Janaline, Yassine, Luke and Glenn ask why countries bother with multilateralism and the United Nations, particularly when the big powers don’t seem to care and there is no enforcement of international law. The bottom line is that it is actually in countries’ interests to cooperate and international law doesn’t just constrain them but also their partners and international rivals. And the biggest losers from a big country’s withdrawal from multilateral processes are actually the people of that country…
Janaline, Luke and Glenn look at the AUKUS program and ask why the government can’t just ditch it. And given the erratic decisions coming out of the current US administration, they ask why we wouldn’t just extract ourselves from the US alliance while we are at it.
Janaline and William examine the US and Israel attack on Iran, its consequences for the rest of the world and the Australian government’s response.
Janaline and William discuss the state of the international rules-based order and the current dynamics of the Australia-US relationship following Kevin Rudd’s early departure as ambassador.