Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

A scrappy Chinese startup turned the tech world on its head this week, when news broke that DeepSeek had developed a competitive AI model much faster and cheaper than anyone thought possible. Does this mean China has pulled ahead in the arms race that could define our time? And what's really at stake in the battle for AI supremacy? Guest: Alice Han - an expert in Chinese macroeconomics, political economy, and global fintech and the Director of China at Greenmantle. Recommendations: Geraldine: Rogue Russia: nuclear poker [https://www.tortoisemedia.com/listen/the-slow-newscast/rogue-russia-nuclear-poker] - Slow Newscast podcast by Tortoise Media  Hamish: A bushwalk Get in touch:   We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [Global.Roaming@your.abc.net.au]

Geraldine and Hamish ask Donald Trump’s longest serving national security advisor whether there is method to what seems like madness in President Trump’s foreign policy announcements, and they get a message for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.  Guest: Ambassador John Bolton - served as national security adviser under US President Donald Trump for 17 months and is the author of "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir".  Recommendations: Geraldine: Canada, Trump and the new world order [https://www.ft.com/content/b8b59846-730a-4a29-a2e3-d0dda791c06b] by Michael Ignatieff Hamish: Freedom [https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/angela-merkel/freedom/9781035020751]by Angela Merkel Get in touch:   We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [Global.Roaming@your.abc.net.au]

There are two states that have the most to gain, and the most to lose, when it comes to AUKUS: South Australia and Western Australia. In the final episode of AUKUS Investigated Hamish and Geraldine speak to South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas about why he thinks the rest of the country needs to come to the AUKUS party.  GET IN TOUCH:  We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [Global.Roaming@your.abc.net.au]

AUKUS doesn't only affect us. From the time that it was announced there were mixed reactions from our neighbours - some who wanted in, and some who thought it unwise and provocative. A big part of the fear - both regionally and within Australia - concerns the nuclear question. As the first non-nuclear country to ever acquire a conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarine, can we be confident of our own safety? And what happens to the waste that will remain dangerous for generations of Australians to come?  *Correction: An earlier version of this caption suggested that Australia is acquiring a nuclear weapon, which is incorrect. The caption has been updated to reflect that Australia is acquiring conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarines.  GUESTS: Gareth Evans - former Australian Foreign Minister (1988 –1996). Maria Rost Rublee - Associate Professor of International Relations at Monash University, with expertise in international security and nuclear politics. Dr Evan Laksmana - Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia Military Modernisation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). GET IN TOUCH:  We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [Global.Roaming@your.abc.net.au]

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has said of AUKUS that "we don't need to be a pair of shoes hanging out of America's backside". Is that a fair characterisation of Australia's position vis a vis AUKUS? Are we getting the short end of the stick with this deal, and sacrificing our sovereignty to boot?  GUESTS: Sam Roggeveen - Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program. He is the author of The Echidna Strategy: Australia’s Search for Power and Peace Malcolm Turnbull - 29th Prime Minister of Australia 2015-2018. Richard Marles - the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Minister for Defence and the Federal Member for Corio. GET IN TOUCH:  We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [Global.Roaming@your.abc.net.au]