National Security Podcast: Laura Rosenberger – Democracy, China, and Trump

<p>Why are relations between Washington and Beijing increasingly competitive, and should we expect a reset any time soon? Will Washington have an enduring role to play in the Indo-Pacific? Is technological advancement making strategy more difficult in the 21st century? How can democracies respond to the rising risk of technology-enabled foreign interference? In this <em>National Security Podcast</em>, Katherine Mansted talks with Laura Rosenberger about the security challenges democracies face in a world of renewed great power competition and rapid technological change.</p> <p>They also examine the pros and cons of the Trump administration’s approach to the China challenge, and take a look at what good foreign policy could look like in the 21st century, as well as how everyone – from citizens to national governments and overseas allies and partners – can play a role in securing democracies.</p> <p><strong>Laura Rosenberger</strong> is a 2019 Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Visitor with the ANU National Security College, and a director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy — a bipartisan, transatlantic initiative housed at The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). She is also a senior fellow at GMF, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.</p> <p><strong>Katherine Mansted</strong> joined the National Security College as a Senior Researcher in 2018. Katherine’s professional background includes work in both law and government. She has been a commercial solicitor with King &amp; Wood Mallesons, a ministerial adviser to the federal government, and served as an Associate in the High Court of Australia.</p> <p><em>We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to <a href="http://mailto:podcast@policyforum.net">podcast@policyforum.net</a>. You can also Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/appspolicyforum">@APPSPolicyForum</a> or find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/asiapacificpolicysociety/">Facebook