Dog acts
The will-he-or-won’t-he game over Trump’s steel and alumnium tariffs is over. Turns out he will – despite the apparent offerings of the Australian Government.
On this episode of After America, Dr Ruth Mitchell joins Dr Emma Shortis to discuss how Canada and Australia have responded to tariffs, what America’s decision to sell out Ukraine means for efforts to abolish nuclear weapons, and RFK Jr’s performance as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
This discussion was recorded on Thursday 13 March 2025 and things may have changed since recording.
Read more from Emma in the latest edition of Australian Foreign Affairs.
Order What’s the Big Idea? 32 Big Ideas for a Better Australia now, via the Australia Institute website.
Guest: Ruth Mitchell, Board Chair, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War // @drruthmitchell
Host: Emma Shortis, Director, International & Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // @EmmaShortis
Host: Angus Blackman, Producer, the Australia Institute // @AngusRB
Show notes:
How to deal with Trump: former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, The Australia Institute on YouTube (July 2024)
Why Russia’s aggression cannot be rewarded with Vasyl Myroshnychenko, After America, the Australia Institute (March 2025)
Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions
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