Former Ambassador to Myanmar Christopher Lamb, Christopher retired from a career in diplomacy spaning over 30 years. He now heads a number of advisory board, working with organisations like the Red Cross and The Australian Mynamaar Instute, and enjoys a post as an Honorary Assosiate Professor at the University of Melbourne.
We discussed the history of the people known as Rohingya and the realities of the current crisis from the perspective of someone who knows the region intimately. It’s an incredibly informative journey with some insights that only a man like Christopher could know. We get into details that don’t often make the mainstream news and covering one of world’s least know crisis.
Music: Jade by Scott Buckley
This week’s episode features Jean Dunn, currently Director Indo-Pacific of the Centre for Political and Diplomatic Studies and formerly Australia’s ambassador to Turkey and Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Poland, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Ukraine. In 2016, Jean was presented with the Public Service Medal by the Governor General for her services during the aftermath of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014. We discuss what it takes to be a good diplomat, and the MH17 crisis. Music: Jade by Scott Buckley ...
In this episode we sat down for a chat with Dr Charles T. Hunt, a Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow at Social & Global Studies Centre, RMIT to discuss what constitutes the success of a peacekeeping mission, the challenges that a “robust turn” in UN missions poses, and what it takes to construct conditions for lasting peace. Dr Charles T. Hunt will be giving a talk on the protection of civilians in UN peace operations at the Australian Institute for International Affairs Victoria on May 29th, 2019. ...
In episode 7 we are joined by Walkley Award Winner Rowan Callick. Rowan has worked as a China Correspondent and Asia-Pacific Editor to the Australian Financial Review and the Australian, and was awarded an OBE in 2014. This week we discuss his experiences as a foreign correspondent, and the rise of China. ...
