This episode of AIIA VIC's Dyason House Podcast features the experience of four-time Walkley Award winner, Matt Brown, in his journalism in the Middle East.

The Hunter Frigate will better suit Australia’s maritime interests than the Future Submarine Project’s Shortfin Barracuda design.

This episode looks at the recent leaders’ meetings at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the US-China trade war and the state of the Australian aid program in the context of the Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami. 

Russia seeks to create a favourable environment for the domestic development of the Russian people. That means building peace and friendly mutually-beneficial cooperation with other countries.

Retired Army Colonel Jair Bolsonaro has aptly exploited a series of existing frustrations in an election divided as never before by radicalism, social values and gender.

If the Foreign Investment Review Board advises the government to reject CK’s bid for APA Group, Beijing would likely view this as Australia hardening its stance. Deft management will be needed.

Australian policymakers need to consider what the country’s defence needs are without being driven by a desire for US approval nor the unrealistic fear of Asian invasion.

With US sanctions being reimposed on Iran, the world faces a real prospect of nuclear anarchy returning to the Middle East.

There is undisputed evidence of what is going on inside North Korea. Threats of nuclear proliferation should not relegate human rights to the wayside.

The rise of populists, a growing number of authoritarian regimes and an apparent loss of confidence in democratic politicians have all contributed to the idea that democracy is in serious trouble.