Marking one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Allan and Darren reflect on what they have learned, what surprised them, and how they each are thinking about the path ahead.
We thank Walter Colnaghi for research and audio editing and Rory Stenning for composing our theme music.
Relevant links
“Ukrainian foreign minister responds to Amanpour's 'painful' question about war” (video), CNN, 21 February 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tShC67Xp8m8
Olga Oliker, “Fighting While Female: How Gender Dynamics Are Shaping the War in Ukraine”, Foreign Affairs, 21 November 2022: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/fighting-while-female
Dominic Johnson et al, “Overconfidence in wargames: experimental evidence on expectations, aggression, gender and testosterone”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Vol. 273, pp. 2513-2520: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2006.3606
China Matters Oration by the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC (video), 18 February 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rlrkT8BXlg
George Winston, “Summer” (1991): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_(George_Winston_album)
Agathe Demarais, Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests (Columbia University Press, 2022): http://cup.columbia.edu/book/backfire/9780231199902
Ep. 109: Balloons; FM’s UK speech; France 2+2; DM on sovereignty
Ep. 108: PM in PNG; duelling ambassadors; reviewing 2022
Ep. 107: Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watts
Ep. 106: FM’s DC speech; 2+2s ; a polycrisis?
Ep. 105: G20/Xi bilaterals; FM/DM speeches; midterms
Ep. 104: 20th Party Congress; export controls; Australia-Japan
Ep. 103: Nuclear escalation; UNGA meetings; Track 1.5s
Ep. 102: A formal statement on China? Australia’s head of state
Ep. 101: Taiwan
Ep. 100: Foreign Minister Penny Wong
Ep. 99: Much travel & many speeches; PRC meeting; PIF; Lowy poll
Ep. 98: A (very) busy first few weeks
Ep. 97: Incoming government brief, 2022 edition
Ep. 96: Campaign foreign policy lessons; AUKUS leaks?
Ep. 95: Solomon Islands and China enter a security pact
Ep. 94: Pre-election foreign policy speeches by Morrison and Albanese
Ep. 93: The invasion of Ukraine and updating priors
Ep. 92: Our own foreign policy election “debate”
Ep. 91: Ukraine
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