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After Doha: II.  Is globalisation history?
Analyses
After Doha: II. Is globalisation history?
Reflecting on the repeated failure of the Doha Round of international trade negotiations, this paper takes a look back at the stresses and strains that afflicted an earlier…
Domestic investment and external imbalances in East Asia
Analyses
Domestic investment and external imbalances in East Asia
Since the 1997-98 Asian crisis, the investment decline in East Asia, outside of China, combined with the falling in public and private savings in the United States, has…
Pitfalls of Papua: understanding the conflict and its place in Australia-Indonesia relations
Lowy Institute Papers
Pitfalls of Papua: understanding the conflict and its place in Australia-Indonesia relations
In Pitfalls of Papua: understanding the conflict and its place in Australia-Indonesia relations, Dr Rodd McGibbon calls on the Australian government to engage more actively in the…
The Lowy Institute Poll 2006: Australia, Indonesia and the world
Polling
The Lowy Institute Poll 2006: Australia, Indonesia and the world
The 2006 Lowy Institute Poll involved parallel public opinion surveys in Australia and Indonesia. The report contains responses from both countries to questions on foreign and…
After Doha: I. The search for Plan B
Analyses
After Doha: I. The search for Plan B
In a Lowy Institute Analysis, Mark Thirlwell argues that while the suspension of negotiations in late July may or may not mark the end of the Doha Round, it will almost certainly…
Roaring tiger or lumbering elephant?
Analyses
Roaring tiger or lumbering elephant?
After years of economic underperformance, the Indian economic model has been transformed, and with it, India's growth performance. So much so that the last two years have brought…
Koizumi legacy: Japan new politics
Analyses
Koizumi legacy: Japan new politics
In a Lowy Institute Analysis, Dr Malcolm Cook evaluates Prime Minister Koizumi's legacy for Japanese politics and international policy. Koizumi has rebuilt the ruling Liberal…
Capital punishment and Australian foreign policy
Policy Briefs
Capital punishment and Australian foreign policy
In this Policy Brief, Dr Michael Fullilove examines how the Australian Government implements its stated opposition to the death penalty. He finds that while Australia is an…
Diaspora: The World Wide Web of Australians
Lowy Institute Papers
Diaspora: The World Wide Web of Australians
In this Lowy Institute Paper, Dr Michael Fullilove argues that national diasporas are like ‘“world wide webs”’, with dense, interlocking strands spanning the globe and binding…