Could China and Russia’s models of high-tech population control and manipulation spread to other countries?

In Episode 15 of the Rules Based Audio podcast, we explore China’s interests, influence and intentions in the Pacific.

Economist Richard Baldwin talks about the coming jobs apocalypse in rich countries – and its upside.

Rodger Shanahan unpacks the US withdrawal from Syria and the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Are they linked?

In Episode 12 of Rules Based Audio, former US Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns discusses US foreign policy under Trump.

In Episode 11 of Rules Based Audio, we take a look at the next phase of the Belt and Road Initiative from two sides.

Washington Post Beijing bureau chief Anna Fifield talks about ordinary life, elite politics and nukes in North Korea.

In Episode 9, Russian dissident Yevgenia Albats and veteran Russia analyst Bobo Lo talk about what Putin wants.

If we are now living in the age of networked disinformation, was the Philippines Patient Zero?

Ben Bland and Primrose Riordan discuss the ongoing political unrest in Hong Kong.

Michael Fullilove discusses Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and Scott Morrison.

In Episode 5 of Rules Based Audio, Lowy Senior Fellow Richard McGregor talks about China’s leader Xi Jinping.

The Lowy Institute’s Rules Based Audio podcast takes a deep dive into the 2019 Asia Power Index.

The New York Times’ Beijing correspondent Chris Buckley is my guest on Rules Based Audio this week.

The Lowy Institute has a new half-hour, fornightly podcast.

The Lowy Institute’s new fortnightly podcast explores the fault lines in the global order.