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The presentation is available here: The Ugandan experience - MP3 (20MB) More Perspectives on Africa Africa's trajectory: through the long lens The Lowy Institute is pleased to announce the launch of a 'Perspectives on Africa' page on its website under Programs & Projects. Reflecting both growing interest in Africa and a desire to present more nuanced portrayals of the African continent, the page... More   Africa Time is ripe for investment in Africa Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Mark O'Neill writes in this opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review that Australia's renewed focus on Zimbabwe should reignite wider interest in Africa. Australian Financial Review, 16 May 2007, p. 63 More   Prospects for Zimbabwe Distiniguished Speaker Series - Morgan Tsvangirai presentation On 29 August 2007, as part of the Lowy Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, President of the Movement for Democratic Change and Leader of the Opposition of Zimbabwe, addressed the critical economic and political situation in Zimbabwe. His presentation can be heard here: Prospects for Zimbabwe - MP3 (18MB) More   Mark O'Neill opinion piece Beyond Zimbabwe In this opinion piece, the Institute's Mark O'Neill says that Africa deserves more from Australia than just responses to crisis. He argues that Africa warrants greater policy attention from Australia. This piece was published in today’s West Australian. The West Australian, 30 March 2007, p. 18 Download item (17KB)   Revisiting Africa Distinguished Speaker Series - Philip Green presentation Africa is usually in the news for all the wrong reasons: civil conflict, endemic disease, even terrorism. Yet, in viewing Africa as no more than a blighted continent, are we missing some of the important and more positive developments that are taking place? To help us understand the outlook for Africa, the Lowy Institute hosted an address by Philip Green OAM, Australian High Commissioner to South Africa. Philip is a career foreign service officer with a strong background in Africa. He has been Australia's High Commissioner to South Africa and neighbouring countries since August 2004. He has previously served in Australian High Commissions in Tanzania, Zambia and the UK. His presentation can be heard here: Revisiting Africa - MP3 (19MB) More   The current situation in Zimbabwe Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Archbishop Pius Ncube presentation Our regular Lowy Lunch was held on Thursday, May 3 to allow a special visiting speaker, Archbishop Pius Ncube, to update us on the current situation in Zimbabwe. Pius Alick Ncube was ordained as the Archbishop of Bulawayo (the second largest city in Zimbabwe and the centre of Matabeleland) on 25 January 1998. As a prominent critic of the Mugabe regime, Archbishop Ncube is an internationally recognised human rights activist. He has worked tirelessly in favour of social justice and against human rights abuses in Zimbabwe. His presentation is available here in PowerPoint: The current situation in Zimbabwe - PPT (220KB) His presentation can be heard here: The current situation in Zimbabwe - MP3 (19MB) More   Mugabe falling? The crisis in Zimbabwe Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Dr Geoffrey Hawker presentation At the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 28 February, Dr Geoffrey Hawker discussed the growing social and economic crisis in Zimbabwe. As hyper-inflation continues and Mugabe's regime intensifies its repression of critics, signs of dissent within the ruling ZANU-PF party are emerging and general strikes are spreading. If external actors are powerless or unwilling to act, does an internal settlement seem possible? Dr Hawker's presentation can be heard here: Mugabe falling? - MP3 (20MB) More   Opinion piece by Daniel Flitton Toxic shock: how the West used Somalia as a dump Daniel Flitton writes in an opinion piece on the dumping of hazardous waste off the coast of Somalia. Canberra Times, 8 April 2005, p. 11 Download item (20KB) 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)