Mauritius, Diego Garcia and the small matter of nukes

The Lowy Institute COVIDpoll finds that almost all Australians say Australia has handled COVID-19 well, but most are disappointed by China and the United States’ response

By Natasha Kassam

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Can Covid-19 response be a model for climate action?

Mass behaviour change, policies guided by science, acting for the greater good: just what the climate crisis needs.

By Noah Yim, Natasha Kassam

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Wuhan lab claims: Is Australia questioning China? Or the US? Both?

Leaked claims, supposed intelligence dossiers, angry outbursts. Lowy experts look to make sense of a Covid controversy.

By Ben Scott, Sam Roggeveen, Natasha Kassam

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How Is the Coronavirus Outbreak Affecting China’s Relations with Its Asian Neighbors?

Originally published in ChinaFile and Foreign Policy

By Natasha Kassam

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COVIDcast Episode 8: Covid-19 and the World Health Organisation

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

By Natasha Kassam, Joel Negin

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COVIDcast Episode 8: COVID-19 and the World Health Organization

COVIDcast is a Lowy Institute pop-up podcast for anyone interested in understanding the effect of coronavirus on global politics. In Episode 8, Natasha Kassam, the Institute's Research Fellow in the Diplomacy and Public Opinion Program, sits down with Joel Negin to discuss the current pressures

By Natasha Kassam, Joel Negin

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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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Disinformation and coronavirus

The dilution of information on the internet is currently posing a risk to global health and safety.

By Natasha Kassam

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China is rewriting coronavirus history and nobody will stop it

In an opinion piece published in the Nikkei Asian Review, Natasha Kassam argues that China has leapt on the opportunity to shape the global narrative about its response to the coronavirus as other countries grapple to manage the crisis

By Natasha Kassam

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COVIDcast - Episode 1: The global response to the coronavirus

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. To listen to the first episode, click

By Michael Fullilove, Richard McGregor, Ben Bland, Natasha Kassam

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Covid-19: Nearing a global pandemic?

As cases appear in more and more countries, officials struggle to prevent infections – and to manage public fears.

By Roland Rajah, Natasha Kassam

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Politics comes first in China's agony

In an opinion piece originally published in the Financial Review, Natasha Kassam argues that China's biggest concern in dealing with the new coronavirus is maintaining stability and keeping its grip on information

By Natasha Kassam

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As Wuhan virus spreads, Taiwan has no say at WHO

Chinese pressure keeps Taipei out of international organizations—putting everyone at more risk. Originally published in Foreign Policy

By Natasha Kassam

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Taiwan’s 2020 elections

China has lost the battle for public opinion in Taiwan

By Natasha Kassam, Richard McGregor

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The absurdity shaping Taiwan’s presidential elections

The country that isn’t a country might one day reunify with the PRC, of which it was never a part. That’s just a start.

By Natasha Kassam

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Favourites of 2019: Yangyang Cheng

“When this part of history is written, my people will be remembered for what you have done.”

By Natasha Kassam

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China has lost Taiwan, and it knows it

So it is attacking democracy on the island from within. Orignally published in the New York Times

By Natasha Kassam

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Touted as ‘next Hong Kong’ Taiwan lives on the edge

Originally published in The Australian

By Natasha Kassam, Richard McGregor

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Chart of the week: The climate cost

Polls suggest a majority of Australians want action on global warming, even at a cost – but politics tells us otherwise.

By Natasha Kassam

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Chart of the week: Trump and the US-Australia alliance

Most Australians say the alliance makes us safer, but also makes Australia more likely to be drawn into a war in Asia.

By Natasha Kassam

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Australians endorse Huawei ban as part of hard line on China

Originally published in Nikkei Asian Review

By Natasha Kassam

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The polls were wrong, but here’s our poll, and why you should read it

Election pollsters must deal with tricky challenges but issues polls – such as the Lowy Institute Poll – are different.

By Alex Oliver, Natasha Kassam

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Lowy Institute Poll 2019

After a year of heated domestic debate on issues such as climate change, foreign influence and technology, the 2019 Lowy Institute Poll reveals significant changes in how Australians view our most important international partners, and the world around us

By Natasha Kassam

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Media Release: 2019 Lowy Institute Poll – Australian Attitudes To Climate Change

In 2019, Australians rank climate change at the top of a list of ten possible threats to Australia's vital interests in the next ten years. A majority of Australian adults (64%) see climate change as ‘a critical threat’, an increase of six points from 2018 and 18 points since 2014

By Natasha Kassam

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After the Australian election: the China test

New Lowy poll figures suggest voters prefer Labor over the Coalition for managing relations with Beijing – just.

By Natasha Kassam

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Press Release - 2019 Lowy Institute Polling: Australian attitudes towards foreign policy issues ahead of the 2019 federal election

In an early release of select results from the Lowy Institute Poll 2019, the Liberal-National Coalition holds a clear lead over the Labor Party on five out of nine key foreign policy issues

By Natasha Kassam

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Why reciprocity matters: the US Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act

China’s days of treating the US as a peer and expecting special treatment at the same time appear to be running out.

By Natasha Kassam

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What the pessimists get wrong about Trump in Asia

It is possible to discern a slowly emerging US strategy for dealing amid the tweets of fury.

By Natasha Kassam

New Caledonia: coronavirus deepens the divide

Hong Kong: System override