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Dr Graeme Pearman AM

Dr Graeme Pearman is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Monash University. He trained as a biologist and was Chief of the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research from 1992 to 2002. He is an internationally recognised climate scientist with more than 150 academic publications to his credit and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Royal Society of Victoria and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Graeme was awarded a United Nations Environment Program Global 500 Award in 1989, an Australian Medal of the Order of Australia in 1999 and a Federation Medal in 2003.

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Heating up the planet: climate change and security -- 18 Apr 2007

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China and the world: public opinion and foreign policy

The Lowy Institute has just released its first China Poll, a wide-ranging survey of Chinese public opinion towards a number of important international policy issues. By what do the Chinese people feel threatened? How do they feel about foreign investment from Australia, Canada and the United States? Which country do the Chinese people regard as the best place to be educated and what do they think of Australia - is it a good place to visit, a country with attractive values or is it suspicious of China?

The 2009 Lowy Institute China Poll asked a broad sample of the Chinese population these questions and others. The Poll was partly funded with the generous assistance of the MacArthur Foundation as part of the Lowy Institute’s MacArthur Foundation Asia Security Project.

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The 2009 Lowy Institute Poll

The fifth annual Lowy Institute Poll surveys Australian public opinion on a broad range of foreign policy issues. New questions this year cover the priority given to action on climate change, public attitudes towards relations with the US and China, foreign investment, asylum seekers, how to deal with Iran and perceptions about nuclear threats.

The Poll also repeated a number of questions asked in previous years, revealing important trends in Australian public opinion over the last five years.

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