Is Home Affairs too big?; also Rana Mitter on China's new nationalism

21/01/2021 29 min
Is Home Affairs too big?; also Rana Mitter on China's new nationalism

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Is the Department of Home Affairs too big? Peter Edwards and Jacinta Carroll on the legacy of the Hope Royal Commissions into intelligence which recommended a clear separation between intelligence collection and policy making. Also: China's Good War. Oxford university historian Rana Mitter on how the new Chinese nationalism is being shaped by a re-interpretation of China's role in World War Two.