Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has to call an election before October 27. But as war with Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon drags on, his popularity is tanking. Even US President Donald Trump has reportedly called him "effing crazy" over his aggressive military stance.
Israeli journalist and commentator Nadav Eyal joins Geraldine Doogue and Latika Bourke to talk about the domestic storm leading up to the "Fifty Shades of Right Wing" election; whether Netanyahu's two challengers, Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot, can dethrone him; and what it means for the future of the US relationship. 
Guests: Nadav Eyal, journalist and senior scholar at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
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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 characterisation of Australia's position vis a vis AUKUS? Are we getting the short end of the stick with this deal, and sacrificing our sovereignty to boot? 
This episode originally broadcast on December 20, 2024 as part of our 6-part AUKUS Investigated series 
GUESTS:
Sam Roggeveen - Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program. He is the author of The Echidna Strategy: Australia’s Search for Power and Peace
Malcolm Turnbull - 29th Prime Minister of Australia 2015-2018.
Richard Marles - the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Minister for Defence and the Federal Member for Corio.
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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
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This episode originally aired on January 28, 2026

In the 'deal of the century', Australia was supposed to acquire a brand new, top of the range nuclear submarine. In the navy, they are known as  the APEX predators of the sea, the 'optimal' defence machine. But this week the AUKUS submarine deal was downgraded or ‘streamlined’. Now, instead of receiving a brand new, top of the range nuclear submarine, we are getting  three second-hand Virginia class submarines.
But will these  submarines be fit for purpose in a decade? In this episode, Geraldine and Hamish talk to two of Australia’s most prominent submarine experts to find out more about the Virginia class submarines and whether we've been sold a dud deal.
Guests: Retired Rear Admiral Peter Briggs AO and Jennifer Parker, Principal and Founder of Barrier Strategic Advisory
Producers: Kylie Grey and Cheyne Anderson

Changes to the AUKUS deal that mean Australia only gets second hand submarines from the Americans have prompted some wobbles this side of the Pacific. 
But the architect of the $370 billion deal told Global Roaming the deal is a dynamic one, and he has no regrets.