Foreign Policy White Paper: Does reality match our ambitions?
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
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'Australia needs to engage China and hedge the risks of this relationship'
Originally published in The Australian (Photo: Max Braun/Flickr
By Alan Dupont
Richard Marles on Australia and the Pacific
On 21 November the Hon Richard Marles MP, Shadow Minister for Defence, delivered an address to the Lowy Institute in Sydney on Australia's approach to the Pacific
John Curtin: normal nice human being in world at war
Originally published in The Australian
By John Edwards
Trump exhumes the Quad
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
By James Curran
The fourth industrial revolution and international migration
This working paper examines the implications of digitalisation for skilled migration in high-income countries such as Australia and outlines key areas for policymakers in relation to the future of work and migration policy
Clear waters and green mountains: Will Xi Jinping take the lead on climate change?
President Trump’s retreat on climate change put China ‘in the driver’s seat’. But to really demonstrate leadership, China needs to green its overseas investments
By Sam Geall
Russian denials and the Donald Trump paradox
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
By Bobo Lo
Malcolm Turnbull is facing big choices, but picking between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping isn't one of them
Originally published on the ABC website
Trump in Vietnam must not trump Asia's pivotal emerging economy
Originally published in the Straits Times
US–Vietnam relations under President Trump
Under President Obama the bilateral relationship between the United States and Vietnam flourished. Despite some misgivings about the future direction of US policy in the region under President Trump, Hanoi is working hard to ensure that the relationship continues to expand
By Huong Le Thu
Prince Salman wields his sword in the house of Saud
Originally published in The Australian
Donald Trump's Asian tour
Asian leaders will be watching Trump for reassurance that the US will be a democratic ally in the Indo-Pacific. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review (Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
US self-belief tested by tardy return to being ‘great again’
Originally published in The Australian
By James Curran
Xi Jinping's state capitalism is here to stay
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
By Roland Rajah
Autopilot: East Asia policy under Trump
Donald Trump has put US policy in East Asia on autopilot. But that could leave the United States far off course — and in a crisis, Trump will be required to fly the plane
Uncertain future for China's state capitalism
Originally published in the Nikkei Asian Review
By Roland Rajah
An accident waiting to happen: Trump, Putin and the US–Russia relationship
How US–Russia relations have sunk to a new low under the most pro-Kremlin president in history
By Bobo Lo
Iran nuclear deal: ‘Trump’s approach can hurt US interests’
Originally published in The Australian (Photo: Office of the Supreme Leader
Same-sex marriage: What company does Australia want to keep?
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
'In praise of foreign investment'
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review. This is an edited extract of Andrew Leigh's Lowy Institute Paper Choosing Openness (Photo: fcmarriott/Flickr
By Andrew Leigh
Xi Jinping's moment
Xi Jinping, a politically daring, economically cautious, Chinese leader is certain to win a second five-year term at the 19th Party Congress, but his harsh line against his opponents, and his timidity on the economy, may come back to haunt him in his second term
Indonesia's electricity play imperils national economic goals
'The generation plan could unnerve investors and leave private operators on hook for state equity.' Originally published in the Nikkei Asian Review
'Tweets aside, US North Korea strategy is working'
Originally published in The Australian (Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland/Flickr
By Alan Dupont
Neither friend nor foe: Pakistan, the United States and the war in Afghanistan
The Trump administration's Afghanistan policy suggests that the United States will exert greater pressure on Pakistan, but no amount of US foreign assistance or coercion is likely to change Pakistan's behaviour, especially while its security establishment continues to view US
Choosing Openness
Why global engagement is best for Australia
By Andrew Leigh
Why Kevin Rudd is wrong about Aung San Suu Kyi
Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald
'The dying art of disagreement'
On 23 September, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens delivered the keynote speech at the 2017 Lowy Institute Media Award dinner, where he addressed the dying art of disagreement
Myanmar's idol falls from grace
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
Skilled migration policy and the labour market performance of immigrants
This working paper reviews the effect of a specific migration policy change in Australia and examines whether migration policy can be used to influence immigrants’ labour market outcomes.
Managing economic risk in Asia: A strategy for Australia
Australia can use its economic diplomacy to manage economic risks in the region, and should engage with the International Monetary Fund and regional partners to close gaps in crisis response arrangements (Photo: Getty Images/Thomas Mnller
Intellectual property rights row misses the point
Originally published in the Nikkei Asian Review
'Aung San Suu Kyi makes things worse for Rohingya'
Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald (Photo: Getty Images/Pool
Danger ahead for Australia as Asia’s long peace ends
The real prospect of conflict between North Korea and the US and its allies underscores the recent deterioration in Australia’s security environment. Originally published in The Australian
By Alan Dupont
Kim Jong-un's theory of nuclear victory
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review (Photo: Getty Images/Chuing Sung-Jun
A Global Compact on Refugees: The role of Australia
Australia has a vested interest and particular experience and expertise to contribute to the Global Compact on Refugees in order to institute a more effective and equitable response to asylum seekers and refugees (Photo: Getty Images/SOPA Images
By Khalid Koser
FDR's Message to Charlottesville – and to Donald Trump
Originally published in The Atlantic
'Down and out down under'
Originally published in Foreign Affairs
The 21st century will be a battle on the urban front
Originally published in The Australian
Malcolm Turnbull's ANZUS offer on North Korea was premature
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
By James Curran
Jokowi's panicky politics
Originally published in Foreign Affairs
Fire and fury, signifying nothing?
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
By Euan Graham
It’s a super call on national security apparatus
Originally published in The Australian
By Alan Dupont
Papua New Guinea: same prime minister, same problems
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review
Michael Fullilove on Australia in the Trump era
On 2 August, Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on Australia in the Trump era
Southeast Asian perspectives on US–China competition
Southeast Asians inhabit a region increasingly shaped by competition between the United States and China. This joint Lowy Institute–Council on Foreign Relations Report seeks to highlight the perspectives of leading scholars of international affairs from Southeast Asia on important issues facing
Coal mine halt will bolster Australia's influence in crucial Pacific region
Originally published in the Canberra Times
By Greg Colton
A Chinese threat to Australian openness
Originally published in the New York Times (Photo: Flickr/Mark
In conversation: Dennis Richardson
On 18 July the Lowy Institute hosted a conversation with Dr Michael Fullilove and Dennis Richardson AO, who until his recent retirement was one of Australia’s most experienced and respected public servants
'The G20 is dead. Long live the G20'
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review (Photo: Presidencia de la República Mexicana
By Roland Rajah
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