Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

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 highest energy costs and a stretched defence force,  what does the future hold?  Can Britain's deeply unpopular prime minister, Keir Starmer, survive the upcoming elections? And will this fallen empire ever rise again? On this episode of Global Roaming, Geraldine Doogue and Latika Bourke (The Nightly) go the London.  Guest: James Crabtree, geopolitical analyst and author. Get in touch:  We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [global.roaming@abc.net.au] Find all episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

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 streets of Budapest as the results were announced. Maygar won in a landslide, meaning his government has the power to enact significant reform, including bringing Hungary back into the EU fold. Hungarians voted for change of government and they got it. Does this signal the end of strongman politics? And what will America and Russia do now they've lost their man in Europe? Guest: Gergő Papp, Hungarian political campaigns consultant and author of 'The Fall of Orbán: How a Political Outsider Toppled Europe’s Trump'. The book will be available in English in a few months. ------------ Get in touch:  We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [global.roaming@abc.net.au] Find all episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

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 a genuine global leader or merely make a profit from global disorder? Does Beijing see the US and the President Trump's instability as a threat or opportunity? In this episode, Geraldine and Latika go roaming to find out if China wants the global power but not the global responsibility. The article Geraldine references from Foreign Affairs, written by Zongyuan Zoe Liu is here [https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/what-iran-war-means-china]. Guest: Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US Asia Relations [https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty/rana-mitter] at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of 'Forgotten Ally, China’s World War II [https://www.readings.com.au/product/9780544334502/9780544334502]'. Get in touch:  We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [global.roaming@abc.net.au] Find all episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

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.  Latika Bourke and Laura Tingle speak to a seasoned analyst from the International Crisis Group in Lebanon, who gives a unique insight into the fissures in Lebanese society.  Is Hezbollah putting Iran's interests over Lebanon's? Will their most recent support of Iran continue a cycle of perpetual warfare? And is fermenting internal division a tactic employed by Israel to weaken the country? Guest: Heiko Wimmen, overseer of the International Crisis Group's Iraq, Syria and Lebanon project. -------------- Get in touch:  We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [global.roaming@abc.net.au] Find all episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

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 Roaming's Matter of Facts mini-series, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales joins Hamish and Geraldine to discuss how much we should value freedom of speech over stifling active disinformation. This episode is part of a companion series to Hamish's three-part TV documentary, The Matter of Facts [https://iview.abc.net.au/show/matter-of-facts]. Guest: Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia and author of The Seven Rules of Trust [https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/seven-rules-of-trust-9781526665034/]. Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [global.roaming@abc.net.au] Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.