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Permanent friends? Historical reflections on the Australian-American alliance
Lowy Institute Papers
Permanent friends? Historical reflections on the Australian-American alliance
This paper is the best short history of the Australia-US alliance. In this paper Peter Edwards AM places the alliance in historical perspective and considers the challenges faced…
Re-imagining PNG: culture, democracy and Australia role
Lowy Institute Papers
Re-imagining PNG: culture, democracy and Australia role
Australia has, perhaps, no closer or more complicated a bilateral relationship than that with Papua New Guinea. Australia is deeply entwined with its nearest neighbour and has a…
The new terms of trade
Lowy Institute Papers
The new terms of trade
In this 2005 Lowy Institute Paper, Mark Thirlwell surveys the changing international trade landscape. The inability of policymakers to deliver the Doha Round has become a powerful…
Football diplomacy
Policy Briefs
Football diplomacy
While Australian governments have successfully built pragmatic ties with Asian leaders, a popular dimension to our engagement with Asia has in many respects been missing.Anthony…
The global macroeconomic consequences of a demographic transition
Analyses
The global macroeconomic consequences of a demographic transition
The world is in the midst of a significant demographic transition with important implications for the macroeconomic performance of the global economy. This paper summarises…
How to save APEC
Policy Briefs
How to save APEC
In 2007, Sydney hosted the most important and expensive diplomatic meeting ever held in Australia, the APEC leaders' meeting.Allan Gyngell , Malcolm Cook
Multilateral approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle
Analyses
Multilateral approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle
In a Lowy Institute Issues Brief, former Australian Governor on the Board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Lance Joseph, addresses nuclear proliferation dangers of…
The global impact of demographic change
Analyses
The global impact of demographic change
This paper examines the implications of the major demographic transition currently under way and over the next 80 years for Japan, the United States, the rest of the OECD, and…
Angels and dragons: Asia, the UN, reform and the next Secretary-General
Analyses
Angels and dragons: Asia, the UN, reform and the next Secretary-General
This Issues Brief assesses the relationship between the United Nations and Asia – both the UN's activities in Asia and the behaviour of Asian states at the UN. Michael…