{"podcast":{"title":"Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald","slug":"global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533","podcast_index_feed_id":6755533,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/103189114/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/global-roaming/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/58c0d4d2bb3eaeda6d7c9d98ca7d81be.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":250,"summary":"A war breaks out, a leader emerges, a revolution unfolds. How did it happen, and what are the implications for you? Award-winning journalists Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald are joined by two new hosts, former foreign correspondent Kylie Morris and journalist Latika Bourke in London. Every day, they'll be discussing the biggest world events and how to make of sense of them. Along with expert guests, they take a single topic and examine it with Australian eyes. Challenging, thoughtful and fun, Global Roaming is your user's guide to what the world is talking about.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T12:19:15.170488+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533"},"episode":{"title":"Peacemaker or playmaker? Where China stands on Trump's war in the Middle East","slug":"peacemaker-or-playmaker-where-china-stands-on-trump-s-war-in-the-middle-east","published_at":"2026-04-15T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533/peacemaker-or-playmaker-where-china-stands-on-trump-s-war-in-the-middle-east","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/global-roaming/global-roaming-china-us-iran-war-rana-mitter/106497316","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/ji/Z/i9.mp3","summary":"The war in the Middle East is sending shock waves through global supply chains, so where does this leave economic superpower China? Will it emerge as a genuine global leader or merely make a profit from global disorder? Does Beijing see the US and the President Trump's instability as a threat or opportunity? In this episode, Geraldine and Latika go roaming to find out if China wants the global power but not the global responsibility. The article Geraldine references from Foreign Affairs, written by Zongyuan Zoe Liu is here . Guest: Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of ' Forgotten Ally, China’s World War II '. Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au Find all episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.","meta_description":"The war in the Middle East is sending shock waves through global supply chains, so where does this leave economic superpower China? Will it emerge as a ge…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1746,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533/episodes/peacemaker-or-playmaker-where-china-stands-on-trump-s-war-in-the-middle-east/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533/peacemaker-or-playmaker-where-china-stands-on-trump-s-war-in-the-middle-east.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}