Written and presented by Professor James Curran from the University of Sydney (Discipline of History) , who is also the International Editor at The Australian Financial Review.
The podcasts were produced by Peter Adams from the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney.
The podcasts are copyright by the University of Sydney and the author retains rights to their material.
Latest Episodes
Comprehensive Engagement with Asia
The retreat of Britain and America from the region at the end of the East Asian Cold War caused Australia to redefine itself in relation to Britain and to reassess it ...
New Maturity
This episode explores how in response to changes in America’s East Asia policy and the course of the Vietnam war, Australian governments, particularly that of Labor P...
The Great Powers retreat from Asia
Now comes the reassessment. In this episode, I begin to explore the breakdown of the bi-polar ideological world and the decision of Australia’s ‘Great and Powerful Fri...
Indonesia’s Confrontation of Malaysia and war in Vietnam
Following on from the previous episode, this episode looks at the Indonesian Confrontation with Malaysia over the future of the British territories in Borneo, Sarawak ...
The rise of Asian nationalism
This episode is about Australia and the National Independence movements in Southeast Asian region, the issue which above all dominated Australian defence and foreign p...