Diplomates – A Geopolitical Chinwag
The podcast spreading mateship and chatting geopolitics. Diplomates* is the podcast giving you the definitive answers to the key questions facing Australia and the world. Our guests are the leading foreign policy experts, thinkers and political big wigs from around the world. Each episode is a deep dive into the very latest trends in global affairs. We mine the expertise of our guests and hand it over to you for your listening pleasure. Our 'Chinwags' are hosted by Misha Zelinsky; the Aussie policy nerd you never knew you needed to know. And make sure you stay tuned for our world famous, patented BBQ questions. Because, let's be honest, what the world absolutely needs is another nerdy political podcast hosted by an unknown Australian. *DiploMATES, get it?
Episodes
G'day Diplomates fans:
To round out the year, we had our great friend Hagar Chemali on discuss EVERYTHING happening in the world:
Including:
-- Israel Palestine and what happens next-- Trump in 2024-- The politics of Ukraine aid-- Hong Kong and Russian 'elections'-- India, Canada and the politics of assassinations
AND MORE!
Please get yourself a copy of The Sun Will Rise
The Sun Will Rise is inspired by true events a...
In a special episode of Diplomates, the roles have been reversed as our host, Misha Zelinsky takes the hot seat!
Legendary Australian journalist and geopolitical analyst, Peter Hartcher of the Sydney Morning Herald interviews Misha Zelinsky about his new book: The Sun Will Rise.
The Sun Will Rise is inspired by true events and dedicated to the brave heroes of Ukraine. It is based on Misha’s reporting from inside Ukraine, real even...
G’day Diplomates fans, Hagar Chemali has joined us to unpack events around the world.
We talk:
The Israel-Hamas war.
Is peace in the Middle East ever possible?
Why does this issue inflame democratic nations so much?
Mr Xi goes to Washington
Albo in Beijing and Tuvalu
And more!
SHOW NOTES:
Misha Zelinsky’s new book The Sun Will Rise is for sale here: www.thesunwillrisebook.com
Be sure to follow Hagar and the Oh My World! show on so...
G’day Diplomates fans, Hagar Chemali has joined us to unpack the shocking terror attacks inside Israel. We note this situation is fast moving and apologise if any material is out of date.
The Diplomates team sends our deepest condolences to those directly impacted or who have lost loved ones. We stand with Israel.
We talk:
What’s known about Hamas’ terror attacks.
How we got here and what happens next inside Israel, Gaza and the re...
G’day Diplomates fans, it’s a huge week and month in global news — so we’ve got Hagar Chemali back to talk shop!
Misha and Hagar discuss:
Prigozhin, Wagner and Ukraine
What’s with all the coups in Africa?
The ‘Made in China’ Map controversy
The BRICS club — a new autocratic alignment?
Xi throws his toys out of the summit cot
The hunt for the Loch Ness Monster and the perils of dodgy watch sales.
And MORE!
SHOW NOTES:
Misha Zelinsk...
Patrick is a former diplomat, policy advisor and business consultant with specialist expertise in climate change, energy, resources, environmental, investment and public policy issues.
For almost 20 years he has been at the forefront of Australian climate policy development, advising both sides of politics as a senior member of staff in Federal and State ministerial offices, working for major international energy and resource firms...
With so much happening in the world, Misha and Hagar caught up for their regular chinwag that went waaaaay longer than it was supposed to (as it always does — but we love having Hagar on!)
In this episode we talk:
- Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Putin's domestic troubles and starvation diplomacy.
- To rapprochement or not to rapprochement; China, US and the perils of talking.
- Israel and the Supreme Court; what happens next if Isra...
Luke Harding is an award winning British journalist and foreign correspondent for The Guardian, covering Russia’s invasion from inside Ukraine.
He is one of the world’s leading authorities on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Having been previously based in Moscow for the Guardian, Harding is sanctioned by the Putin regime for his work uncovering corruption inside Russia.
He is a Number 1 New York Times best-selling author and his new book...
With so much happening in the world, Misha and Hagar caught up for their regular chinwag that went waaaaay longer than it was supposed to (as it always does — but we love having Hagar on!)
In this episode we talk:
- Russia’s domestic political crackdown, including the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporert, Evan Gershkovich and the sentencing of dissident Vladimir Kara Murza
- The US Intelligence leaks, what do they mean and who b...
Dr Yuriy Sak is responsible for strategic communications for Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence. A private sector communications expert and Oxford graduate, like all Ukrainians Yuriy’s life was upended when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Misha and Yuriy caught up to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the bloody battle of Bahkmut, the coming counter offensive, what life was like before the war, how Putinism has infected Rus...
G’day Diplomates fans, it’s a huge week and month in global news — so we’ve got Hagar Chemali back to talk shop!
Misha and Hagar discuss:
Are we in a new Cold War? And what does this mean for the world?
What Xi’s visit to Moscow means for Chinese and democratic policy makers.
China’s brokering of a peace deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Should we be worried?
Israeli protests, Bibi and the Supreme Court. What happens next will m...
Dr Mike Green is CEO of the United States Studies Centre.
Mike has a long and distinguished career in foreign policy working at a number of think tanks including CSIS and CNAS. An Asia expert, he served on the staff of the National Security Council in the Bush Administration, first as director for Asian affairs with responsibility for Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, and then as special assistant to the president for natio...
G’day Diplomates fans, it’s a huge week and month in global news — so we’ve got Hagar Chemali back to talk shop!
Misha and Hagar discuss:
The one-year mark of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (don't call it an anniversary)
Why Biden's visit to Kyib was a baller move
Can Putin survive?
Will Xi bail out Putin?
Why earthquakes threaten Erdogan's grip on power.
Bears in Zoos, North Korea, and spy balloons!
AND MORE!
Be sure to follow Haga...
Bill Browder is the head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign the author of Red Notice and Freezing Order.
Bill was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005, when he was denied entry to the country and declared “a threat to national security” for exposing corruption in Russian state-owned companies.
In 2008, Browder’s lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, uncovered a massive fraud committed by Russian government officials t...
G’day Diplomates fans, it’s a huge week and month in global news — so we’ve got Hagar Chemali back to talk shop!
Misha and Hagar discuss:
Brazil insurrection, why this matters, including links to Trump and US far right identities.
Tanks heading to Ukraine and Putin’s energy blackmail failing.
Iran protests, including rapes and tortures and soldiers opening fire on protestors.
The ‘Israeli’ strike on an Iranian drone facility.
Ch...
Mick Ryan is a retired major general in the Australian Army and an expert on modern warfare.
He was the head of the Australian Defence College and was made a member of the Order of Australia for his leadership of Australia’s first reconstruction task force in Afghanistan. A prolific writer and commentator, Mick’s analysis has featured in the Sydney Morning Herald, Foreign Policy Magazine and The Economist. His book, War Transforme...
Chin-up Chingwaggers, it’s the Christmasode with Hagar Chemali! It’s been a rough year, but we made it.
Misha and Hagar Chemali wrap up 2022 with a huge chat.
- FIFA World Cup and Qatari sports washing
- Xi’s China COVID Zero trap and why autocrats are doomed to fail
- Britney Griner, hostage diplomacy and a shift in US policy
- Iranian protests continue.
- So does Elon’s Twitter meltdown.
- And Trump. Remember him?
And more!
Mer...
Peter Hartcher is political editor and international editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. He is the author of numerous books, including Red Zone — a deep dive in the the Chinese Communist Party under Xi Jinping.
Misha Zelinsky caught up with Peter for a chinwag about the future of China under Xi Jinping, the centrality of ideology in today’s Communist China, how Australia successfully stood up to Xi’s bullying, t...
Lots going on in the world, so who better to join us for a chinwag than Hagar Chemali of Oh My World!
- The US Mid Terms and why might be (actually) finished.
- Ukraine and averting World War 3.
- The latest from the G20: Biden and Xi, Xi and Albanese and an isolated Putin.
- Iranians protest and what happens next.
- Qatar and FIFA.
- Elon and Twitter.
And more!Be sure to follow Hagar and the Oh My World! show on social media and...
Evgenia Kara-Murza, is a Russian dissident and campaigner for democratic change in Russia.
Evgenia is the wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian politician, author, and historian who is currently jailed in Russia as a political prisoner of Vladimir Putin having previously survived two assasination attempts. Kara-Murza played a key role in the establishment of Magnitsky laws around the world and has been a long time opponent of P...
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