Ep. 3: Turnbulls China reset speech, Australias soft power review, and interview with Miles Kupa

Published: Aug. 23, 2018, 6:19 a.m.

b'In the third episode of the Australia in the World podcast, AIIA National President Allan Gyngell and ANU academic Darren Lim discuss the efforts of Prime Minister (at the time of recording) Malcolm Turnbull to \\u201creset\\u201d bilateral relations with China in a recent speech, and the topic of Australia\\u2019s soft power, in light of a review announced by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. Allan and Darren then welcome the podcast\\u2019s first ever guest, Miles Kupa, to discuss Malaysia and Indonesia.\\nMiles Kupa has been Australia\\u2019s Ambassador / High Commissioner in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, as well as Deputy Head of Mission in Jakarta, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and Deputy Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.\\xa0\\nWe give special thanks to AIIA CEO Melissa Conley-Tyler for her help in getting the podcast established. We also thank AIIA interns Stephanie Rowell our research assistant and Mani Bovell our audio engineer, Martyn Pearce of the Crawford School for technical support, and Rory Stenning for composing our theme music.'