In conversation: Hafsa Halawa and Anthony Bubalo
Today Iraqis find themselves caught in an array of competing forces. Their country is a battleground for foreign actors, from militias to major powers.
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Professor Rory Medcalf on ‘Contest for the Indo-Pacific: Why China won’t map the future’
The term ‘Indo-Pacific’ has gained wide use in recent years, including among the leaders of Australia, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States. But what does it really mean?
Dr James Renwick on What are the right encryption laws for Australia?
Dr James Renwick CSC SC is Australia’s Independent National Security Legislation Monitor.
Panel Discussion: International Women's Day - Women's Activism in an Era of Protest
Last year saw a surge of civil unrest across the globe so widespread that 2019 has been dubbed “the year of the street protestor”.
COVIDcast Episode 1: the global response to coronavirus
COVIDcast is a Lowy Institute pop-up podcast for anyone interested in understanding the effect of coronavirus on global politics.
Panel discussion: China and the novel coronavirus
The spread of the novel coronavirus in and beyond China has potentially profound implications, for Xi Jinping's standing and China's global weight and prestige.
Philip S. Davidson on the United States’ interests in the Indo-Pacific
In his role as United States Indo-Pacific Commander, Admiral Philip S.
Panel discussion: The year ahead (Melbourne)
The Lowy Institute hosted a panel discussion with Institute experts in Melbourne on the key issues likely to dominate the international agenda in 2020.
Panel discussion: The year ahead (Sydney)
The Lowy Institute hosted a panel discussion with Institute experts in Sydney on the key issues likely to dominate the international agenda in 2020.
Panel discussion: Iran - Where to from here?
The new year has seen tensions between the United States and Iran increase to levels rarely seen before. The assassination of Maj. Gen.
Panel discussion: Avoiding war - how states negotiate
With the threat of armed conflict looming more seriously over Asia than it has in decades, Oriana Skylar Mastro discussed Asian approaches to diplomacy during war.
Panel discussion: Taiwan’s 2020 Elections
The elections in Taiwan in January promise to be one of the region’s most consequential polls in recent decades.
An address on China by Tony Abbott
Australia faces no more difficult international challenge than managing its relationship with the People’s Republic of China, our largest trading partner and a peer competitor of our great ally the
Panel discussion: The disinformation age – can democracy survive social media?
Hyperpartisan and foreign-state sponsored disinformation targeted at voters through social media is undermining democracy and interfering with elections from the US to India, from Indonesia to Taiw
In conversation: Sam Roggeveen on how Brexit happened, and could it happen here? (Canberra)
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.
Rodger Shanahan on Typology of Terror – An analysis of Australia’s Islamic State jihadis
Since 2012 several hundred Australians have travelled to Syria and Iraq to undertake jihad with Islamic State, al-Qaeda or other radical Islamist groups.
In conversation: Ross Garnaut on Australia as a low-carbon superpower
“The fog of Australian politics on climate change has obscured a fateful reality: Australia has the potential to be an economic superpower of the future post-carbon world,” argues Dr Ross Garnaut i
In conversation: Sam Roggeveen on how Brexit happened, and could it happen here? (Sydney)
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.
In conversation: Pat Cox on The EU and Ireland after Brexit
As the United Kingdom faces a divisive but potentially decisive election framed around Brexit, the European Union is contemplating a future without the UK.
In conversation: Sam Roggeveen on how Brexit happened, and could it happen here? (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.
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