About the Lowy Institute

International Advisory Council

The Lowy Institute’s International Advisory Council provides advice to the Chair and Board on international issues and contributes to setting the research priorities of the Institute. The Council comprises eminent scholars, policy practitioners and business figures drawn from around the world.

The members are as follows:

Dr Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema

Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman

Rita E. Hauser

Professor François Heisbourg

Professor Robert L. Joss

Professor Lord (Robert) May OM AC Kt FRS

K. R. Murdoch AC

Ambassador Wiryono Sastrohandoyo

James D. Wolfensohn AO

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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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