Khaki election: Trump’s ‘Mean Girls’ diplomacy prompts defence rethink
The Fin · Australian Financial Review
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Show Notes
This week on The Fin podcast, foreign affairs and defence correspondent Andrew Tillett and international affairs expert James Curran on how Donald Trump has disrupted the world order and why we are headed for a khaki-tinged election.
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