Lowy Institute Executive Director calls for a ‘larger Australia’
Wednesday, 12 March 2014In his first address to the National Press Club Dr Michael Fullilove, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute, has called for a larger Australia.‘We are facing unprecedented...
View ArticleThawley Scholarship in International Security recipients announced
Wednesday, 26 March 2014The Lowy Institute is pleased to announce two new recipients of the Michael and Deborah Thawley Scholarship in International Security, Adelle Neary and Andrew Kwon.Adelle...
View ArticleNext-gen jihad in the Middle East
Monday, 31 March 2014In a new Lowy Institute Analysis, Lowy Institute Research Director Anthony Bubalo argues that the current turmoil in the Middle East is incubating a new generation of...
View ArticleLowy Institute researchers to serve on Defence White Paper Panel
Tuesday, 8 April 2014The Executive Director of the Lowy Institute, Dr Michael Fullilove, today welcomed the appointment of two of the Institute's senior researchers to the expert advisory panel for the...
View ArticleSouthern Thailand: Southeast Asia’s forgotten insurgency
Tuesday, 29 April 2014In a new Lowy Institute Analysis Duncan McCargo examines the effort to find a negotiated solution to the conflict in Southern Thailand. Since 2004, separatist violence in the...
View ArticleAustralia’s costly $2.6 billion investment in Solomon Islands
Thursday, 8 May 2014In a new Lowy Institute Analysis, Myer Foundation Melanesia Program Director Jenny Hayward-Jones reviews Australia’s costly and lengthy assistance to Solomon Islands. Launched in...
View ArticleNew Voices PNG 2014
Wednesday, 28 May 2014On Thursday 29th May, the Lowy Institute’s Melanesia Program will host a one-day conference: New Voices PNG 2014 at the National Research Institute in Port Moresby.New Voices PNG...
View ArticleNew Asia appointments to the Lowy Institute
Wednesday, 28 May 2014The Lowy Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members of its Asia team.Dr Merriden Varrall has been appointed as the new Program Director for East Asia....
View ArticleAustralia - PNG Network launch
Thursday, 29 May 2014On Thursday 29th May, the Lowy Institute’s Melanesia Program will officially launch the Australia - PNG Network.This initiative, which is funded by a $1 million grant from DFAT, is...
View Article2014 Lowy Institute Poll and press conference
Wednesday, 4 June 2014The tenth annual Lowy Institute Poll, released today, has found that Australians believe China and Japan have equal claims to the title of ‘Australia’s best friend in Asia’....
View Article2014 Lowy Institute Poll finds most Australians comfortable with spying on...
Wednesday, 4 June 2014The tenth annual Lowy Institute Poll, released today, has found that most Australians appear comfortable with their government spying on other countries – even allied...
View Article2014 Lowy Institute Poll confirms Australian’s ambivalence about democracy
Wednesday, 4 June 2014The tenth annual Lowy Institute Poll, released today, finds that only 60% of Australians, and just 42% of young Australians 18-29 years of age, believe that ‘democracy is...
View ArticleAustralian attitudes heating up about climate change, 2014 Lowy Institute...
Wednesday, 4 June 2014Public opinion on climate change is emerging as a challenge for the Abbott Government, according to the latest Lowy Institute Poll released today.This year, 45% of Australian...
View Article2014 Lowy Institute Poll: Who is Australia’s best friend in Asia?
Wednesday, 4 June 2014The tenth annual Lowy Institute Poll, released today, has found that Australians believe China and Japan have equal claims to the title of ‘Australia’s best friend in Asia’....
View Article2014 Lowy Institute Poll finds strong support for government policy on...
Friday, 6 June 2014The tenth annual Lowy Institute Poll, released today, finds that Australians strongly support the Abbott Government’s ‘Operation Sovereign Borders’ policy of turning back asylum...
View ArticleAustralia in the UN Security Council
Thursday, 12 June 2014Australia’s time as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council is the subject of a new Lowy Institute Analysis by New York University academic Richard Gowan.Launched today,...
View ArticleAustralians say our relationship with the UK is important, warm and grounded...
Tuesday, 17 June 2014In the lead-up to an important new Dialogue between Australia and the United Kingdom, a new Lowy Institute poll has thrown fresh light on Australians’ attitudes towards the UK.The...
View ArticleMining boom far from over, says Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow John Edwards
Wednesday, 25 June 2014In a new Lowy Institute Paper released today, Dr John Edwards challenges the prevailing pessimism about the Australian economy.In Beyond the Boom, published by Penguin Australia,...
View ArticleChina's climate change policies: actors and drivers
Thursday, 24 July 2014In a new Lowy Institute Analysis 2014 Lowy Institute − Rio Tinto China Fellow, Lisa Williams, argues that despite China’s reputation for being a climate change laggard the country...
View ArticleResponding to Indo-Pacific rivalry: Australia, India and middle power coalitions
Friday, 8 August 2014In a new Lowy Institute Analysis, International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf and Nonresident Fellow C. Raja Mohan argue that Indo-Pacific middle powers should look to...
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