# Foreign Exchange A podcast by Schwartz Media. Every fortnight, Sam Roggeveen and Hugh White discuss major developments in international affairs affecting Australia and the region, from an Australian perspective. Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/rss ## Latest episodes - [MIDDLING POWER: Can we handle being alone in the Pacific?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/48c8283505aa) (2026-10-23, 45 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/127871049/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-22%2F434709240-44100-2-930e8d3506ea4.mp3 - [PLAN B: Counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen on how to defend Australia without submarines](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/df90a1fd976e) (2026-10-09, 33 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/127148516/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-9-9%2F433741275-44100-2-4d553bcb91a0d.mp3 - [MINI-EPISODE: Should Australia go to war with China over Taiwan?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/abb63de6cb9c) (2026-09-24, 24 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/126266083/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-24%2F432611003-44100-2-6f7905855a408.mp3 - [‘Hoovering up’: How Australian spies operate](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/c1ff825189b0) (2026-09-11, 24 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/125568156/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-11%2F431663738-44100-2-5d7f790f94294.mp3 - [MIDDLE EAST: The US is losing, so why isn’t Iran winning?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/41188d48e523) (2026-08-28, 40 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/124838860/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-28%2F430686089-44100-2-9794eb6226995.mp3 - [BAMBOO DIPLOMACY: Vietnam and the art of not picking sides](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/3936f3b542f2) (2026-08-14, 38 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/124196995/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-13%2F429808253-44100-2-1620381ce992f.mp3 - [‘Why would China even bother to attack if you don’t taunt her’: Sam & Hugh answer your comments](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/7878819e3a05) (2026-07-31, 52 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/123560833/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-31%2F428942939-44100-2-6758fad956cf3.mp3 - [AUSTRALIA: China’s ballistic missile test has strikingly little to do with us](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/0f02468b9058) (2026-07-17, 45 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/122941545/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-17%2F428103665-44100-2-f776a9677f507.mp3 - [The leapfrog to lithium-ion submarines: "If anyone can do this, it’s the Chinese"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/0ed5e7a38054) (2026-06-19, 40 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/121688229/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-19%2F426423556-44100-2-2ceaf0481c471.mp3 - [The many ways in which Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is not Teddy Roosevelt](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/d952886430c0) (2026-06-05, 38 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/121036316/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-5%2F425551548-44100-2-0a249f3613bab.mp3 - [AUSTRALIA: The paradox of our wartime relationship with America](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/4d5ef9bd4836) (2026-05-26, 40 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/120537639/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-26%2F424883685-44100-2-88a5f855a8bf8.mp3 - [CHINA: Is Trump’s Iran war about a different theatre?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/20ecd22c12d9) (2026-05-25, 36 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/120537057/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2F424882839-44100-2-e48c65143bc82.mp3 - [Trumps Iranian cul-de-sac: 'not so much strategic as political'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/f2152b0b77fc) (2026-05-25, 34 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/120536334/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2F424882184-44100-2-b659053cba4c2.mp3 - [Sixth generation aircrafts and China's "immense" asymmetrical advantage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/f6caf661a953) (2026-05-25, 33 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/120499348/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2F424832382-44100-2-ac0aa6ef32e06.mp3 - [Responding to Trump: Will Anthony Albanese follow Canada’s lead?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/105ec74d2178) (2026-05-25, 37 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/120498520/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2F424831463-44100-2-79da1ccb39f67.mp3 - [Trying to decipher the ‘wacky’ US National Security Strategy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/a82aa4744047) (2026-05-25, 33 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/120498207/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2F424830444-44100-2-3e514b8902692.mp3 - [Would Australia choose Indonesia over America?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/cfd84a39d710) (2026-05-25, 37 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/120495612/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2F424826936-44100-2-e17580465bb4d.mp3 - [House of Dynamite, ICBMs in flight, and how nuclear deterrence would really go down](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/ffd84a0e972a) (2026-05-25, 35 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/120495543/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2F424826813-44100-2-cf2573ff8e99c.mp3 - [Should Albanese expect the Zelenskyy treatment from Trump?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/e6b510c722a4) (2026-05-25, 36 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/120495445/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2F424826747-44100-2-9e1c3b1af4f39.mp3 - [North Korean ICBMs, Albanese's New York tightrope, and the future of AUKUS](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/d1735239b099) (2026-05-25, 33 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/120488415/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-25%2F424817400-44100-2-075c7f4a46e5e.mp3 - [The budget, the oil shock, the Thucydides trap, and the case for Australian optimism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/94ad5490e05e) (2026-05-22, 44 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/120362748/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-22%2F424655095-44100-2-cff4174633b5a.mp3 - [The B-21 Stealth Bomber: Does Australia need a weapon to strike mainland China?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/c37204a98b0f) (2026-05-08, 33 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/119669991/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-8%2F423725822-44100-2-435d1d2cb5c3d.mp3 - [Is $53 billion the price of becoming a middle power?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/6790227463/492e03d9d3ef) (2026-04-24, 42 min): audio https://anchor.fm/s/10f7002dc/podcast/play/118958029/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-24%2F422746725-44100-2-10fdecbe5ce9b.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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