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Join a trusted and insightful guide, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to walk though one of the most vexed and consequential questions of our time. Are we witnessing the decline of western/liberal democracy?External threats to our democracies have not gone away - as Vladimir Putin has demonstrated in Ukraine, but we are now realising that the greatest threats to our democracies are not from without but from within.
LiSTNR hosts Defending Democracy with Malcolm Turnbull, a news show with 33 episodes published.
Recorded at Malcolm Turnbull’s Sovereignty and Security forum held in Canberra. Is Trump 2.0 an aberration, or a seismic 8 on the Richter scale of international relations? We cannot grit our teeth and ride this out. We m
Recorded at Malcolm Turnbull’s Sovereignty and Security forum held in Canberra. This panel examines how Australia pursues its national interest in a “might is right” world, and if we should work with other countries to m
Recorded at Malcolm Turnbull’s Sovereignty and Security forum held in Canberra. In the absence of support from America, should Australia adopt an Echidna Strategy - friendly to those who don’t mean us harm, and spikey an
Recorded at Malcolm Turnbull’s Sovereignty and Security forum held in Canberra. This panel discusses the viability of AUKUS in its current form, and what needs to change to deliver sovereign undersea warfare capabilities
Recorded at Malcolm Turnbull’s Sovereignty and Security forum held in Canberra. This panel discusses the nature of the security threats Australia faces, and reassesses the assumptions that have informed our economic, for
Is our affection for America and Americans blinding us to the reality that Trump’s political values are more aligned to the “might is right” world view of Putin than they are to ours in Australia? Malcolm Turnbull’s open
Malcolm is on the ground in the US in the final days of the battle for the White House. The race is tight. If Donald J Trump wins, what would a second term look like? What would it mean for Australia? With the prospect o
The clock of war is ticking in Taiwan – and it’s up to the west to stop it. Matt Pottinger worked as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in China. He's a former U.S. Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and was P
Chinese President Xi Jinping's unshakable determination to unite mainland China and Taiwan is one of our most significant threats to geopolitical stability. Shirley Lin, a Taipei native, is the founder and chair of the C
The potential of a second Trump Presidency has far-reaching implications, particularly in Europe. Cecilia Malmstrom is a Swedish-born politician elected to the European Parliament in 1999, later serving as European commi
How can we build a society where different opinions are met with curiosity and understanding? Dame Louise Richardson is a counter-terrorism expert, author and the President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and sh
Donald Trump's MAGA movement has inspired a following of non-college-educated, working-class Republican voters; but it's also had a profound impact on Republican policy. Ben Ginsberg is a Republican lawyer who wrote Lost
Could a Trump 2.0 bring more blatant and dangerous violations of the norms and rules of democracy than we've seen before? Larry Diamond, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, has dedicated his l
In a world of social media echo chambers, misinformation and partisan media, the lines between truth and lies are blurrier than ever. Jonathan Rauch knows this well - he's the author of The Constitution of Knowledge: A D
As the US election looms, Malcolm talks to Eric H. Holder, Jr., about the United States electoral system, how it compares to Australia, and the significant challenges to democracy the US faces today. Eric H. Holder Jr, s
Barbara Walter has been part of a CIA task force looking at predictive models for where civil wars might break out around the world. As the task force looked closely at the data, they discovered that the two most predict
What do you do when a country suddenly falls into darkness? Afghan Australian businessman Saad Mohseni is Chairman, Chief Executive, and CEO of Moby Group, which runs Afghanistan's 24/7 Tolo News channel. Saad is widely
Climate change and the decline of democracy are two global crises that have come to a head in recent years. Transitioning to green energy is key to tackling both. Can we make enough progress fast enough to save the plane
Who are the new autocrats and what’s their playbook? We are now living in the era of the strongman - and every dictator has built on the accomplishments of his predecessors. Hitler watched Mussolini, and Gaddafi learned
Congressman Adam Kinzinger reflects on the toxicity that has overtaken the United States and why it’s almost certain Donald Trump will be the Republican Presidential nominee. What would a Trump 2.0 Presidency look like a
Gareth Evans
Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC KC FASSA FAIIA · Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
1 appearance on this show
Sam Roggeveen
Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program · Lowy Institute
1 appearance on this show
Jennifer Parker
Patient Advocate, Transformational Speaker, Healthcare Leadership Speaker · University of Notre Dame
1 appearance on this show
Hugh White
Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies · Australian National University
1 appearance on this show
Heather Smith
2024 Burroughs Welcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year · Swill by Blacksmiths
1 appearance on this show
Matt Pottinger
former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser
1 appearance on this show
Larry Diamond
Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford University · Stanford University
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Rauch
author of The Constitution of Knowledge · Brookings Institution
1 appearance on this show
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University · New York University
1 appearance on this show
Ruth Ben Ghiat
author of "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present" · New York University
1 appearance on this show
Adam Kinzinger
former Congressman of Illinois' 16th District, Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard
1 appearance on this show
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