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b"After a month away from the news, this episode Allan and Darren try to catch up. They begin with tragedy and turmoil in the United States. What do the protests and racial tensions\\u2014and Trump\\u2019s efforts to handle them\\u2014say about the US? Are there any implications for Australia? Turning next to recent events in Australian foreign policy, we now have a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with India\\u2014is this significant? And what should PM Morrison do about President Trump\\u2019s invitation to the (delayed) G-7 summit in September?\\nNext, while noting the story is not over, Darren asks Allan for what lessons he draws from the Australian government\\u2019s call for an independent inquiry into the early handling of Covid-19, and everything followed, culminating in the World Health Assembly resolution in mid-May. Hong Kong is next on the agenda, with a focus on the logic behind Australia\\u2019s decision to issue two joint statements criticising Beijing's recent moves, rather than going it alone, as New Zealand did.\\nFinally, geoeconomic issues are very much back in Australian news, with proposed new foreign investment review powers for the government, a travel warning issued for Australia by the Chinese government, and reporting that the Five Eyes grouping is considering a coordinated strategic economic response to the Covid-19 crisis. What do Allan and Darren make of all this?\\nAs always, we 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\\nWe thank AIIA intern Maddie Gordon for her help with research and audio editing, XC Chong for research support, and Rory Stenning for composing our theme music.\\nRelevant links\\nTa-Nehisi Coates on the Ezra Klein show podcast: https://www.vox.com/2020/6/5/21279530/ta-nehisi-coates-ezra-klein-show-george-floyd-police-brutality-trump-biden\\nJoint Statement on a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Republic of India and Australia, 4 June 2020: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/joint-statement-csp-republic-india-australia\\nWorld Health Organization, \\u201cCovid-19 Response\\u201d, 73rd World Health Assembly, Agenda Item 3, 18 May 2020: https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA73/A73_CONF1Rev1-en.pdf\\nEditorial Board, \\u201cThe Coronavirus Inquiry\\u201d, Wall Street Journal, 19 May 2020: \\xa0https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-coronavirus-inquiry-11589930551\\nChen Qingqing and Liu Xin, \\u201cAustralia gets \\u2018slap to the face\\u2019 as global community welcomes China-sponsored resolution on COVID-19\\u201d, Global Times, 19 May 2020: https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1188817.shtml\\nStephen Dziedzic, \\u201cAustralia started a fight with China over an investigation into COVID-19 \\u2014 did it go too hard?\\u201d ABC News, 20 May 2020: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-20/wha-passes-coronavirus-investigation-australia-what-cost/12265896\\nJoint statement on Hong Kong national security legislation, 23 May 2020: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/joint-statement-hong-kong-national-security-legislation\\nJoint statement on Hong Kong, 28 May 2020: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/marise-payne/media-release/joint-statement-hong-kong\\nThe Little Red Podcast (Facebook page): https://www.facebook.com/LittleRedPodcast/\\nDavid Crowe, \\u201cForeign deals set to face tougher security checks\\u201d, Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 2020: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/foreign-deals-set-to-face-tougher-security-checks-20200604-p54zki.html\\nMax Koslowski, \\u201cAlmost 400 anti-China attacks since pandemic began\\u201d, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 June 2020: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/almost-400-anti-china-attacks-since-pandemic-began-20200607-p550a8.html\\nSimon Benson, \\u201cFive Eyes focus on economic pact\\u201d, The Australian, 8 June 2020: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/five-eyes-expanded-to-focus-on-economic-pact/news-story/31ee5e37f1942a8188535d4f7585daa1\\nNational Security Podcast, Foreign Investment and national securit"