US killing of Soleimani hands Iran a new opportunity to expand power
Originally published in ABC Online
By Lydia Khalil
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Behind the News: Inside China Global Television Network
Can China’s television network be an effective soft power tool
Taiwan’s 2020 elections
China has lost the battle for public opinion in Taiwan
A vital cog in the leader's great plan
Originally published in The Sunday Times
PNG must respect voters and help form world’s newest nation
Originally published in The Australian
Being a video vigilante can serve the greater good, but that doesn't mean it's always right
Originally published in ABC News
China’s Economic Choices
China’s economic growth has fallen to its slowest rate since 1990, and this deceleration looks set to continue unless China implements the kinds of deep reforms behind the successful economic transitions of Japan and Korea
The 2017 Lowy Lecture: Then-UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
On 27 July the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, delivered the 2017 Lowy Lecture at Sydney Town Hall
2020 Will Be a Watershed Year for the Global Economy
Originally published in the Council of Councils' Global Outlook 2020: The Economy
By Roland Rajah
Why the day of the party is done
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
International Public Broadcasting: A Missed Opportunity For Projecting Australia’s Soft Power
Australia’s depleted international broadcasting is impairing the projection of Australia’s soft power at a time when government is seeking to increase its regional influence, particularly in the Pacific
Australia's PNG step-up in a tumultuous year
Originally published in The Australian Financial Review
Japan can teach Australia how to carefully handle China
Scott Morrison needs to study Shinzo Abe's resolve.
Originally published in Nikkei Asian Review
China has lost Taiwan, and it knows it
So it is attacking democracy on the island from within.
Orignally published in the New York Times
Are our politicians a security risk?
Should spooks vet the reliability of parliamentarians? It is not clear that doing so would benefit our democracy.
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
An address on China by Tony Abbott
On 28 November, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott gave an address on China at the Lowy Institute
Pacific islands avoid China's 'debt-trap' diplomacy for now
Beijing's interest in the region sparks fears it is making unsustainable loans.
Originally published in Nikkei Asian Review
The new geography of global diplomacy
China advances as the US retreats.
Originally published in Foreign Affairs
By Bonnie Bley
2019 Global Diplomacy Index
Visualising the diplomatic networks of 61 G20, OECD and Asian countries and territories
By Bonnie Bley
Australia’s Brexit?
Loss of confidence in political parties could translate into disengagement from our region.
Originally published in Inside Story
Touted as ‘next Hong Kong’ Taiwan lives on the edge
Originally published in The Australian
When is mental illness an excuse for terrorism?
Originally published in The Australian
Beijing's tactics are driving spiral of violence in Hong Kong
If China is trying to drive wedges between the protest movement and mainstream citizens, it seems to be failing.
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
By Ben Bland
Typology of Terror — The Backgrounds of Australian Jihadis
In order to better understand what motivates Australian radical islamists to join or support a terrorist group it is first necessary to get a better understanding of who they are. This working paper examines data sets from 173 Australian citizens and residents to paint a picture of our own
Our Very Own Brexit
Australia’s Hollow Politics and Where It Could Lead Us
Foreign and Security Policy in the new Malaysia
Malaysia’s foreign and security policy faces myriad challenges, but not much is likely to change under Mahathir Mohamad’s ‘New Malaysia’ framework
By Elina Noor
Is Australia's Asian dream fading?
In our rush to step up in the Pacific, we must not make the mistake of stepping down in south-east Asia.
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
Debt-trap diplomacy not happening yet, but cause for concern
Originally published in The Australian
By Roland Rajah
Ocean of debt? Belt and Road and debt diplomacy in the Pacific
China has not been engaged in debt trap diplomacy — at least not yet
2019 Lowy Institute Media Lecture
On 19 October, Chair of the ABC Ita Buttrose AC OBE gave the 2019 Lowy Institute Media Lecture
Ironclad - Forging a new future for America's alliances: book chapter
In a new book edited by Dr. Michael J. Green of Center for Strategic & International Studies in Washington D.C., the final chapter by Alex Oliver looks at international public opinion towards the US' system of alliances and finds that attitudes have been surprisingly
By Alex Oliver
2019 Aus-Fiji Business Forum After dinner address
On 17 October Jonathan Pryke addressed the 2019 Aus-Fiji Business Forum at the Marriott Brisbane Hotel on the topic of the Australia-Fiji relationship over the next twenty-five years
Trump hands Syria an easy win
The Kurds will have to make their peace with Bashar al-Assad. Western governments will worry about ISIS fighters becoming bargaining chips.
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
Trump wants China to help him win. China wants nothing to do with him.
What Xi Jinping and his top Communist Party deputies think of the U.S. president.
Originally published in the Washington Post
Speech by Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands
On October 10, the Lowy Institute hosted Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte for a public address.
Mr Rutte spoke about the future of the global rules-based order. Following his speech the Institute’s Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove conducted a Q&A session with Mr Rutte
By Mark Rutte
The Bougainville referendum and beyond
As Bougainville prepares for a referendum on independence, Australia must navigate a policy response that acknowledges the history of conflict and colonialism there, Bougainville nationalism, PNG sensitivities, the principles of the guiding Bougainville Peace Agreement and new geostrategic
By Ben Bohane
The 2019 Lowy Lecture: Prime Minister Scott Morrison
On 3 October 2019, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison was invited to give the annual 2019 Lowy Lecture
Donald Trump's bizarre logic damages US allies' trust in intelligence sharing
The US president appears to believe Australian spies are part of a deep-state conspiracy. Australia should be wary of the risks of getting drawn into his defence. Originally published in The Guardian
Now we must set sights on the G7
Australia has a strong case to join the top democratic table. The PM should ask Donald Trump for help to do so.
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
The Current State of the World Trading System and Its Likely Future
On 17 September 2019, the Lowy Institute hosted Ambassador Alan Wm Wolff, Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization, for a discussion of the risks and opportunities facing world trade at this decisive moment.
Mr Wolff became WTO Deputy Director-General in October 2017, after a long
Are Trumpians or Boltonians in charge?
The US alliance is the great totem of Australia's foreign policy, before which our major parties kneel. But they should look up once in a while, lest the tectonic plates shift again and the totem topples.
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
Size vs statecraft: How India and Japan play the major power game
Japan and India’s differences might just be what makes this unlikely partnership effective.
Originally published in The Diplomat
By Bonnie Bley
Middle-power bonding has major advantages for ‘overachievers’
Originally published in The Australian
By Bonnie Bley
Australia must perfect the art of sizing up China
Neither the US nor China can dominate the other. That leaves an opening for smart middle powers that know their own strengths.
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
China's capture of Hong Kong's elite has failed to win popular favor
Western business and political leaders now reject Beijing's enticements.
Originally published in Nikkei Asian Review
PM must fill China policy vacuum
Dealing with the Chinese is an art that Australia is still struggling to emulate.
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
China’s Demands for Loyalty Are Bad for Business
Beijing has successfully muscled foreign companies in Hong Kong, but at what cost?
Originally published in Bloomberg
By Ben Bland
Once more with feeling: Russia and the Asia-Pacific
How Moscow is rebooting the ‘turn to the East’ as part of its global strategy
By Bobo Lo
Party Man: Xi Jinping’s Quest to Dominate China
Originally published in Foreign Affairs
Is a crackdown coming in Hong Kong?
Originally published in The New York Times
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