Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald Your Call: Should we join NATO; Is Trump making bank off Venezuela & is this Australia's greatest strategic vulnerability?
The 24 hour international news cycle often leaves us with more questions than answers, so in this episode of Global Roaming Hamish and Geraldine will be exploring the things YOU actually want to know. Like whether we should be following the money when it comes to Venezuela - does President Trump have a personal financial stake which helps explain his actions there? And if Australia's international fuel supplies were to be cut off by an act of sabotage or war, how many days could we continue to function? Turns out the answer is more surprising than you think...
Plus Hamish and Geraldine discuss what they've been thinking deeply about - from the inner workings of the US Republican Party, to the history of the international radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is now caught up in the Australian government's moves to target to hate groups.
Suggested reading/watching mentioned in this episode:
- Middle East Forum: Hizb ut-Tahrir: Political Doctrine, Global Reach, and Challenge to the International Order
- The Australian - Amanda Hodge: Why banning radical Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir is only half the battle
- Forbes: How Trump’s Attack On Venezuela May Have Made Him Money
- ABC 7:30: Concerns over how long Australia’s fuel supplies would last in an emergency
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