In the opening episode of the three-part podcast triptych Three Wars, One Dangerous New World, Mike Kelly draws on his extraordinary experience as a soldier, strategist, parliamentarian and national-security adviser to expose the larger war hiding behind the daily headlines. He argues that China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are coordinating military force, economic coercion and information warfare to weaken the democratic world from within, while an unpredictable America, captured institutions and manipulated social media leave the West dangerously exposed. From Gaza and Hamas to the ABC, aid agencies, foreign influence and the political exploitation of tragedy, this is a blistering, unsettling conversation about a war Australia has barely acknowledged—and may already be losing.