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Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald
A war breaks out, a leader emerges, a revolution unfolds. How did it happen, and what are the implications for you? Award-winning journalists Geraldine Doogue, Hamish Macdonald, Latika Bourke, Laura Tingle and Waleed Aly discuss the biggest world events and how to make of sense of them. Along with expert guests, they take a single topic and examine it with Australian eyes. Challenging, thoughtful and fun, Global Roaming is your user's guide to what the world is talking about.
Episodes
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald'Welcome to Iran' - a correspondent's surreal week in wartime Tehran
Getting a journalist visa for Iran is not an easy feat at the best of times, and this is not the best of times. ABC Asia editor Karishma Vyas talks to Kylie…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldSpringtime in Prague: Why is Europe feeling optimistic?
At a leading European security and policy conference in Prague, Latika buttonholes one of Australia's top political scientists to interrogate an unusually…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald'If you're weak you'll get invaded': Poland prepares for war with Russia
On the frontline with Russia, Poland is now spending a massive $90 billion on defence, bolstered by a loan from the EU and multinational forces from Europe and…
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Indonesia Rising: 'WhatsApp' Diplomacy with Australia's Ambassador to Indonesia
On this episode of Global Roaming's 'Indonesia Rising' series, Hamish Macdonald is granted a rare glimpse into how diplomacy is done in 2026 by Australia's…
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Does AUKUS make more sense (or less) in a conflicted world?
AUKUS has a confidence problem. In a bid to reassure industry over the slow pace of AUKUS, the Australian and US governments are set to announce future…
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Is the tide turning in favour of Ukraine?
Is the unthinkable becoming possible? For the first time in two years, Ukrainian forces have regained more territory than was lost to Russia. Armed with…
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Africa's population is about to double. Who will power it?
The latest outbreak of Ebola in the Congo is the kind of crisis we most hear about when Africa rates a mention on our televisions, or in our feeds. But there…
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Philippines' 'Game of Thrones': Senate moves to impeach the Vice President
High stakes political chaos is unfolding in the Philippines with a missing Senator, an ex-President in the Hague, and bitter, duelling family dynasties. The…
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Indonesia has high speed rail. How come Australia can't get there?
Indonesia's 'WHOOSH' train does exactly that. The high speed link from Jakarta to Bandung used to take three to four hours, now it's a 35 minute journey…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldAustralia's Delta advances, but who's missing from this Eurovision?
Challenging, thoughtful and fun — a user's guide to what the world is talking about.
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Enter the "dealmaker": Donald Trump in Beijing
Going into the summit in Beijing between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the narrative from China is that President Trump is weak and distracted. Beijing sees the…
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What the world needs now: a Trump-Xi summit free of fireworks
In this over-stimulated moment in international affairs, observers have set a low bar for success for the summit this week scheduled between Donald Trump and…
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Populist Britain: Is two-party politics over in the UK?
The UK's local council elections last week saw Labor lose Wales for the first time in 100 years. Reform UK and the Greens also made big strides in traditional…
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Indonesia Rising: What does it mean to be Indonesian?
Indonesia is one of Australia's nearest neighbours but the nature of its people, art and culture remain a mystery to many. In the fourth instalment of Global…
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Is Australia ready for drone warfare?
From Ukraine to Iran, the rapid advancement of cheap and mass-produced drones is reshaping battlefields around the world. Before Russia's full-scale invasion…
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Is the Iran war supercharging the energy transition?
The war with Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent oil and gas prices through the roof. As countries scramble to secure energy supplies, sales of…
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'If you're weak you'll get invaded': Poland prepares for war with Russia
On the frontline with Russia, Poland is now spending a massive $90 billion on defence, bolstered by a loan from the EU and multinational forces from Europe and…
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Is Russia's time as a dominant power coming to an end?
Russia has crossed the threshold of losing more soldiers than it's able to mobilise. Some troops are paying their commanders to get a spot at the back of the…
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Indonesia Rising: The struggle to reclaim history
Indonesia declared independence from Dutch rule in 1945, sparking a violent revolution. It was the first country to do so in the wake of World War II and a…
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If Australia can't trust the US, can it trust Japan?
There’s an important meeting in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s diary. On Monday, Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, will touch down in…
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The Iran trap: No peace no war
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth denies Trump's war on Iran has hit a "quagmire", but the reality on the ground tells a different story. With an ongoing…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldWhy is the US so prone to political violence?
On Saturday evening a gunman attempted to storm the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington DC. The act of political violence - the…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldThe AI arms race: How the US and China are fighting for the future
Artificial intelligence is reshaping power, cyber security and geopolitics, but can anyone really control it? From the US-China AI arms race to Taiwan's chip…
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Indonesia Rising: How do you ban social media on an archipelago?
On this episode of Global Roaming's mini-series, Indonesia Rising, Hamish returns to Jakarta to speak to Indonesian communications minister Meutya Hafid. How…
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Anzac special: Finding peace in a time of war
On the eve of Anzac Day, the Global Roaming team comes together to discuss war, peace and what Australia's national day of remembrance means as conflict rages…
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What happened to the ICC case against Benjamin Netanyahu?
In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes. But…
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Is a global recession inevitable?
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is sending shock waves through the global economy. Supply chains are in disarray, inflation is surging and oil prices…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldThe President vs the Pope: How Trump's 'holy war' is stoking old rivalries
Trump's AI-generated image of himself as the Pope has drawn harsh criticism. He also called the Pope “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” in a…
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Indonesia Rising: Can Australia keep up with our neighbour's rapid growth?
Australia's close neighbour is changing before our eyes. By mid-century, Indonesia is forecast to become the world’s fourth largest economy – imagine that! So…
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Keir Starmer is ‘fed up’ and so are the British. Is the UK doomed?
Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting global headwinds and now the war in the Middle East have hit the British hard. So with some of the world's highest…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldHow Hungary trumped Orbán
Péter Magyar has beaten Viktor Orbán in Hungary's election, ending 16 years of autocratic rule. Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians celebrated in the streets…
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Peacemaker or playmaker? Where China stands on Trump's war in the Middle East
The war in the Middle East is sending shock waves through global supply chains, so where does this leave economic superpower China? Will it emerge as a genuine…
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Is Israel using Lebanon to sabotage peace in the Middle East?
The ink hadn't even dried on the initial US-Iran ceasefire last week when Israel launched an unprecedented bombardment on Lebanon's capital, Beirut. Latika…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldA Matter of Facts: Wikipedia co-founder on freedom of speech vs disinformation
Is Wikipedia a relic of a more utopian version of the internet? Or is it the citizen-led antidote that we need? In the final episode of Global Roaming's Matter…
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Could Australia and Asia supply our own energy and cut out the Middle East?
The Middle East conflict has triggered a reckoning in global energy supplies. So as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese touches down in Singapore for talks to…
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Can Cubans survive under Trump's fist?
The war in Iran has aroused worldwide fears: what happens if a country runs out of oil? Because of severe US restrictions, Cuba has faced that reality, having…
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Trump and the Iran ceasefire: what happens next?
A ceasefire is declared after Donald Trump agrees to a two-week pause in attacks on Iran, contingent on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. But is this a…
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Soft power, hard lesson: what can Australia learn from unhappy Asian students?
Australia's education system is one of our most successful export industries, worth an estimated 54 billion dollars. But as perceptions that our universities…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldA Matter of Facts: How mainstream media lost public trust
In our previous Matter of Facts mini-series episodes, we covered why our brains are vulnerable to misinformation, and how disinformation is affecting…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldThe lives of Australian diplomats: what it's like to be on the front line of world politics
Today, a special episode recorded at the Manly Writer's Festival 2026 where Geraldine speaks to three highly experienced diplomats -- Ian Kemish AM, Dr Robert…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldGreater Israel: Is Netanyahu pursuing an expansionist dream?
As the war in the Middle East rages, Israel is waging offensives on multiple fronts. The state is pounding Iran and Beirut with missiles and drones. Ground…
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Is Trump already past the point of no return in Iran?
Iran has withstood US and Israel's offensive more effectively than those who attacked it had expected. They've made the most of geography - and shown just how…
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Will Japan be pulled into defending the Strait of Hormuz?
President Trump’s campaign to pull allies like Australia and Japan into defending the Strait of Hormuz is growing more urgent by the day. Japan's pacifist…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldAI-generated content in political campaigns: how far will we let this go?
Disinformation accelerated by AI is affecting democracies worldwide at an extraordinary pace. Governments overseas are wielding it against their own citizens…
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Is it time to ditch Australia's 'good doggy' diplomacy?
With a rogue United States causing havoc in the Middle East, is it time for Australia to abandon its 'good doggy' approach to US foreign policy? In the final…
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Are you there Australia? It's me, South East Asia
How much do we Australians really understand South East Asia? Australia has long prioritised neighbours further north when it comes to our strategic alliances…
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William Dalrymple: Why we shouldn't tear down statues
In a broad-ranging conversation, Hamish Macdonald speaks to historian and host of the hit podcast Empire William Dalrymple about the pitfalls of trying to…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldIs Australia as vulnerable as we think we are?
The world is getting more dangerous. The closure of the Straight of Hormuz has sent shock waves around the world. The price of oil has skyrocketed and with…
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The Matter of Facts: Why our brains are vulnerable to disinformation
To celebrate Hamish Macdonald's new television series The Matter of Facts, we'll be taking a deep dive into the global ramifications of mis- and…
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These are Iran's emerging power players
With Ali Larijani killed, and the whereabouts of the new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei unknown, who is calling the shots in Iran? Iranian-American historian…
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Is cultural heritage an overlooked casualty of war?
With thousands dead and millions displaced in Iran, the humanitarian price of the US-Israel war will be steep. But there's another priceless casualty of war…
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How Iran became Trump's 'Operation Epic Folly'
The so-called Operation Epic Fury isn't working according to Trump's plan, if he has one at all. Now, as Iran's blockade Strait of Hormuz threatens the global…
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Is Australia inadvertently funding Russia's 'war machine'?
There's no way Australia could possibly be supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, right? According to Ukrainian MP Anastasia Radina, think again. During a…
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Your Call: The history of China the CCP would rather not tell
Our inbox at Global Roaming is chockers with requests to take a closer look at China's history. So this episode, we're sharing a Sydney Writer's Festival panel…
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Is this the next nation in Putin's sights?
The Baltic nation of Estonia knows a little about what Russia is like. One of Russia's closest neighbours, they were part of the Soviet Union until gaining…
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Why Nepal's potential new leader is spitting straight fire at the ballot box
Last year's Gen Z protests in Nepal saw the Parliament building set ablaze, and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli step down. In the first election since, it looks…
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Why this NYT correspondent thinks the Middle East war will be over in a week
Could the war in the Middle East be over in a little over a week, or is that wishful thinking? With global oil markets in unprecedented territory as they react…
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How the Iranian women's football team made a daring break for freedom
The Iran football team's decision not to sing the national anthem during the AFC Women's Asian Cup was an act of silent protest. Now, after days of rallies…
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldYour Call: The US-Israel war in Iran
Geraldine Doogue and Kylie Morris are joined by regional expert and former army officer Rodger Shanahn to answer your questions about the situation unfolding…
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Is the Middle East caught in an unstoppable 'escalation trap' of all-out war?
In just twenty four hours, a US submarine has torpedoed an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean. Turkey, a NATO member state, has shot down an Iranian ballistic…