Dr Michael Fullilove AM

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Dr Michael Fullilove AM
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Dr Michael Fullilove AM is the Executive Director of the Lowy Institute.

Over the past two decades, Dr Fullilove has played a leading role in the establishment and development of the Lowy Institute. He wrote the Institute’s feasibility study for Sir Frank Lowy in 2002 and served as the Director of its Global Issues Program from 2003 until his appointment as Executive Director in 2012. He has also worked as a lawyer, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, and an adviser to Prime Minister Paul Keating. He is a member of the Advisory Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London.

Dr Fullilove writes widely on Australian foreign policy, US foreign policy and global issues in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy and Foreign Affairs, as well as the Australian press. He is a sought-after speaker and commentator who is quoted regularly in publications such as The Economist and appears on broadcasters such as the ABC, the BBC and CNN. He graduated in arts and law from the Universities of Sydney and New South Wales, with dual university medals. He also studied as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where he completed a master’s degree and a doctorate in international relations.

Dr Fullilove is the author of a number of books, including Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World (Penguin), which won the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction. He is the editor of Men and Women of Australia! Our Greatest Modern Speeches (Viking), and the co-editor of Reports from a Turbulent Decade (Viking), an anthology of the Lowy Institute’s best work. In 2015 Dr Fullilove delivered the Boyer Lectures. His lectures were published as A Larger Australia: The ABC 2015 Boyer Lectures (Penguin).

In his capacity as Executive Director and as the host of The Director’s Chair podcast, Dr Fullilove has hosted many world leaders including Joe Biden, Angela Merkel, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Aung San Suu Kyi, Henry Kissinger, Lee Hsien Loong, Boris Johnson, Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, José Ramos-Horta, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sanna Marin and Jake Sullivan, as well as nine Australian prime ministers.

In 2019 Dr Fullilove was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to international relations.

We must find a new Asia focus as world order changes
Commentary
We must find a new Asia focus as world order changes
Originally published in The AustralianMichael Fullilove
We may not be interested in the world, but the world is interested in us
Commentary
We may not be interested in the world, but the world is interested in us
Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald Michael Fullilove
Trouble in Munich: the transatlantic breakup
Trouble in Munich: the transatlantic breakup
Europe and America read from diverging scripts at the annual strategic confab, the Munich Security Conference.
The Ineffable Hulk, Trump is always one temper tantrum from disaster
Commentary
The Ineffable Hulk, Trump is always one temper tantrum from disaster
Originally published in Sydney Morning Herald Michael Fullilove
After the Midterms: Australia, the United States and the international order
Speeches
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…
Once we were the laughing stock of the world, but now it's worse
Commentary
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…
The prospect of a “Trumpier” foreign policy
The prospect of a “Trumpier” foreign policy
There is every chance the president will be bolder abroad, in search of wins he believes will help him at home.
Australia's eight principles for dealing with Trump's America
Commentary
Australia's eight principles for dealing with Trump's America
Originally published in Australian Financial Review Michael Fullilove
The world is looking at Australia and laughing
Commentary
The world is looking at Australia and laughing
Originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald Michael Fullilove
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