In Episode 20 of the Australia in the World podcast, Allan and Darren discuss Trump's restrictions on the sale of technology to Huawei, and what this means for US-China competition. They then pivot to PNG, and reflect upon four election results. Finally, Allan remembers Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

David Walker’s latest book is masterfully written, and also makes some interesting choices about what it does or doesn’t include.

While some nationalist forces, including Nigel Farage's brand-new Brexit Party, scored wins at a national level, overall there was little support for anti-EU parties in the recent European Parliament elections. Meanwhile, the future of Brexit remains as uncertain as ever.

The Google-Huawei dispute over the Android operating system has done irrevocable damage to the reputation of the US tech sector. The disagreement could degenerate very quickly with a tit-for-tat listing of different companies on Chinese and US national security watch lists for entirely arbitrary reasons.

While US endeavours to maintain its regional primacy and its military continues to shore up security relationships with allies and partners, Australia may now be the preferred initiator of any moves toward low-level trilateral discussions that include Indonesia.

The youth of Kosovo are leaving the country in alarming numbers, driven away by the endemic corruption of Kosovo’s political and business elite. To assist, the US and EU should add more pressure.

For Australians, it might be difficult to imagine a scenario where there are no hospitals to walk into or no medical personnel to consult about the most basic of health issues. But this is the reality for thousands of people affected by the ongoing armed conflict in northeastern Nigeria.

Without better global leadership on climate change our best days are behind us, yet many are turning to a Swedish schoolgirl for leadership rather than the ruling global elite.

Today marks 20 years since the first time UN peacekeepers were directed to protect civilians from physical violence in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Since then, the Protection of Civilians (PoC) mandate has become a centre of gravity for peacekeeping operations but also for the UN system as a whole.

Has Francis Fukuyama once again provided the key to making sense of the confusion going on around us, including in our own Asian — or Asia-Pacific, or Indo-Pacific — region?