In this episode, The Strategist’s Brendan Nicholson and Anastasia Kapetas discuss the the chances of US President Donald Trump being re-elected and the potential impact of social media on the outcome of the US election.

Next, ASPI’s Huong Le Thu is joined Petra Sigmund, the director-general for East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific at the German Foreign Office, to discuss Germany’s Indo-Pacific strategy, how it was developed and how it will shape the country’s future engagement in the region.

And last but not least, Elise Thomas and Albert Zhang discuss their report Snapshot of a shadow war, which looks at the social media elements of the escalating conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the battle on social media for control of the international narrative.