In this op-ed for the Australian Financial Review, Director of the G20 Studies Centre, Mike Callaghan, discusses the essential steps the government should take in chairing the G20, including authoring a concept paper and encouraging leader engagement
On 9 October 2013, leading Indian strategic thinker and Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow Dr C Raja Mohan delivered a public lecture on the prospects of developing a middle power coalition in the Indo-Pacific. Please see below for the full transcript of the event
In this article for The National Interest, Danielle Rajendram argues that India deserves more credit for the way it has managed its relations with China in the face of numerous provocations. 
In this essay in The American Interest, the Lowy Institute’s Rory Medcalf explains the rise of an Indo-Pacific conception of Asia. He argues that this emerging maritime super-region is defined in large part by China’s expanding economic and strategic horizons. To manage China’
On 16 October 2013 Michael Pezzullo, Chief Executive of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, gave a lecture at the Lowy Institute on 'Border management and its role in supporting national economic competitiveness'
Australia will chair the G20 for 12 months from 1 December 2013. It will be the largest international economic meeting ever held in Australia. This paper outlines the strategy, priorities and steps required for the Brisbane G20 summit to be a success – it is a ‘playbook’ for
Lowy Institute Research Associate Dr Philippa Brant writes for Foreign Affairs about why China's foreign aid won't replace the West's. The full article is available here
In this piece for the Australian, Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow Alan Dupont examines President Obama's absence from APEC and the East Asia Summit in the context of the US' role in Asia
In this article for The Australian, James Brown and Rory Medcalf assess Australia's readiness to face the changing strategic circumstances in the Indo-Pacific
This issue of the Monitor deals with infrastructure financing, combatting tax evasion and avoidance, fighting corruption and global energy governance. The question being explored in each area is ‘where can the G20 add value?'
Australia’s new government must make tough decisions in defence policy. Australia’s broad national interests and the challenging strategic environment in Indo-Pacific Asia make it essential to modernise the Australian Defence Force. The nation’s defence capabilities remain underfunded and its
In an opinion piece in The Drum, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Dr Dave McRae says Prime Minister Tony Abbott's visit to Indonesia was a positive, but four genuine challenges lie ahead for the bilateral relationship
In this article for Aspenia Online, Rory Medcalf examines the foreign policy challenges facing the Abbott government, arguing that it must focus on charting a secure course in an era of increasingly rich and powerful Asian states
In this interview with World Politics Review, Rory Medcalf explores the significance of and obstacles to achieving a nuclear trade deal between Australia and India
Interpreter Editor Sam Roggeveen writes in The National Interest on the foreign policy-aspects of the 2013 Australian federal election. The full article is available here
Interpreter Editor Sam Roggeveen, in a cover story for The Spectator Australia, discusses Prime Minister Abbott's brand of conservatism, his commitment to the US alliance, and the Angloshpere as an instrument of foreign policy. The full article is available here
This Lowy Institute Analysis examines the trajectory of the Syrian conflict in the wake of the Russian and US agreement to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons. It argues that while that agreement, enshrined in Security Council Resolution 2118, may remove a pernicious class of weapons from
On 26 September 2013, the Lowy Institute for International Policy hosted Nick Warner AP PSM, Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service as the keynote speaker for the Lowy Institute's Media Award ceremony. Nick made a speech in tribute to his late father, Dennis Warner
In this opinion piece for The West Australian, Rory Medcalf argues that key ministers in the new Abbott Cabinet will put Western Australia at the centre of Australia's global focus on Asia and the Indian Ocean
In this article for The National Interest, Rory Medcalf explores the potential for deepening U.S.-India relations ahead of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington
On 18 September 2013, the Lowy Institute for International Policy hosted Mr Andrew Michelmore as the keynote speaker for the Lowy Institute 10th Anniversary China Changing Lecture in Beijing. This was the first major event held by the Lowy Institute in China. Mr Michelmore, based on his
Rodger Shanahan, From Tyre to Tehran: Transnational Links Amongst Lebanese Shi'a Clerical Families. Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies, 2013 6 (3), pp 307-322 Overview Many people conflate religious links between Lebanon's Shi'a community and their co-religionists in Iran purely
James Brown, Fifty Shades of Grey: Officer Culture in the Australian Army. Australian Army Journal, Culture edition 2013 10 (3) 2013, pp 244-254.
ABSTRACT
As the Australian Army begins a transition from a decade abroad it is timely to ask what we know about its officer culture, how
Lowy Institute Research Fellow Dr Dave McRae, in an opinion piece for the Media Indonesia newspaper, explains that the newly-elected Coalition have maintained Indonesia as a priority, but that certain of their policies could cause tension. He argues that both the Australian and Indonesian
In a New York Times op-ed, Lowy institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove argues that the 2013 election campaign ignored the greater strategic and economic challenges facing Australia. 
In this article in The Wall Street Journal Asia Edition, Rory Medcalf argues the need for Australia's new Coalition government to bring steadiness to matters of security and diplomacy, which will be particularly critical in a changing Indo-Pacific Asia
In this new Lowy Institute Analysis, a number of Lowy Institute experts outline what they believe should be some key international priorities for the new Australian Government. 
Throughout a decade of remarkable change and upheaval, the Lowy Institute has discussed, dissected and analysed the big issues shaping global politics, and provided fresh policy ideas for Australian decision-makers.
Reports from a Turbulent Decade, the Lowy Institute's 10th anniversary anthology (
In this comment piece for the Guardian's global development blog Dr Philippa Brant explores Australia's ongoing dominance in the South Pacific and the opportunities for cooperation with China
On Tuesday 27 August 2013, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered an address to the Lowy Institute for International Policy titled "Securing Australia's Future Prosperity"
Throughout a decade of remarkable change and upheaval, the Lowy Institute has discussed, dissected and analysed the big issues shaping global politics, and provided fresh policy ideas for Australian decision-makers. Ranked as Australia's leading think tank, the Lowy Institute provides high-
In this article on The Diplomat's The Pulse blog, Danielle Rajendram looks at the interplay between domestic politics and foreign policy in India's relations with Pakistan
Jordan Chandler Hirsch reviews Rendezvous with Destiny, by Dr Michael Fullilove, in The Wall Street Journal. Harry Hopkins, President Franklin Roosevelt's roving diplomat throughout World War II, met with Joseph Stalin in July 1941, five weeks after the Nazi invasion of the U.S.S.R.
Robin Lindley interviews Executive Director at the Lowy Institute on his new book Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World
Published jointly by the Lowy Institute and New South Publishing, this book is an edited English language edition of Solahudin's best selling NII Sampai JI: Salafy Jihadisme di Indonesia', translated by the Lowy Institute's Dr Dave McRae. Based on a remarkable array of original
In this article for CSIS' cogitAsia, Jack Georgieff argues that the recent policy put forth by the Rudd government to never resettle boat arrivals in Australia is flawed at best. Likewise, the opposition's alternative also presents chanllegnes to being fully implemented, should they win