Tue 23 Sep 2025 06.00
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After a rocky week for Australian diplomacy, Prime Minister Albanese is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly…and maybe, just maybe, a meeting with President Trump.
On this episode of After America, Allan Behm joins Dr Emma Shortis to discuss the MAGA movement’s weaponisation of Charlie Kirk’s murder, why no Trump meeting might be the best outcome for Anthony Albanese, formal recognition of Palestine, and Australia’s disastrous fortnight of Pacific diplomacy.
This episode was recorded on Monday 22 September.
‘Save Tuvalu, Save the World’ is our September Politics in the Pub – join us at 6.30pm on Wednesday 24 September live in Canberra or via the livestream.
Dead Centre: How political pragmatism is killing us by Richard Denniss is available now via the Australia Institute website.
Guest: Allan Behm, Special Advisor in International Affairs, the Australia Institute
Host: Emma Shortis, Director of International & Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // @emmashortis
Show notes:
Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is the latest sign we’re witnessing the end of US democracy by Emma Shortis, The Conversation (September 2025)
Australia’s failure of diplomacy in PNG shows we can’t – and won’t – understand our Pacific neighbours by Allan Behm, Guardian Australia (September 2025)
Anote Tong & Dr Monique Ryan MP | Melbourne, the Australia Institute on YouTube (March 2024)
Rt Hon Enele Sopoaga PC – Keynote | Climate Integrity Summit 2024, The Australia Institute on YouTube (March 2024)
Is Australia REALLY choosing to help our Pacific neighbours? The Australia Institute on YouTube (August 2025)
Photo: The White House/Flickr (U.S. Government work)
Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions
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