Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Are we on the cusp of the next big financial crash?

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you thought we'd never see a repeat of the GFC or even the dotcom bubble, think again... So far financial markets have proved remarkably resilien...

The VERY important meeting in China you probably missed

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

While we were all preoccupied with Prime Minister Albanese's meeting with Donald Trump, another hugely important meeting was taking place behind clos...

Can Netanyahu Actually Deliver on Peace?

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One week on from the ceasefire deal and the commencement of the first phase of Trump’s peace plan, things look fragile. At this point, peace seems ...

From heavy metal drummer to first female PM: Meet Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ Sanae Takaichi

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Japan has entered a new political era after the election of Sanae Takaichi who is poised to become the country’s first female prime minister. A pro...

🚨🚨🚨 What you need to know about the Gaza ceasefire deal

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Geraldine and Hamish were live on air on ABC Sydney when Donald Trump broke the news this morning that a deal had been reached on the 'first phase' o...

🚨🚨🚨Did Trump just orchestrate a major breakthrough in the Middle East?

04 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hamas has responded to Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza saying it is prepared to release all Israeli hostages - dead or alive. However it ...

Is Trump's obsession with the 'enemy within' tearing America apart?

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fears that the United States might be headed towards civil war feel slightly less overblown than they did just weeks ago...With the US government shu...

The Dark Roots of America's War on Science

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The anti-science crusade in the United States extends beyond President Trump's flourishing statements about climate change being a 'con job' and a 'h...

Why can't the United Nations fix any of the world's problems?

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 80th UN General Assembly is heating up in New York, just as a major UN report finds that Israel is committing genocide. Countries like Australia ...

SPECIAL: Why is Papua New Guinea such a big deal for Australia?

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As celebrations get underway marking the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinea's independence from Australia, the two nations are about to enter a dea...

How Australia’s Army Chief is preparing us for the next war

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Geraldine is back and feeling uncharacteristically pessimistic about the state of the world. So as the Australian government works hard to cement str...

It's Xi's World Now, and We're All Just Living In It

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All eyes have been on China this week, as dozens of world leaders arrived to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit and China's 'V...

This is what famine in Gaza REALLY looks like

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Following the confirmation of famine in part of Gaza by the UN-backed IPC, Hamish Macdonald and guest host Kylie Morris speak to Anera's Gaza Branch ...

🚨🚨🚨 Why is Iran targeting Australia?

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian government has accused Iran of directing two antisemitic attacks in Australia and, for the first time since World War Two, has expelle...

Meet Nayib Bukele: The 'World's Coolest Dictator'

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

He's young, he's slick, he's social media savvy and he rules with an iron first. Meet Nayib Bukele, the President of El Salvador who has quickly beco...

Albo vs Netanyahu and Trump vs Zelensky: Big dog politics is here. And it's brutal.

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not every day a foreign leader calls the Australian Prime Minister “weak” and accuses him of betraying the country’s Jewish community. B...

The shocking reality of life inside Putin's Russia

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's all eyes on Alaska as the summit between President Trump, President Putin and possibly President Zelensky looms. The stakes of these peace talks...

🚨🚨🚨 Australia will recognise a Palestinian state. What does this actually mean?

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a historic move, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this afternoon announced that Australia will move to recognise a state of Palestine at...

Australia's part in Israel's weapons supply chain

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Where do the arms involved in conflicts worldwide come from and who bears responsibility for how they are used in war?The US is by far the world's la...

Can statehood emerge from chaos? History’s lesson

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the prospect of Palestinian statehood suddenly became tangible, with the UK, France and Canada promising to recognise Palestine at the UN ...

Trump, Epstein and the story that won't go away

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A weekly examination of world affairs with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald.

What next for the Palestinians?

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Despite living through continued death, displacement and destruction, Palestinians still dream of a better future.What does that look like for Gazans...

Why can Albo get meetings with Xi, but not with Trump?

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Albanese has finally got a meeting with a president, but it's not the one some are so desperate to see.The Prime Minister sets off on a six-d...

Can populism deliver?

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's sometimes described as a 'dance with the devil', but can populism also deliver for citizens?As some democracies stall, how are populist leaders ...

Trump's big, beautiful week

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After promising his MAGA base that he wouldn't get the US into any further foreign entanglements, Donald Trump had a big week on the international st...

Germany overcomes history and prepares for war

24 Jun 2025

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After decades of enjoying peacetime dividends and American protection, Germany is now re-arming in a hurry. Troop numbers in the Bundeswehr had with...

Does diplomacy stand a chance?

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From the volatile fault lines of the Middle East, a dangerous new chapter has unfolded as the confrontation between Israel and Iran up-ends the regio...

BONUS: Is regime change in Iran possible, or desirable?

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Israel's assassination of high-ranking military and political figures in Iran is raising questions about the regime's ability to survive this war, es...

Who is in charge of the world?

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Leaders of the world's great industrial nations will gather in Canada at the G7 over the weekend. As the tectonic plates of international relationsh...

Is Australia ready for a new world order?

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If the West really is in decline, are we watching the creation of a new world order? This question is being asked with fresh urgency in capitals aro...

Oren Cass: the face of America's New Right

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who is a conservative and who is a radical in American politics right now? It’s not entirely clear when the Republican party has dramatically shift...

Will today's atrocities be forgotten tomorrow?

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some news stories shake the world, others barely make the front page. In the era of Donald Trump, many important stories are being forgotten.Lindsey...

Trump, the $600m flying palace and world peace?

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump's tour of the Middle East was three days of glitz, gold and billion-dollar deals. The big surprise was a meeting with Syria's interim p...

Can Albo trust Trump with our secrets?

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian Signals Directorate is one of Australia's most secretive agencies, responsible for decoding enemy messages, protecting us from cyber t...

Bonus: Vatican foreign minister Paul Gallagher

05 May 2025

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As the world awaits the sitting of the conclave and the appointment of a new Pope, Geraldine sits down with the Vatican's Secretary for Relations wit...

What does Putin want in Indonesia?

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Australian election campaign was rocked by allegations that Moscow had requested access to an Indonesian air base for use by long-range Russian m...

AUKUS INVESTIGATED 06: Premier Peter Malinauskas

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 ep...

What does a West-less future look like?

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A great re-balancing is underway from the Western world to a much more diverse future.As developing nations rise up with greater wealth, military pow...

AUKUS INVESTIGATED 05: Radioactive ripples

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

🚨 The politics of the Pope

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The death of Pope Francis closes the door on a papacy that was focused on the plight of migrants and other vulnerable groups. In this emergency epis...

Why isn't Australia debating foreign policy at this election?

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Election day is looming at a time when events beyond our borders are shaping the debate as much as the politicians are. The major parties have avoid...

BONUS: President of Palau

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Palau is a tiny Pacific nation located in one of the hottest geo-strategic areas on Earth. They are highly dependent on the US for finance and defen...

Is Trump sending our region running towards China?

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs are laser-focused on Southeast Asia, with manufacturing countries singled out for the highest tax rates.Austr...

What does China think of Trump's chaos?

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What is Beijing thinking as it watches Western governments grapple with the chaos created by the US?Does China view the fracturing of long-standing U...

Why is Trump crashing the US economy?

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump's strategy on tariffs is inspired by the 'Gilded Age' of US history, when the federal government drew most of its income from taxes on f...

Sir Bob Geldof: Trump is a F*****g idiot

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Irish rockstar is fired up as he claims his life's work is being ripped apart by the new US administration. In this passionate and surprising co...

AUKUS INVESTIGATED 04: The 51st US state?

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 cha...

BONUS: Inside the new Syria

16 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There was jubilation in Syria last year when Bashar Al-Assad fled the country after 14 years of civil war.But peace won't come easy and the country's...

Are we better off without America?

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The United States is tearing down the foundations that have underpinned the west since the end of the second world war.Traditional alliances have bee...

AUKUS INVESTIGATED 03: The China question

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Hamish and Geraldine examine the strategic thinking behind AUKUS. If China has undertaken the most rapid military expansion of any co...

Is Trump's America still our friend?

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As talk of American isolationism under Donald Trump grows louder, big questions are being asked about the future of the US-Australia alliance.How sho...

🚨🚨🚨 WTF just happened in the White House? Trump vs Zelenskyy

01 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hamish and Geraldine react to the showdown in Washington DC as Donald Trump seemingly all but abandons support for Ukraine in its war against Russia....

Australia's spy chief Mike Burgess

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australia's top spy sits down for a candid conversation with Hamish and Geraldine about the modern art of spycraft and the current threats - foreign ...

AUKUS INVESTIGATED 02: Bang for buck?

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The plan for us to acquire nuclear submarines has been dubbed the 'Optimal Pathway', but achieving it will be no mean feat. In this episode we explor...

Germany’s triple threat: the Far Right, Russia and Trump

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you think political shifts in Germany don't effect the rest of the world, think again. The country has been rocked by the interference of American...

AUKUS INVESTIGATED 01: That Fella Down Under

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a special mini-series, Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald get the answers to all your burning questions about AUKUS. In this first episode, we...

AUKUS: Your questions answered

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We've handed over $798 million to the US, but can we really be sure that President Trump is as 'supportive' of AUKUS as we've been told? It's just on...

With friends like Trump: Canada's perfect storm

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Canada has a lot going on right now. It's facing a potential trade war with the United States, President Trump wants it to become the 51st US state a...

Is China winning the AI arms race?

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

'Be warned': John Bolton on Trump 2.0

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Geraldine and Hamish ask Donald Trump’s longest serving national security advisor whether there is method to what seems like madness in President T...

AUKUS Investigated 06: Premier Peter Malinauskas

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ep...

AUKUS Investigated 05: Radioactive ripples

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

AUKUS Investigated 04: The 51st US state?

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 cha...

AUKUS Investigated 03: The China question

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Hamish and Geraldine examine the strategic thinking behind AUKUS. If China has undertaken the most rapid military expansion of any co...

AUKUS Investigated 02: Bang for buck?

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The plan for us to acquire nuclear submarines has been dubbed the 'Optimal Pathway', but achieving it will be no mean feat. In this episode we explor...

AUKUS Investigated 01: That Fella Down Under

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a special mini-series, Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald get the answers to all your burning questions about AUKUS. In this first episode, we...

2024: A Year of Living Dangerously

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

2024 has been an extraordinary year in terms of global affairs. And as we try to wind down, events internationally have been ramping up.Global Roamin...

🚨🚨🚨 The road from Damascus: What next for Syria?

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A short bonus episode where Geraldine and Hamish discuss the shock fall of Damascus, and the rest of Syria, to opposition group Hayat Tahir al-Sham. ...

Why Finland works so well

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Hamish visited Finland he met up with Finland's Minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz - although unfortunately not in a sauna.But they do dis...

Germany's trains are running late. Here's why it really matters

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why is Germany in a bit of a funk? How did the superstar of Europe go so far off the rails - even the German trains aren't running on time.Germany i...

Maori vs The King: Who owns NZ?

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last week New Zealand parliament went viral when MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke performed a haka and tore up a controversial bill. And this week tens o...

Is China winning and Trump losing on climate?

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Much has been going on around the world this year so climate and environment have taken a back seat. Now with the US electing a president who calls c...

How Will Trump Rule Now? Jonathan Swan

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Donald Trump has a mandate to do what he promised after winning easily. But how far will he actually go and how fast? And will he try to unite the co...

America: What happens next?

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An election on a knife-edge, and a nation seemingly on the brink. How do we make sense of this fever-pitched moment? First a snapshot from USA Today...

PRESENTS - If You're Listening: America's Last Election

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our friends at If You're Listening have a new series about the US presidential election that we want to tell you about. Donald Trump still refuses t...

Sir Niall Ferguson: What we're getting wrong about the US election

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this extended conversation with Geraldine and Hamish, renowned historian Sir Niall Ferguson warns that Donald Trump is not the biggest threat to A...

What would a Trump victory mean for Australia?

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Like it or not, we all have a stake when Americans head to the polls in November. So what would a Harris or Trump presidency mean for the global econ...

THE NEW FRONTLINES 04: The battle for hearts and minds

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the final instalment of our New Frontlines mini-series, we look at the ideological fault-lines that are dividing countries from within. Identity, ...

Is Iran's house of cards about to collapse?

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Iran talks a big game, but in the last two weeks Israel has dealt some serious blows to the ‘axis of resistance’, while Tehran has done little t...

THE NEW FRONTLINES 03: How do you fight a hidden, hybrid war?

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Exploding pagers, attacks on underwater gas pipelines and deepfake videos - we’ve entered a terrifying new realm of hybrid warfare, where the aim i...

THE NEW FRONTLINES 02: Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the war in Ukraine spills into Poland, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski makes an impassioned call to countries around the world to wake up to ...

THE NEW FRONTLINES 01: Welcome to the future of war

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We kick off this Global Roaming mini-series by looking at the ways wars will be fought in the future. From drones to electronic warfare and even soci...

What do the neighbours think of Australia?

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sure, we have great beaches, but when it comes to forging strong economic and security ties, does Australia leave something to be desired?Guest: Dr K...

Will TikTok change the outcome of the US election?

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With 40 million eligible Gen Z voters, the tight US presidential race has become a battle for followers, likes and shares on social media. But will t...

Rory Stewart: Is Australia the model for a better politics?

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With the rest of the world swinging left and right, how do we make the progressive centre of politics more attractive, and its proponents sound less ...

🚨🚨🚨 Why does Russia want to keep Masha Gessen out of Australia?

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At the eleventh hour, journalist Masha Gessen has been granted a visa to enter Australia, but why are they considered so dangerous? Guest: Masha Ges...

Is AUKUS a dud?

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a sign of our deepening strategic ties, Australia will play host to more frequent US military deployments across air, land, and maritime domains. ...

How to Bring Down a Tyrant: The Story of Bangladesh

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The sudden departure of Sheikh Hasina after weeks of student protests sparked jubilant celebrations, which stretched all the way to Australia. It’s...

🚨🚨🚨 Hamish speaks to Gov. Tim Walz

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate, but who is he? It turns out he was actually in Australia last November for ...

Former Mossad chief: was the assassination of Haniyeh a mistake?

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the wake of two major assassinations of a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and a Hamas leader in Tehran, both at least ostensibly by Israel, former M...

BONUS: What Geraldine and Hamish really think about Kamala

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There's been a whole lotta love for Kamala, particularly on social media this week. But is she really a better candidate than Biden? What are her eco...

Has the West lost it? with Kishore Mahbubani

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Turn on the news and you are confronted with the fact that the United States, and US-led systems, are not what they once were. Kishore Mahbubani argu...

How Trump Wants to Change the World, Again

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What could another Trump Presidency mean for the world order? 

Freedom on Trial: The Jimmy Lai Story

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A weekly examination of world affairs with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald.

Anne Applebaum and Malcolm Turnbull on the collapse of the centre

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Where have all the centrists gone? And how have the far-right taken hold of politics in the west? 

Marty Baron: Is the Media to Blame?

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you ever want to hide from the headlines? With 1 in 4 people now saying they are worn out by the news and many turning to a fragmented social medi...

Is a new 'axis of evil' emerging?

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You know things aren't good when Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un sign a mutual defence pact... could it be that a powerful new anti-western axis is em...

Panda politics: What does China really want from Australia?

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

​The high-profile visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang signals warming relations between Canberra and Beijing, but could it be indicative of deeper ec...

What do India, Mexico and South Africa have in common?

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In India, Mexico and South Africa, frustrations and hopes have been borne out at polling booths, with extraordinary results. Geraldine and Hamish tak...

Sunak vs Starmer: Who will rule Britannia?

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One week into the UK election campaign and to say things have been unexpected is an understatement. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has come out firing, a...