How did Brexit happen, and could it happen here? Lowy Institute at NGV (Melbourne)

The Lowy Institute’s Sam Roggeveen has written a provocative new book, Our Very Own Brexit, arguing that the political conditions which created Brexit also exist in Australia. But forget what you have read about populism and the rise of right-wing xenophobia. What Australia has in common with

Mapping aid and influence in the Pacific Islands (Canberra)

Join Lowy Institute researchers to discuss what’s new in the Lowy Institute Pacific Aid Map, and what it can tell us about the broader geopolitical developments playing out in Australia’s immediate region. Jonathan Pryke is Director of the Lowy Institute Pacific Islands Program.