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Interview: Why Ukraine's massive drone strike won't end 'frozen conflict'

Interview: Why Ukraine's massive drone strike won't end 'frozen conflict'

FEAR & GREED | Business News
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<p>Geopolitics is evolving quickly. The US is putting pressure on Australia to increase defence spending to counter China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific. At the same time, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth is warning that a Chinese military attack on Taiwan ‘could be imminent.’<br><br>And in Europe, Ukraine has launched a major drone attack against Russian airfields, wiping out billions of dollars worth of bombers.<br><br>Professor James Curran teaches political and diplomatic history at the University of Sydney, and is a columnist at The Australian Financial Review. His latest book is Australia’s China Odyssey: From Euphoria to Fear.<br><br>He talks to Sean Aylmer about Australia's relationship with the US and China, and the impact of Ukraine's drone strike on Russia.</p> <p><a href="https://fearandgreed.com.au" rel="nofollow">Find out more: https://fearandgreed.com.au</a></p> <p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>