Power Rangers
Data reveals a major power balance shift in the Asia-Pacific, writes Lowy Institute research fellow Bonnie Bley
By Bonnie Bley
Monday 10 Dec 2018 | 23:32 | SYDNEY
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Once we were the laughing stock of the world, but now it's worse
At first the world laughed at Australia's political instability, but more serious consequences are emerging as international summit season comes to an end.
This article was originally published in Sydney Morning Herald on 3 December 2018.
America vs the West
Can the liberal world order be preserved
By Kori Schake
The G20 in a Zero-Sum World
Originally published in Columbia Journal of International Affairs on 28 November 2018.
By Roland Rajah
2018 Lowy Institute Media Lecture – Susan Glasser
Susan Glasser, Washington columnist for The New Yorker, delivered the 2018 Media Lecture on Saturday 24 November at the 2018 Media Award Dinner at NSW Parliament House
Jerusalem embassy move down and out of three counts
Originally published in The Australian
Beware of joining US in a cold war it can’t win
Published in The Australian on 21 November 2018
Why the US should not simply decouple from China without building new partnerships
Originally published in South China Morning Post
Terror: time to stop politicising and start getting practical
Originally published in Sydney Morning Herald
By Lydia Khalil
Australia versus China in the South Pacific
Originally published in Nikkei Asian Review
After the Midterms: Australia, the United States and the international order
Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove reflects on the Trump administration, the effect of the midterms on US foreign policy and what this means for Australia and the world order
Australia's eight principles for dealing with Trump's America
Originally published in Australian Financial Review
Tokyo is Canberra's path to Beijing
Originally published in Australian Financial Review
The G20 at Ten: Past, Progress and Prospects
Dr David Gruen the Deputy Secretary, Economic, at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and G20 Sherpa addressed the Lowy Institute and spoke about the global economic order and the role of the G20.
By David Gruen
The Foreign Policy of the Next Labor Government
On 29 October the Honourable Bill Shorten MP outlined the foreign policy of the next Labor government
By Bill Shorten
Donald Trump begins a conscious uncoupling from China
Originally published in Australian Financial Review
Making dissident Jamal Khashoggi disappear a case of ham-fisted overreach
Originally published in The Australian
Reinforcing Indonesia–Australia defence relations: The case for maritime recalibration
A maritime realignment of Australia–Indonesia defence relations could shape the broader Indo-Pacific security architecture and provide an additional strategic hedge for both countries
Can China ever reconcile the market economy with a one-party state?
Originally published in Financial Times
Blocking CKI from buying Australian pipelines would be a win for Beijing
Originally published in Australian Financial Review on 21 September 2018
Expanding Horizons: Indonesia's Regional Engagement in the Indo-Pacific Era
Lowy Institute Non-resident Fellow Matthew Busch contributed a chapter on the political economy of Indonesia’s natural resource wealth to this Perth US Asia Centre Report
The 2018 Lowy Lecture
On 13 September Sir Frank Lowy AC delivered the 2018 Lowy Lecture at Sydney Town Hall
By Frank Lowy
PM Morrison's Pacific pivot must overcome legacy of climate and refugee policy
Originally published in Australian Financial Review
By Shane McLeod
Submission to Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia-Pacific
Review by Department of Communications and the Arts
Going legit? The foreign policy of Vladimir Putin
Putin’s foreign policy will remain grounded in long-standing assumptions about Russia, the West, and international order
By Bobo Lo
Australia should be encouraging Indonesian growth
Originally published in Australian Financial Review
By Roland Rajah
Conserving the single maritime operating environment
Delivered at the Exercise Kakadu Fleet Commanders Conference, organised by RAN’s Sea Power Centre, on 1 September 2018 in Darwin, Australia
By Euan Graham
Trump's turning point in Europe
Originally published in The Australian Financial Review
Mahathir, China and neo-colonialism
Originally published in Nikkei Asian Review
Speech by the Hon Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi on Pacific perspectives on the new geostrategic landscape
The Hon Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa, delivered this address at the Lowy Institute in Sydney on Thursday, 30 August 2018
The world is looking at Australia and laughing
Originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald
What price abroad for Australia's latest leadership upheaval?
Originally published in Straits Times
By Euan Graham
Liberal leadership spill: The democratic arc of instability
Originally published in Australian Financial Review.
Australia’s political shakeup is evidence of the decline of party politics
Originally published in Washington Post
Indonesia is right to put stability before economic growth
Originally published in Nikkei Asian Review
By Roland Rajah
Indonesia's economy: Between growth and stability
Indonesia has much economic potential but the trade-off between growth and stability continues to bind its growth ambitions
By Roland Rajah
2018 Lowy Lecture and Dinner: Sir Frank Lowy AC
On the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the establishment of the Lowy Institute, the Institute’s board has invited Sir Frank Lowy AC to deliver this year’s Lowy Lecture and Dinner
Saudi blowup with Canada bodes ill for it when wind changes
Originally published in The Australian
What Turnbull's China reset really means
Originally published in Australian Financial Review
Australia seeks Plan B as trust in US falters
Originally published in Straits Times
By Euan Graham
China's Pacific push has helped us: it has forced us to lift our game
Originally published in The Australian.
ASEAN–Australia relations: The suitable status quo
Australia’s dialogue partner relationship with ASEAN is more suitable for Australian interests in Southeast Asia than the idea of ASEAN membership
By Malcolm Cook
Submission to the inquiry into the strategic effectiveness and outcomes of Australia’s aid program in the Indo-Pacific
Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Unregulated population migration and other future drivers of instability in the Pacific
Potential drivers of unregulated population migration in the Pacific Islands require attention from regional governments including Australia
By Rita Parker
Has China's leader Xi Jinping now passed his peak?
Originally published in Australian Financial Review.
Why North Korea is in no hurry to do what the US wants
Meeting in Singapore last month, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un captured the world's attention and promised to work towards "new relations". Why have mixed messages followed? Originally published as a BBC.com news analysis.
The Global Power Balance Shifts Toward Asia
Originally published on Brink News
Managing foreign interference and multiculturalism
Originally published in Australian Financial Review.
“Americanism, not globalism”: President Trump and the American mission
President Trump may be unwittingly preparing the United States for the end of American global hegemony
By James Curran
Huawei has ended a national illusion
Originally published in Australian Financial Review.
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