Special guest former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd joins host Ali Moore to discuss a post Covid-19 world marked by an increasingly assertive China and anaemic US leadership. Will growing Sino-American tensions result in a new cold war? And what’s the future for the global institutions responsible for maintaining world order? Kevin Rudd is President of the Asia Society Policy Institute and a China watcher of more than four decades. A podcast from Asia Institute of the University of Melbourne. Produced and edited by profactual.com. Music by audionautix.com. Photo by Elsa Ruiz of Asia Society.

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Kevin Rudd on China’s place in a post-pandemic world

Despite an initial flirt with pandemic denialism, Turkey may well be able to take some pride in its handling of the Covid-19 crisis. Yet, coronavirus continues to impose a huge cost on a nation already grappling with faltering economic growth, deepening existing political and social divides. With us to examine the myriad impacts of Covid-19 on Turkey are Monash University politics and international relations expert Dr William Gourlay and Asia Institute Turkish politics researcher Dr Tezcan Gümüş. Presented by Ali Moore. A podcast from Asia Institute of the University of Melbourne. Produced and edited by profactual.com. Music by audionautix.com.

Pandemic politics in Turkey

In Indonesia, pollution from plastics is reaching crisis levels, with the fabled beaches of Bali now strewn with discarded plastics, while on Java the army is called out to unclog rivers from “icebergs” of plastic. How did Indonesia get into this predicament, and who will clean up the mess? Indonesian rock star and environmental activist Gede Robi, and development expert Ewa Wojkowska, shed light on Indonesia’s plastic scourge and discuss possible solutions with presenter Ali Moore. A podcast from Asia Institute of the University of Melbourne. Produced and edited by profactual.com. Songs by Navicula (http://www.naviculamusic.com/). Theme music by audionautix.com. The Pulau Plastik campaign (http://pulauplastik.org/en/about/campaign).

Pushing back against plastic waste in Indonesia

Despite its roots in China, Mao Zedong’s theories of class struggle and violent revolution spread around the globe in the second half of the twentieth century, igniting armed uprisings in its wake. Asia historian Dr Matthew Galway and Latin American cultural studies researcher Dr Carlos Amador examine the appeal and impact of Maoism outside of China. With host Peter Clarke. An Asia Institute podcast. Produced and edited by profactual.com. Music by audionautix.com. Since recording this interview, Dr Galway has moved to the Australian National University.

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