with the justice system, she discusses countering violent extremism in youth populations and outlines some of the key risks for radicalisation and strategies for awareness and prevention. Anastasia Kapetas speaks with Dr Christian Downie Australian Research Council Fellow at the Australian National University. They discuss Biden’s climate goals, how this will impact US domestic and foreign policy and what the implications might be for Australia. The infamous tweet from Zhao Lijian is yet another setback in the Australia-China relationship. Dr Jake Wallis, Ariel Bogle and Albert Zhang conducted a deep dive into the Twitter activity around the tweet and discussed the increasing weaponisation of social media in the global geopolitical landscape. Mentioned in this episode: https://www.aspi.org.au/event/webinar-launch-global-terrorism-index-2020 https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/tweet-storm-shows-china-aims-to-project-power-through-provocation/ Guests: Leanne Close: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/leanne-close Peta Lowe: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/peta-lowe Anastasia Kapetas: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/anastasia-kapetas Dr Christian Downie: https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/downie-c Dr Jake Wallis: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/jacob-wallis Ariel Bogle: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/ariel-bogle Albert Zhang: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/albert-zhang Image: Gage Skidmore via WikiMedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joe_Biden_(48573573437).jpg Music: "Sunday Rain" by 'Cheel' via the YouTube Audio Library.