Ryan Neelam

Director, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program
Ryan Neelam
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Ryan Neelam is Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute and is Project Lead on the annual flagship publication, the Lowy Institute Poll.

Prior to joining the Lowy Institute, Ryan spent 14 years as an Australian diplomat. He was most recently Australia’s Deputy Consul-General in Hong Kong and acted as the head of the consulate during an extended period of political upheaval in the territory and the onset of the Covid pandemic.

Ryan was previously posted to the Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York, where he represented Australia on global economic, climate change and human rights issues, was a key Australian negotiator of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and served on Australia’s UN Security Council team during its 2013–14 term.

In Australia, Ryan served as the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade’s Deputy State Director for NSW, and in Canberra he has contributed to Australia’s UN, climate and development policies.

Ryan holds a Bachelor of Economics and Social Sciences (Honours) from the University of Sydney.

Brazil's 2024 G20 Summit: Right Agenda, Little Consensus
Commentary
Brazil's 2024 G20 Summit: Right Agenda, Little Consensus
This article first appeared in the Council of Council's Global Perspectives, 26 November 2024.
End game at COP29: Green talks in the “Blue Zone”
End game at COP29: Green talks in the “Blue Zone”
The best hope is that the final hours are following a predictable pattern of brinkmanship.
What Trump’s win means for global climate negotiations
What Trump’s win means for global climate negotiations
The US election result casts a shadow over next week’s UN climate talks in Azerbaijan. But the world can’t afford to down tools.
2024 US Election Mini-Poll
Polling
2024 US Election Mini-Poll
Australians’ support for Republican US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has declined substantially since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the…
Trump 2.0
Data Snapshot
Trump 2.0
What Donald Trump’s return would mean for Australia and the world
Australians are wary of the US, but we increasingly fear China
Commentary
Australians are wary of the US, but we increasingly fear China
Originally published on The Australian
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