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The Lowy Institute for International Policy is led by an Executive Director, who manages its day-to-day work and is responsible for the editorial content and quality of the Institute's product.

The Institute has a core of research staff and Visiting Fellows, but it also draws on external partners, both individual and institutional, and invites leading international figures to participate in the Institute's activities.

The research staff of the Institute are listed below, followed by a list of Visiting Fellows and a list of administrative staff:

Dr Michael Wesley
Executive Director

Martine Letts
Deputy Director

Andrew Shearer
Director of Studies

Professor Warwick McKibbin
Professorial Fellow

Dr Malcolm Cook
Program Director - East Asia

Dr Michael Fullilove
Program Director - Global Issues

Mark Thirlwell
Program Director - International Economy

Rory Medcalf
Program Director - International Security

Jenny Hayward-Jones
Program Director - The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program at the Lowy Institute

Anthony Bubalo
Program Director - West Asia

Bill Bowtell
Director, HIV/AIDS Project

Sam Roggeveen
Fellow and blog editor

Fergus Hanson
Research Fellow

Donna Payne
Director, Business Development

Fiona Cunningham
Research Associate

Alex Duchen
Research Associate

Raoul Heinrichs
Research Associate

Tim Siegenbeek van Heukelom
Research Associate

Professor Alan Dupont
Non-Resident Senior Fellow

Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Floyd
Chief of Army Visiting Fellow

Dr Stephen Grenville AO
Visiting Fellow

Owen Harries
Visiting Fellow

Peter Hartcher
Visiting Fellow

Paul Kelly
Visiting Fellow

Lydia Khalil
Non-Resident Fellow

Whit Mason
Non-Resident Fellow

Dr Milton Osborne
Visiting Fellow

Dr Rodger Shanahan
Non-Resident Fellow

Richard C. Smith AO PSM
Visiting Fellow

Professor Hugh White
Visiting Fellow

Nicky Baker
Office Manager

Joanne Bottcher
Information Manager

Orietta Melfi
Media and Events Manager

Simone Schwartz
Database Administrator

Maureen Shaw
Executive Assistant

Helen Tauro
Administrator, Pacific Friends of the Global Fund; Assistant, Myer Foundation Melanesia Project

Kate Weston
Events/Administration Assistant

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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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