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Director, Asian Power and Diplomacy Program

Lowy Institute

Areas of ExpertiseGlobal governance and multilateralism; Indo-Pacific power and diplomacy; Geo-economics; Australian Foreign Policy; Southeast Asian politics; Myanmar

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Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into the Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Australia's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Joint submission by Lowy Institute researchers to the JSCFADT inquiry into the implications of the pandemic.

By Ben Bland, Alexandre Dayant, John Edwards, Michael Fullilove, Bonnie S Glaser, Stephen Grenville, Natasha Kassam, Lydia Khalil, Hervé Lemahieu , Alyssa Leng, Richard McGregor, Shane McLeod, Annmaree O’Keeffe, Alex Oliver, Jonathan Pryke, Roland Rajah, Sam Roggeveen, Ben Scott

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COVIDcast: Malcolm Turnbull on geopolitics and the pandemic

The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region and the world.

By Hervé Lemahieu , Malcolm Turnbull

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COVIDcast: Malcolm Turnbull on geopolitics and the pandemic

In this episode of COVIDcast, Herve Lemahieu, Director of the Power and Diplomacy Program at the Lowy Institute, sat down with the Honourable Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018, to discuss global politics and the foreign policy challenges Australia must confront in

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Emerging From COVID: Policy Responses To The Pandemic

In this new feature, Lowy Institute experts provide policy recommendations for Australia to address issues that are critical to our nation’s — and the world’s — successful emergence from the pandemic

By Alex Oliver, Natasha Kassam, Richard McGregor, Roland Rajah, Ben Scott, Sam Roggeveen, Hervé Lemahieu , Stephen Grenville, Alyssa Leng, John Edwards, Ben Bland, Alexandre Dayant, Shane McLeod, Jonathan Pryke

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Emerging from COVID: Policy Responses to the Pandemic

Lowy Institute experts provide policy recommendations for Australia to address issues that are critical to our nation's — and the world's — successful emergence from the pandemic

By Ben Bland, Alexandre Dayant, John Edwards, Stephen Grenville, Natasha Kassam, Hervé Lemahieu , Alyssa Leng, Richard McGregor, Shane McLeod, Alex Oliver, Jonathan Pryke, Roland Rajah, Sam Roggeveen, Ben Scott

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Global consensus can sway China

Events this week show that, amid the most protracted great power stand-off since the Cold War, middle powers can forge global consensus. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

By Hervé Lemahieu

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COVIDcast Episode 10: Australia’s role in shaping a post-corona world

The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region, and the world.

By Hervé Lemahieu , Penny Wong

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COVIDcast Episode 10: Sen. Penny Wong on Australia's role in the post COVID-19 world

In Episode 10, Hervé Lemahieu, Director of the Asian Power and Diplomacy Program, sits down with Senator Penny Wong, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, to discuss Australia’s role in shaping the post COVID-19 world

By Hervé Lemahieu , Penny Wong

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Strength in numbers: The benefit from global efforts to halt the virus

Scientists racing to solve Covid-19 are proving that international solidarity is no empty platitude.

By Nicholas Bosworth, Hervé Lemahieu

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The World After COVID

How will the COVID-19 pandemic change the world? Lowy Institute experts provide their analysis

By Ben Bland, Michael Fullilove, Bonnie S Glaser, Stephen Grenville, Natasha Kassam, Lydia Khalil, Hervé Lemahieu , Richard McGregor, Annmaree O’Keeffe, Alex Oliver, Jonathan Pryke, Roland Rajah

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COVIDcast Episode 6: Geopolitics and the pandemic

The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region, and the world.

By Ben Bland, Hervé Lemahieu

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The World After COVID‑19

How will the coronavirus pandemic change the world? Lowy Institute experts provide their analysis

By Michael Fullilove, Richard McGregor, Bonnie S Glaser, Roland Rajah, Stephen Grenville, Hervé Lemahieu , Ben Bland, Jonathan Pryke, Annmaree O’Keeffe, Natasha Kassam, Lydia Khalil, Alex Oliver

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COVIDcast Episode 6: Geopolitics and the coronavirus pandemic

COVIDcast is a Lowy Institute pop-up podcast for anyone interested in understanding the effect of coronavirus on global politics. Each week for the next few weeks, Lowy Institute experts will sit down to discuss the implications of coronavirus for the world. In episode 6, the Director of Lowy

By Hervé Lemahieu , Ben Bland

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West must face its viral demons

It may be the global politics of the pandemic, rather than COVID-19 itself, that proves our undoing. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

By Hervé Lemahieu

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COVIDcast Episode 2: virus is declared a pandemic

By Michael Fullilove, Hervé Lemahieu , Alex Oliver, Roland Rajah

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Middle Powers Will Determine the Future of the Asian Order

In the Ambassador's Brief, Herve Lemahieu describes how the changing balance of power in Asia is setting the stage for prolonged great power competition. As the US-led rules-based order decays, the question is what regional order – if any – will replace it

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Soft power goes up in smoke

A unique connection to nature is at the heart of our international appeal. Foot-dragging on climate is squandering it. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Favourites of 2019: Babylon Berlin

A well-crafted look back at the Weimar Republic’s fragile democracy in 1929 shows how societies come apart at the seams.

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Is Australia's Asian dream fading?

In our rush to step up in the Pacific, we must not make the mistake of stepping down in south-east Asia. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Australia must perfect the art of sizing up China

Neither the US nor China can dominate the other. That leaves an opening for smart middle powers that know their own strengths. Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Macron tries to put the spark back into the G7

By keeping Trump from derailing the proceedings, the self-anointed saviour of the West scored a tactical win.

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Morrison must think hard about our Pacific plays

Originally published in The Australian

By Michael Fullilove, Hervé Lemahieu

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Asia Power Index 2019

The Lowy Institute Asia Power Index is an analytical tool for sharpening debate on power in the Asia-Pacific. The Index ranks 25 countries and territories in terms of their power, reaching as far west as Pakistan, as far north as Russia, and as far into the Pacific as Australia, New Zealand, and the

By Bonnie Bley, Hervé Lemahieu

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Five big takeaways from the 2019 Asia Power Index

The 2019 Lowy Institute Asia-Power Index, launched today, tracks shifts in the distribution of power over 25 countries.

By Hervé Lemahieu

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How Power Adapts to a Changed World

At the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, the Lowy Institute’s Hervé Lemahieu used the Asia Power Index to chart what might happen to the distribution of power as we move from an open and consensual world order to one that is defined more by competition and zero-sum politics

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Thailand: the Princess vs the General

It’s very unusual for key players from the country’s two most powerful institutions to publicly showcase divisions.

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Europe's crisis of unrealistic expectations

Originally published in Australian Financial Review

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Why the US should not simply decouple from China without building new partnerships

Originally published in South China Morning Post

By Richard McGregor, Hervé Lemahieu

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Why North Korea is in no hurry to do what the US wants

Meeting in Singapore last month, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un captured the world's attention and promised to work towards “new relations”. Why have mixed messages followed? Originally published as a BBC.com news analysis.

By Hervé Lemahieu

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The Global Power Balance Shifts Toward Asia

Originally published on Brink News

By Bonnie Bley, Hervé Lemahieu

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North Korea is a dangerous distraction

The real struggle in Asia is with China — and Trump is throwing away U.S. advantages. First published by Foreign Policy on 23 May 2018

By Michael Fullilove, Hervé Lemahieu

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US remains the top power in Asia but for how long, as Trump erodes vital alliances?

Michael Fullilove and Hervé Lemahieu say China is rapidly gaining on the US as an Asian regional power, and the Trump administration’s mismanagement of trade and diplomatic ties in the region threatens its most significant advantage. Originally published in the South China Morning Post on 11 May

By Michael Fullilove, Hervé Lemahieu

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Australia must shed self-doubt over its place in the new Asia

Originally published in The Australian on 9 May 2018

By Michael Fullilove, Hervé Lemahieu

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Myanmar's idol falls from grace

Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

By Hervé Lemahieu

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European politics: The young centrists strike back

Originally published in the Australian Financial Review

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Thailand poised for an orderly royal succession

The passing of an ailing octogenarian can never be truly unexpected. Yet the mood in Thailand is one of collective shock at the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch. Against this backdrop, the military transitional government of Prayut Chan-Ocha has begun

By Hervé Lemahieu

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Suu Kyi and Obama open new chapter in US engagement with Myanmar

Washington DC and the United Nations in New York mark the latest stops in a substantial foreign policy offensive for Aung San Suu Kyi. Her presence as Myanmar's leader at the East Asia Summit last week for the first time put the ‘State Counsellor’ (an office created to reflect her

By Hervé Lemahieu

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