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20 Sep 2019 12:00

Habibie’s lasting legacy for Indonesia

Retno Maruti , Suahasil Nazara

In his brief time as president, BJ Habibie enacted economic and democratic reforms that endure to this day.
20 Sep 2019 11:00

National identity cannot be separated from the climate of the times

Mark Beeson , Farida Fozdar

Stubborn transnational problems – especially global warming – pose a particular challenge for Western democracies.
20 Sep 2019 10:00

INTERFET and the defence of Australia

Luke Gosling

The 1999 mission shaped not only Timor-Leste’s recent history, but also Australia’s post–Cold War trajectory.

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Shortlist for 2019 Lowy Institute Media Award

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The Lowy Institute is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2019 Lowy Institute Media Award. The shortlisted journalists are: Matthew Carney –

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ABC Chair Ita Buttrose AC OBE to deliver 2019 Lowy Institute Media Lecture

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The Lowy Institute is delighted to announce that the 2019 Media Lecture will be delivered by the Chair of the ABC, Ita Buttrose AC OBE. Following the lecture, Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison to deliver the 2019 Lowy Lecture

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The Lowy Institute is delighted to announce that the 2019 Lowy Lecture will be delivered by the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Scott Morrison MP. The annual Lowy Lecture is the Lowy

Punching above its weight? North Korea’s role as a “middle power”

NK News

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Professor Nicholas Burns to be Lowy Institute’s 2019 Rothschild & Co Distinguished International Fellow

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The Lowy Institute is delighted to announce Professor Nicholas Burns as the 2019 Rothschild & Co Distinguished International Fellow. Nicholas Burns is Professor of

Thailand facing years of political instability

Australian Financial Review

New US ambassador here to ‘translate Trump’

The Australian

China's Confucius Institutes have spy agencies and governments increasingly alarmed

ABC

Aussie al-Qa’ida suspect returns from Syria

The Australian

Chinese developer swept up in Australia's red scare

Nikkei Asian Review

UPDATE 1-Indonesia, Australia sign partnership in bid to boost trade, services

Reuters

A look at Australia’s freshly signed trade agreement with Indonesia

The New Daily

Syrian Kurds call on Australia to take back its jihadists

Sydney Morning Herald

Blow to farmers as China delays trade ‘upgrade’

The Australian

Scott Morrison and Joko Widodo absent as Australia and Indonesia sign trade deal

ABC

China's president for life under the pump: Trade, economy, Uighurs will test Xi

Australian Financial Review

Een nieuwe koude oorlog (en China zal winnen)

De Standaard

In zijn eentje kan Trump niet winnen van Xi Jinping

NRC Handelsblad

China tests ‘Guam killer’ missile in strong signal to US

9 News

Has the Coalition Government doubled net debt?

ABC Fact Check

Australia’s ‘hollowed out’ politics, explained

New York Times

Preparing for a changing region

Australian Financial Review

Radicalised in our suburbs and a threat to public safety

The Australian

Fact check: Are company profits growing five times faster than Australians' wages?

ABC Fact Check

Asean in Singapore, Apec in Papua New Guinea: all you need to know about Asia’s summit season

South China Morning Post

Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr., Trump’s pick for Ambassador to Australia, offers direct line to President

New York Times

Democrats on track to retake US House and set new Asia tone

Nikkei Asian Review

Asia fears Trump doubling down on trade war after mixed midterms

Nikkei Asian Review

Xi Jinping promises to open Chinese markets in trade war joust with Trump

The Guardian

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Shortlist for 2018 Lowy Institute Media Award

Media release

The Lowy Institute is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2018 Lowy Institute Media Award. The nominated journalists are: Michael Bachelard and Fairfax team

Angela Merkel’s exit may mean a policy shift for China in Europe

South China Morning Post

What Asia thinks (but won't say) about Trump ditching nuclear treaty with Russia

South China Morning Post

Video: The Australian government may go into 'caretaker mode': Expert

CNBC

Wentworth defeat pushes Australia’s Prime Minister into minority government

New York Times

Australia approves TPP-11, raises chance of pact taking effect in early 2019

Nikkei Asian Review

Even if Saudi Arabia is behind Jamal Khashoggi's murder, experts say sanctions against Riyadh could backfire

Business Insider

Australian leader considers moving embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv

New York Times

Josh Frydenberg tells Donald Trump's treasury chief that 'cool heads should prevail' in US-China trade war

Sydney Morning Herald

IMF readies for further danger signals in emerging markets

Financial Times

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Susan Glasser to deliver Lowy Institute 2018 Media Lecture

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Susan Glasser to deliver Lowy Institute 2018 Media Lecture

Israel is clearing the path for strikes on Beirut, Lebanon says

ABC Online

US-China trade war fails to dampen cooperation between states and private enterprise

South China Morning Post

China looks to Europe on WTO reform as pressure builds from ‘united front’

South China Morning Post

Australia looks for boost from Chinese trade war stimulus

Nikkei Asian Review

How China is preparing for Donald Trump's trade war

Sydney Morning Herald

Beijing caught off guard as President Donald Trump primes trade war trigger

Australian Financial Review

Frank Lowy speech: Chaos, Trump and China ‘risk our values’

The Australian

From Russia with love: China's pancake diplomacy signals shift in world order

Australian Financial Review

‘A nightmare for China and the world’: Welcome to the new cold war

New Daily

Former RBA member John Edwards warns on 'hidden problems'

Australian Financial Review

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