{"podcast":{"title":"Rear Vision — How History Shaped Today","slug":"rear-vision-how-history-shaped-today-1530908","podcast_index_feed_id":1530908,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/2890034/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/rearvision/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a7d6a9542b23c4393b4a3b839f12fd78.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":243,"summary":"Move beyond the headlines to see how the past defines our world. Whether it's a local or international story, Rear Vision's expert analysis gives you the background you need to understand today's news.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rear-vision-how-history-shaped-today-1530908"},"episode":{"title":"Weaponised trade and a return to gunboat diplomacy","slug":"weaponised-trade-and-a-return-to-gunboat-diplomacy","published_at":"2026-01-23T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rear-vision-how-history-shaped-today-1530908/weaponised-trade-and-a-return-to-gunboat-diplomacy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rear-vision-how-history-shaped-today-1530908","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/rearvision/weaponised-trade-tariffs-gunboat-diplomacy-economic-warfare/106220304","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/gq/Z/kj.mp3","summary":"From sanctions to tariffs to seizing oil fields — it feels like we've entered a new age of economic warfare. But experts say we're really just returning to the past. To the time before the rules-based international order was established at the end of the Second World War. Gunboat diplomacy it seems is once again de rigueur. Guests William Alan Reinsch — Senior advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies Saadia Zahidid — Economist and Managing Director of the World Economic Forum Markus Jaeger — Adjunct professor, International and Public Affairs, Columbia SIPA Abraham Newman — Professor of Government, Georgetown University. Author of Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt/Penguin 2023) Hugo Slim — Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, University of Oxford","meta_description":"From sanctions to tariffs to seizing oil fields — it feels like we've entered a new age of economic warfare. But experts say we're really just returning t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1776,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rear-vision-how-history-shaped-today-1530908/episodes/weaponised-trade-and-a-return-to-gunboat-diplomacy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rear-vision-how-history-shaped-today-1530908/weaponised-trade-and-a-return-to-gunboat-diplomacy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}