About Us Our Building Board of Directors International Advisory Council Members and Benefactors Recruitment & Internships About Our Publications Publication Order Form Lowy Institute Papers Analysis Perspectives Policy Briefs Working Papers Opinion Speeches & Presentations Studies in International Policy Lowy Institute Poll Lowy Institute Review Podcast & RSS Feed East Asia Global Issues International Economy International Security Melanesia West Asia Australia and the World HIV/AIDS Project Perspectives on Africa Staff Contributors All News Media Publications Events Opinion Advanced search Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Statement Site Design 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 Francois Heisbourg Professor Robert L. Joss Professor Lord (Robert) May OM AC Kt FRS K. R. Murdoch AC Ambassador Wiryono Sastrohandoyo James D. Wolfensohn AO This is a dead pop culture reference Dana Milbank has a good column in Wednesday's Washington...Read more Other recent posts Reader riposte: No easy Burma solutions Fighting words from Fiji What does Joel Fitzgibbon think of this? Email Updates Receive updates about publications and events from the Lowy Institute via email Thinking security On Thursday 19 March 2008 the Hon. Kim Beazley delivered the second annual Coral Bell Lecture in Canberra. The purpose of this annual lecture is to recognise those individuals who, in their professional careers, have been able to bridge the worlds of academe and international policymaking. The lecture series reflects the key objective of the Lowy Institute to produce original research that combines academic rigor with policy relevance. Mr Beazley spoke on the topic Thinking security: Influencing national strategy from the academy; An Australian experience. This lecture series is named in honour of Dr Coral Bell, whose career epitomised the successful union of international policy theory with its practice. Download item (342KB) The Lowy Institute Review, August 2007 The second Lowy Institute Review has been released. It describes in detail the activities of the Lowy Institute in 2006-2007 and is now available for download here. Download item (3.3MB)