Tom Power of the Australia National University (ANU) Indonesia Project delivered the 2018 political update (approximately 35 minutes), followed by a panel discussion on Indonesia’s upcoming April 2
Over the past 15 years, the Lowy Institute has been at the centre of Australia's foreign policy and national security debates and is now internationally recognised for its independent reserach, ana
The international order is under strain. Rising powers want to rewrite the rules, Western leaders are turning inwards, and technology is breaking down barriers.
The Lowy Institute hosted an address by the Hon Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Samoa.
Whether in terms of denuclearisation talks with North Korea, an escalating trade war with China, or the promotion of a concept and strategy for a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’, the pace of US statec
Australia now has its fifth prime minister in five years. What does this mean for Australia’s place in the world?
The future of the Middle East peace process under US President Donald Trump, the use of chemical weapons in Syrian conflict, the implications for the United Nations’ role and its duties – these top
China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea have emerged as the testing ground for great power competition between the US and China, and as a lightning rod for rival claimants in the region, as
Foreign aid is an important resource for the Pacific Islands, and for many countries is a major point of engagement with the region.
At the end of 2017, China announced it had been a year of “remarkable progress” on human rights.
How are human rights in North Korea and broader regional security through North Korean denuclearisation connected, and can one be achieved without the other?
In this episode of Canberra Conversations, Indonesian ambassador to Australia Kristiarto Legowo talks about his childhood and education in Indonesia, his diplomatic career – which has taken in post
When French President Emmanuel Macron recently visited Australia, the Australian Government welcomed France as a stable partner in the Pacific region.
Global wealth and power are shifting eastwards. Three of the world’s four largest economies are in Asia, and the fourth, the United States, is a Pacific power.
Global wealth and power are shifting eastwards. Three of the world’s four largest economies are in Asia, and the fourth, the United States, is a Pacific power.
The Lowy Institute hosted a conversation with Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove and Jessica Tuchman Mathews, former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the inte
Over the course of nearly 60 years’ engagement with Southeast Asia, Milton Osborne has become one of Australia’s leading authorities on the region.
Papua New Guinea is about to step onto the global stage. In November, leaders representing half of the world’s GDP will descend on Port Moresby for the APEC Leaders’ Summit.
The defeat of Malaysia’s ruling party on 9 May was unlike any election result the region has ever seen. No party in Southeast Asia has held power for so long, only to lose it at the polls.
The latest Lowy Institute Paper published by Penguin Random House, Remaking the Middle East: How a Troubled Region May Save Itself by Anthony Bubalo, was launched in Melbourne on 30 May.