Mike Murphy: Never Trump? The future of the Republican Party and Election 2020
Mike Murphy is a legendary political consultant and one of the Republican Party’s most successful ever campaigners. Mike has handled media and strategy for more than 26 successful Republican campaigns including Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney and Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as leading John McCain’s historic presidential race in 2000. Mike has advised political leaders all...
Bonus Content: Kristina Keneally and Misha Zelinsky talk COVID-19, immigration and trade policy as panel guests
Bonus Content: Senator Kristina Keneally and Misha Zelinsky in panel discussion on COVID-19, immigration and trade policy. This is a special content episode! Senator Kristina Keneally is the Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration and Citizenship. Senator Keneally is Labor’s deputy leader in the Senate and also served as the first female...
Tarun Chhabra – The China Card: How progressives should deal with an assertive Chinese Communist Party
Tarun Chhabra is a fellow at the Brookings Institution, and also with the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University. His current research focuses on U.S. grand strategy, U.S.-China relations, and U.S. alliances. Tarun is a global expert on the implications of China’s growing political and international influence. A Harvard, Oxford and...
Professor Ross Garnaut: Bouncing back from COVID – how renewables can make Australia a manufacturing superpower.
Professor Ross Garnaut is one of Australia’s most distinguished economists and a global expert on climate change, trade and energy policy. He was Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s principal economic advisor and was Australia’s Ambassador to China. He’s lead many government reviews, including the seminal though ill fated Garnaut Climate Change Review into carbon emission reduction...
Richard McGregor: The war within the war on COVID-19
Richard McGregor is an internationally recognized expert on the Chinese political system and a senior fellow at the Lowy Institute. McGregor’s book, The Party, on the inner-workings of the Chinese Communist Party is considered the pre-eminent text for understanding the CCP and was called a “masterpiece” by The Economist and a must read” by the Washington...
Dr. Alexandra Phelan: Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and you should know
Dr Alexandra Phelan is a faculty member at the Center for Global Health Science & Security at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. A global expert in pandemics, Misha Zelinsky caught up with Alex to talk about all things related to COVID-19, including the nature of...
Dr Michael Fullilove: Why middle powers matter – managing China in an era of Trump.
Dr Michael Fullilove is the Executive Director of the Lowy Institute. An adviser to Prime Minister Paul Keating, Rhodes Scholar and renowned foreign affairs expert, Dr Fullilove is a widely published author and a much sought after global commentator. Misha Zelinsky up with Michael for a chinwag about how Australia should interact with a rising...
Ambassador Jeff Bleich: Why trust matters in democracy and how we get it back
Jeff Bleich was US Ambassador to Australia from 2009 to 2013. A distinguished legal and political professional, he is the Chair of the Fulbright Scholarship Board and now heads up the Jeff Bleich Centre for the US Alliance in Digital Technology, Security, and Governance at Flinders University in Australia Misha Zelinsky caught up with Jeff...
Benedict Hugosson: Still the heartland? How social democrats can fight back in Sweden, Europe and the world.
Sweden is often considered to be the heartland of social democracy – but that may no longer be the case. Benedict Hugosson is a global expert in political campaigning. He has lead national field campaigns for the Social Democrats in Sweden and is a leading thinker in political engagement strategies and tactics. An Australian born...
Emily Lau
Emily Lau is one of the most famous politicians in Hong Kong. She was the leader of the Democratic Party and the first woman to be elected into Hong Kong’s legislature. A former journalist, Emily is a passionate defender of press freedoms and free speech. Emily joined Misha Zelinsky for a chinwag about the current...
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