In this episode of National Security Podcast, United States Chargé d’Affaires to Australia Mike Goldman joins Professor Rory Medcalf to discuss Australia’s bilateral relationship with the United States and the Biden Administration’s approach to the region.

Before low-risk Australians get the jab, Australia must provide Papua New Guinea and its Pacific neighbours vaccines so that their front-line health workers can safely do their jobs, Jennifer Tierney writes.

In the short term, a successful COVID-19 response and recovery will allow China to temporarily strengthen its position, but in the long term, its problems aren’t going anywhere, Stephen R Nagy writes.

While foreign policy objectives are designed to achieve a state’s interests, those interests also involve addressing global challenges like the vaccine shortage, Olga Krasnyak writes.

Engaging with women peacebuilders in the Pacific to address climate change can transform regional responses, making them more inclusive and focused on human security, Sharon Bhagwan Rolls writes.

On the new Democracy Sausage, the ‘airport economist’ Tim Harcourt and China scholar Jane Golley join Mark Kenny to discuss the Quad leaders meeting, geoeconomics, and what it all means for Australia.