On this National Security Podcast, Samantha Ravich and Andy Kennedy join Katherine Mansted to talk about different aspects of the growing convergence between economics and security.

As competition rises amongst major powers of the Indo-Pacific, so do concerns around China’s increasing involvement in small Pacific nations and their economies, Bahauddin Foizee writes.

How do we do democracy in a time when voters’ relationships with political parties are increasingly strained? And could a citizens’ assembly fix Brexit better than Boris?

This week on the Policy Forum Pod, we’ve steered the conversation towards electric vehicles in Australia. A revolution in the vehicles industry is clearly just down the road, but policy has stalled. Will consumers and car-makers take the wheel and drive change?

Amidst mounting tensions between China and the US, this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue saw several countries reveal their own hopes and dreams for the Indo-Pacific, as well as reinforcing the lack of trust existing in the region, Huong Le Thu writes.

The quiet Australians have spoken, loudly, and re-elected a Coalition government. So what policy promises has the country signed up for? This week’s Policy Forum Pod takes a look at some of the commitments and whether they will deliver on meeting the challenges facing the country.