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Panel Discussion – Prosperity and promise: Xi Jinping and modern China

“Prosperity” has been a significant theme in several of President Xi Jinping’s major speeches over the past year, both at home and abroad. But what does he mean by prosperity?

Panel Discussion: Policy Implications For Australia

Panel discussion at the Lowy Institute conference Australia in the Pacific: Enhancing Security through Regional Resilience, held in Canberra on 5 April 2018.

Marise Payne on the importance of Pacific stability to Australia

Senator Marise Payne, Minister of Defence, delivering the keynote address at the Lowy Institute conference Australia in the Pacific: Enhancing Security through Regional Resilience, held in Canberra

Asian Development Outlook 2018: how technology impacts jobs

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will launch its flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2018, with its focus on “How Technology Impacts Jobs”.

Panel Discussion: International Relations in the Online Age

Terrorists are recruited via social media, nuclear weapons programs are disrupted via computer viruses, world leaders communicate via Twitter, and some foreign affairs departments have larger onlin

Igor Yurgens on what the West needs to understand about Russia’s politics and economy

As Russian president or prime minister, for the last 18 years Vladimir Putin has been one of the most prominent but enigmatic figures on the global stage.

In Conversation: Scott Snyder on strategic choices and South Korean foreign policy

The Korean Peninsula has historically been a battleground for the major powers.

Panel Discussion: Debating China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Announced in late 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is both a colossal infrastructure development scheme and a grandly ambitious undertaking of geostrategic proportions.

Panel Discussion: Shifting power In Asia

Asia’s economic transformation is reshaping the global distribution of power, changing the way the region and the world operates politically and strategically.

Yukio Okamoto on Japan’s evolving security role in the Indo-Pacific

Following a period spent in Japan developing its national security apparatus and international security cooperation with partners from Europe to the Indo-Pacific, Yukio Okamoto, Adjunct Professor a

In conversation: Hayder al-Khoei on Iraq and Islamic State

Now that Islamic State has been defeated militarily, what does the future hold for Iraq?

In conversation: Alyssa Ayres on how India is making its place in the world

Alyssa Ayres, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), joined Aaron Connelly, Research Fellow for the East Asia Program at the Lowy Institute, to

Winston Peters on New Zealand in the Pacific

New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rt Hon Winston Peters, addressed his government’s plans to work with its Pacific partners to meet the many strategic and develop

In conversation: Manu Bhaskaran on Singapore's global hub model

Over the past fifty years, Singapore has become one of the world’s most prosperous countries and a dynamic node in the world economy.

Panel Discussion: Changing Attitudes in Australia – 13 years of the Lowy Institute Poll

The Lowy Institute has conducted robust, independent polling on Australian attitudes to foreign policy issues annually since 2005.

Panel Discussion: The year ahead

On 1 February, the Lowy Institute’s Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove chaired a discussion examining the key issues likely to dominate the international agenda in 2018.

Panel discussion: Why women leaders are important – perspectives from PNG and Australia

Raisina 2018 | Contested connectivity: economic tracks — political cargo?

In Conversation: Bingqin Li on Population Challenges for the Chinese Economy

Joe Hockey on the Trump administration's first twelve months

Christopher Pyne on Australia's defence industry

Panel discussion: What does Xi Jinping’s ‘new era’ mean for China and the world?

At China’s recent 19th Party Congress, the Party and President Xi Jinping announced a ‘new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics’.

Panel discussion: Crisis in Myanmar – its origins and our response

Over half a million Rohingya have fled Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh since 25 August, bringing with them accounts of crimes against humanity by Myanmar security forces and local mobs.

Panel discussion: The future of the rules-based order in the Asia Pacific

In conversation: Gideon Rachman and Michael Fullilove on Trump, Brexit, and the future of Asia

On 29 November, the Lowy Institute hosted a conversation between Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman and Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove on Donald Trump, Brexit, a

Book launch: Paul Keating on 'John Curtin's War' by John Edwards

Using much new material, John Edwards’ vivid, landmark biography places John Curtin, Australia’s wartime leader, as a man of his times, puzzling through the immense changes in Australia and its reg

Panel discussion: Making Indonesia’s education system work

In the past two decades Indonesia has made great strides in improving access to education, as children begin school earlier and remain there longer than ever before.

Panel discussion: Trump goes to Asia

In conversation: Joseph Kahn on the future of China and the US

The relationship between China and the United States is central to security and prosperity in Asia.

Launch of Choosing Openness by Andrew Leigh (Sydney)

In the early part of the twentieth century, the world turned inwards as fear shut down flows of people and goods across national borders. A century later, can we make a better choice?

The 2017 Lowy Institute Media Award – Bret Stephens on the dying art of disagreement

On 23 September the Lowy Institute hosted the 2017 Lowy Institute Media Award dinner, where the 2017 Award was won by Matt Brown of the ABC.

The 2017 Lowy Institute Media Award – Bret Stephens on the dying art of disagreement

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Michael Fullilove on the Lowy Institute Media Award

Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove discusses the 2017 Lowy Institute Media Award.

Eric Tlozek on his Lowy Institute Media Award nomination

Eric Tlozek is nominated for his coverage of the 2017 national elections in Papua New Guinea, and for his Foreign Correspondent episode ‘A Bloody Boycott’.

Cameron Stewart on his Lowy Institute Media Award nomination

Cameron Stewart is nominated for two bodies of work that appeared in The Australian. The first is Stewart’s revelation and subsequent reporting on the data leak from French naval company DCNS.

Sophie McNeill on her Lowy Institute Media Award nomination

Sophie McNeill is nominated for the 2017 Lowy Institute Media Award for her coverage of the siege of Aleppo, and her Foreign Correspondent episode ‘Yemen: The War on Children’ (shot by cameraman Aa

Paul Farrell on Guardian Australia's Lowy Institute Media Award nomination

Guardian Australia is nominated for the 2017 Lowy Institute Media Award for its reporting on two thousand leaked incident reports written by staff at Australia’s detention centre in Nauru between 2

Nick McKenzie and Chris Uhlmann on their Lowy Institute Media Award nomination

Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker, Chris Uhlmann and Sashka Koloff are nominated for their joint Fairfax/Four Corners investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s influence in Australian society and

Matt Brown on his Lowy Institute Media Award nomination

Matt Brown is nominated for the 2017 Lowy Institute Media Award for his coverage of the effort to retake Mosul from Islamic State. Brown’s coverage included reports on ABC radio, TV and online.

Quick comment: Milton Osborne on Cambodia's crackdown

The Lowy Institute's East Asia Program Research Fellow Aaron Connelly speaks with Milton Osborne, a former Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow and one of the world's leading historians of Cambodian p

Michael Fullilove on Q&A

On the panel: Rutger Bregman, Historian and author; Laurie Penny, Writer and journalist; Shashi Tharoor, Indian diplomat, politician and author; Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Founder and editor-in-chief of

Philip Dalidakis on Victoria’s Trade Statement

On 28 August in Melbourne, Lowy Institute Research Director Anthony Bubalo chaired the launch of ‘Globally Connected: Victoria’s Trade Statement’, by Victoria’s Trade Minister Philip Dalidakis.

In conversation: Michael Fullilove and James Curran on Australia’s uneasy alliance

Donald Trump has now been president of the United States for seven months. He is a very different president from his predecessors.

In conversation: Kori Schake and Thomas Wright on the future of US global policy under Trump

On 22 August the Lowy Institute hosted a conversation with two of America’s leading analysts, Kori Schake of the Hoover Institution and Thomas Wright, Director at the Brookings Institution and Lowy

In conversation: Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

On June 30 2017, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands came to an end, marking the conclusion of the longest Australian-led intervention mission in our history.

The 2017 Lowy Lecture Highlights: UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson

On 27 July, the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, delivered the annual Lowy Lecture at the Sydney Town Hall.

Pascal Lamy on globalisation and the future of the Pacific: What role for the EU?

Pascal Lamy, whose distinguished career includes former European Union Commissioner for Trade and former head of the World Trade Organization, is currently in Australia to discuss the future of the

The 2017 Lowy Lecture: 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.

The 2017 Lowy Lecture: 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.

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