Foreign Exchange

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• MINI-EPISODE: Should Australia go to war with China over Taiwan?

  September 24, 2026 · 23 min

  Every fortnight, Sam Roggeveen and Hugh White discuss major developments in international affairs affecting Australia and the region, from an Australian perspective. “This is an extraordinarily serious choice. “Now, we might feel…

• ‘Hoovering up’: How Australian spies operate

  September 11, 2026 · 23 min

  Every fortnight, Sam Roggeveen and Hugh White discuss major developments in international affairs affecting Australia and the region, from an Australian perspective. “All of those styles of intelligence except the last one —HUMINT—  is, of…

• MIDDLE EAST: The US is losing, so why isn’t Iran winning?

  August 28, 2026 · 39 min

  Subscribe to Australian Foreign Affairs: https://www.australianforeignaffairs.com/subscribe Every fortnight, Sam Roggeveen and Hugh White discuss major developments in international affairs affecting Australia and the region, from an…

• BAMBOO DIPLOMACY: Vietnam and the art of not picking sides

  August 14, 2026 · 38 min

  Every fortnight, Sam Roggeveen and Hugh White discuss major developments in international affairs affecting Australia and the region, from an Australian perspective. “But there's another layer on top of this which is the Treaty of…

• ‘Why would China even bother to attack if you don’t taunt her’: Sam & Hugh answer your comments

  July 31, 2026 · 52 min

  Subscribe to Australian Foreign Affairs: https://www.australianforeignaffairs.com/subscribe Every fortnight, Sam Roggeveen and Hugh White discuss major developments in international affairs affecting Australia and the region, from an…

• AUSTRALIA: China’s ballistic missile test has strikingly little to do with us

  July 17, 2026 · 44 min

  Every fortnight, Sam Roggeveen and Hugh White discuss major developments in international affairs affecting Australia and the region, from an Australian perspective. “I don't think we should also underestimate our capacity to overplay our…

• The leapfrog to lithium-ion submarines: "If anyone can do this, it’s the Chinese"

  June 19, 2026 · 40 min

  Every fortnight, Sam Roggeveen and Hugh White discuss major developments in international affairs affecting Australia and the region, from an Australian perspective. “You have to be very clear where the capability trends are…

• The many ways in which Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is not Teddy Roosevelt

  June 5, 2026 · 37 min

  Every fortnight, Sam Roggeveen and Hugh White discuss major developments in international affairs affecting Australia and the region, from an Australian perspective.“The life type extension of the Collins—keeping as many Collins as…