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Saudi King Abdullah meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
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Saudi King Abdullah meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao

The West Asia program provides original research on developments in the Middle East and Central and Southwest Asia, including as they impact on Australia. Central research issues include relations between West Asia and East Asia, the Arab uprisings and geo-political change in the Middle East and Australia’s relations with the Gulf.

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  • Address to the Australia-Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Australian ties with the Middle East

    Lowy Institute West Asia Director Anthony Bubalo gave an address to the Australia-Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry, during the 2012 Business Forum and Expo, in Sydney on 5th June 2012. In his address Anthony examines the history of the Australia - Middle East relationship, the challenges...
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  • Behind the mountains

    In an article in May/June edition of The American Interest, Konrad Muller explores the anxieties toward China that still linger in Kazakhstan, Central Asia's most significant state economically and politically, and a country in which China has very serious interests: diversifying oil supplies,...
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