Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Can Canada lead the middle powers away from Trump?

Standing ovations are rare at Davos, the annual World Economic Forum conference. But Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney tore the roof down with a speech calling on the world's middle powers to forge a united path away from the hegemony of American power. And Trump isn't happy about it.  Geraldine Doogue and Latika Bourke speak to former Canadian Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff about how much Australia and Canada have in common, and why Europe and Great Britain are the middle powers to watch.  Guest: Michael Ignatieff, Professor at the Central European University in Vienna and former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [Global.Roaming@your.abc.net.au] Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

Japan's PM takes her tough talk on China to the polls

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is a China hawk, and if she wins February's snap election, she'll use that mandate to prepare for conflict over Taiwan. So says the former Japanese ambassador to Australia, who's a foreign policy whisperer, well connected to the Prime Minister. But is President Trump on board? And what about Canberra? Guest: Shingo Yamagami, former Japanese ambassador to Australia  Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [Global.Roaming@your.abc.net.au] Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

Your Call: Should we join NATO; Is Trump making bank off Venezuela & is this Australia's greatest strategic vulnerability?

The 24 hour international news cycle often leaves us with more questions than answers, so in this episode of Global Roaming Hamish and Geraldine will be exploring the things YOU actually want to know. Like whether we should be following the money when it comes to Venezuela - does President Trump have a personal financial stake which helps explain his actions there? And if Australia's international fuel supplies were to be cut off by an act of sabotage or war, how many days could we continue to function? Turns out the answer is more surprising than you think...  Plus Hamish and Geraldine discuss what they've been thinking deeply about - from the inner workings of the US Republican Party, to the history of the international radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is now caught up in the Australian government's moves to target to hate groups.  Suggested reading/watching mentioned in this episode: * Middle East Forum: Hizb ut-Tahrir: Political Doctrine, Global Reach, and Challenge to the International Order [https://www.meforum.org/meq/hizb-ut-tahrir-political-doctrine-global-reach-and-challenge-to-the-international-order#fn2ref] * The Australian - Amanda Hodge: Why banning radical Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir is only half the battle [https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/why-banning-radical-islamist-hizb-uttahrir-is-only-half-the-battle/news-story/3ddb2272d25a00e37e6ef86f30ba148b] * Forbes: How Trump’s Attack On Venezuela May Have Made Him Money [https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2026/01/07/how-trumps-attack-on-venezuela-may-have-boosted-his-net-worth/] * ABC 7:30: Concerns over how long Australia’s fuel supplies would last in an emergency [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNBqkjpjNAw]  Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [Global.Roaming@your.abc.net.au] Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

What's really behind the rise of Nigel Farage and Reform UK

When UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer came to power in 2024, he was seen as a safe, if slightly boring, pair of hands. Now, UK Labour is threatened by the return of an unlikely figure - the man known as the 'father of Brexit': Nigel Farage.  Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald sit down with Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy to chat about why Keir Starmer is failing to cut through, whether Reform UK could win the next election and what England's loss at the Boxing Day test reveals about the state of the country. Recommendations: Krishnan - Younger - TV series on Netflix  Geraldine - My Brother's Band - Film Hamish - Tehran - TV series on Apple TV  Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au [Global.Roaming@your.abc.net.au] Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.

Is Cuba next?

Since the Cuban Missile Crisis of the 1960s brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, the Caribbean island has been a geopolitical plaything of the major global powers. Now, after US President Donald Trump's stunning Venezuela intervention, could Cuba be back in America's sights?  Kylie Morris and Latika Burke (The Nightly) speak to Latin American correspondent Jon Bonfiglio about the mood in Cuba, and why US secretary of state Marco Rubio says Havana should be "worried". Guest: Jon Bonfiglio, Latin American correspondent based in Mexico