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b"Allan and Darren kick off this week\\u2019s episode by covering a bad week for the United States\\u2019 Indo-Pacific strategy at the ASEAN and East Asia Summit meetings in Bangkok. Meanwhile Australia\\u2019s Defence Minister Linda Reynolds delivered a constructive speech in Washington DC setting out a vision for precisely what the United States ought to be doing. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement appears set to become a reality, albeit without the participation of India. Staying with India, it is reported that former NSW Premier Barry O\\u2019Farrell will become Australia\\u2019s next High Commissioner.\\nIn a speech in Sydney last week, Foreign Minister Marise Payne raised the plight of the Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang while discussing the threats posed by technology to human rights, and Beijing was not pleased; is any criticism of China\\u2019s human rights record compatible with a working bilateral relationship? Finally, the two catch up on the news from northern Syria, with Darren asking whether the Trump administration\\u2019s withdrawal of troops and abandonment of the Kurds will cause long term problems for America\\u2019s credibility.\\nWe invite our listeners to email us at this address: australia.world.pod@gmail.com We welcome feedback, requests and suggestions. You can also contact Darren on twitter @limdarrenj\\xa0\\nWe thank AIIA intern James Hayne for his help with research and audio editing, and XC Chong for research assistance. As always, we\\u2019re grateful to Rory Stenning for composing our theme music.\\nRelevant links\\nAaron Connelly on the ASEAN Meetings (twitter): https://twitter.com/ConnellyAL/status/1191639856268509185\\nLinda Reynolds, \\u201cKeynote Address, Hudson Institute, Washington DC\\u201d, 2 November 2019: https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/minister/lreynolds/transcripts/keynote-address-hudson-institute-washington-dc\\nBen Doherty, \\u201cAustralia to join major Asia-Pacific trade deal RCEP but India holds out\\u201d, The Guardian, 4 November 2019: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/05/australia-to-join-major-asia-pacific-trade-deal-rcep-but-india-holds-out\\xa0\\nJoe Aston, \\u201cBarry O\\u2019Farrell to be Australia\\u2019s next ambassador to India\\u201d, Australian Financial Review, 3 November 2019: www.afr.com/brand/rear-window/barry-o-farrell-to-be-australia-s-next-ambassador-to-india-20191103-p536yl?btis\\nMarise Payne, \\u201cEnsuring security, enabling prosperity\\u201d, Speech at the United States Studies Centre, 29 October 2019: https://foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/Pages/2019/mp_sp_191029.aspx\\n\\u201cForeign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang's Regular Press Conference on October 30, 2019\\u201d: https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2511_665403/t1712002.shtml\\nAllan Gyngell, \\u201cFrom the bookshelf: \\u2018Meeting Saddam\\u2019s men: looking for Iraq\\u2019s weapons of mass destruction\\u2019\\u201d, ASPI Strategist, 6 November 2019: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/from-the-bookshelf-meeting-saddams-men-looking-for-iraqs-weapons-of-mass-destruction/\\nAdam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant, \\u201cStop trying to raise successful kids\\u201d, The Atlantic, Decemer 2019: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/stop-trying-to-raise-successful-kids/600751/\\nThe Ezra Klein Show, \\u201cThe loneliness epidemic (Vivek Murthy)\\u201d, 10 October 2019: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/vox/the-ezra-klein-show/e/64496902"