The National Security Podcast

Brought to you by Policy Forum with the support of the ANU National Security College, the National Security Podcast is a new fortnightly series tackling Australia and the region’s national security challenges. On this special Pod Extra, Chris Farnham chats with Michael Cohen about the Trump-Kim meeting in Singapore. They discuss whether international legitimacy matters for the North Korean regime, how the longevity of Trump’s presidency could bear on the nuclear negotiations, and what leaders in China, Japan and South Korea might be thinking in the wake of the summit. Michael Cohen is a Senior Lecturer in the ANU National Security College. His expertise covers nuclear weapons proliferation, the Korean Peninsula, South Asia, deterrence and coercion, leaders, foreign policy decision-making and the US-Australia alliance. He regularly provides media commentary on these issues. Chris Farnham is the presenter of the National Security Podcast. He joined the National Security College in June 2015 as Policy and Events

Brought to you by Policy Forum with the support of the ANU National Security College, the National Security Podcast is a new fortnightly series tackling Australia and the region’s national security challenges. On the first episode, Rory Medcalf chats with Chris Farnham about the rise of the Indo-Pacific concept and its implications for Australia. The Indo-Pacific is a mental map of Asia that has taken flight among policymakers the world over. Most recently, at last weekend’s Shangri-La Dialogue, countries as diverse as Australia, India and Indonesia all used the language of the Indo-Pacific concept and demonstrated that they are adopting the term into their strategic thinking. On the podcast, we take a look at where we draw the boundaries of the Indo-Pacific region, whether the term is anti-China, its significance for rising powers like India, and why extra-regional powers like France and the United States are taking a particular interest in the concept. Rory Medcalf is the head of the National Security Colle