{"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":316,"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":"2026-09-24T00:22:17.188490+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533"},"episode":{"title":"The Alliance | Why did we ally with the US in the first place?","slug":"the-alliance-why-did-we-ally-with-the-us-in-the-first-place","published_at":"2026-09-01T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-roaming-with-geraldine-doogue-and-hamish-macdonald-6755533/the-alliance-why-did-we-ally-with-the-us-in-the-first-place","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/the-alliance-why-did-we-ally-with-the-u-s-in-the-first-place-/107028052","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/o2/Z/ie.mp3","summary":"The ANZUS treaty might be based more on cynical self-interest than a shared system of democratic values. In this episode of The Alliance mini-series, Hamish Macdonald and Geraldine Doogue trace the origins of Australia's most important strategic partnership and examine how it has evolved through the Cold War, Vietnam, the War on Terror and the rise of China. Historian Michael Wesley and U.S. politics scholar Timothy Lynch explore why ANZUS was created, why Washington wanted the deal in the first place, and whether the alliance has always been far less certain than Australians assume. They also examine the key tension between Australia's fear of being abandoned in a time of conflict, and the United States' fear of being entangled in a war it doesn't want or need. As Donald Trump forces allies around the world to question old assumptions, the discussion turns to whether Australia still needs to prove its value to Washington, or whether its geography, intelligence facilities and strategic position make it more important to the United States than many Australians realise. At 75, ANZUS remains a cornerstone of Australian foreign policy. But is the alliance stronger, more flexible and more durable than we think? Or is it time to rethink what it was designed to do in the first place?Guest: Prof. Michael Wesley & Prof. Timothy J. Lynch, University of Melbourne. Coming up on The Alliance: Former prime minister and US ambassador Kevin Rudd; MP and former military officer Andrew Hastie; and former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au","meta_description":"The ANZUS treaty might be based more on cynical self-interest than a shared system of democratic values. In this episode of The Alliance mini-series, Hami…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1743,"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/the-alliance-why-did-we-ally-with-the-us-in-the-first-place/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/the-alliance-why-did-we-ally-with-the-us-in-the-first-place.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}