Programs & Projects

The International Security Program

The International Security Program

The International Security Program looks at strategic dynamics and security risks globally, with an emphasis on Australia's region of Indo-Pacific Asia. Its research spans strategic competition and the risks of conflict in Asia, security implications of the rise of China and India, maritime security, nuclear arms control, Australian defence policy and the changing character of conflict. The Program draws on a network of experts in Australia, Asia and globally, and is supported by diverse funding sources including grants from the MacArthur Foundation and the Nuclear Threat Initiative. It convenes international policy dialogues such as the 2017 Australia-ROK Emerging Leaders International Security Forum and has a record of producing leading-edge, influential reports.

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Latest publications
News and media
Why the American public has tuned out of politics
Commentary
Why the American public has tuned out of politics
The American political class are fighting their private culture wars that have sidelined the concerns that ordinary citizens have. Originally published in the Australian Financial…
Global Order in the Shadow of the Coronavirus: China, Russia and the West
Analyses
Global Order in the Shadow of the Coronavirus: China, Russia and the West
It’s time to rethink global governance and its priorities
Who’s afraid of China’s big bad wolf warriors?
Commentary
Who’s afraid of China’s big bad wolf warriors?
Originally published in The Australian.
Regional security depends on making order from chaos
Commentary
Regional security depends on making order from chaos
Originally published in The Australian.
Unspoken danger in buying more missiles to defend Australia
Commentary
Unspoken danger in buying more missiles to defend Australia
Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Emerging from COVID: Policy Responses to the Pandemic
Policy Briefs
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.
How to fight China's cyber-warriors
Commentary
How to fight China's cyber-warriors
We must persuade Beijing that it should do it as it would be done by in cyber space. Rules are much better than retaliation. Originally published in the Australian Financial…
The black, white and grey in defining the “rules-based order”
The black, white and grey in defining the “rules-based order”
I joined the Lowy Institute this month to direct the new project on “Australia’s National Security and the Rules-Based International Order”. In talking to friends about the move…
The World After COVID
Analyses
The World After COVID
How will the COVID-19 pandemic change the world? Lowy Institute experts provide their analysis.
ABC RN Saturday Extra
13 May 2023
Inside Story
4 May 2023
The Australian Financial Review
14 March 2023