Elon Musk is on the news about supporting the UK Reform Party and him dabbling into UK politics.  Canadian PM Justin Trudeau calling it quits.  Lastly, news about China paying off Houthis for safe passage in the Red Sea.

Episode 53: Greenland contingency and Indonesia joins BRICS

Analysis, news commentary, and opinions on the international relations of the Indo-Pacific and beyond as seen from the region by people from the region. An initiative of the Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (www.indopac.nz) in Christchurch, New Zealand, the podcast is hosted by Professor Alex Tan of the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand) with panelists Associate Professor Nick Khoo of the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand), Dr Orson Tan and Katie Mills of the Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs.