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A Larger Australia: The ABC 2015 Boyer Lectures

For most of Australia's history, the world was run by nations like our own. But now the international order that has prevailed since the end of the Second World War is fraying. Global institutions are showing their age. Our great and powerful friends are becoming less great and powerful. Rising

By Michael Fullilove

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Understanding Public Diplomacy in East Asia - book chapter

Alex Oliver and former Australian senator Russell Trood have written a chapter on Australia's public diplomacy in a new book from Palgrave, Understanding Public Diplomacy in East Asia, edited by leading experts on public diplomacy Jan Melissen and Yul Sohn. Set against the backdrop of

By Alex Oliver, Russell Trood

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The G20 and the Future of International Economic Governance

The G20 has become a key international forum since it was set up in 1999. When Australia began its presidency of the 2014 summit in Brisbane, many commentators suggested that Australia’s chairing of the G20 would reinvigorate it. This timely book looks at what that meeting achieved and what has

By Mike Callaghan, Tristram Sainsbury

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East Asia's Demand for Energy, Minerals and Food: The International Politics of Resources

In a chapter in an edited book, Philippa Brant examines the dynamics of China’s provision of foreign aid and its quest for natural resources in the South Pacific region, with comparative references to other regions. She argues that although major commercial resource contracts do

By Philippa Brant

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Mapping the Indo-Pacific? China, India and the United States

Mapping the Indo-Pacific? China, India and the United States Rory Medcalf Chapter 2 in Mohan Malik (ed.), Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific Perspectives from China, India, and the United States September 2014

By Rory Medcalf

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Men and Women of Australia!: Our Greatest Modern Speeches

(Penguin, 2014) Purchase here Even in our digital age, speeches remain the principal currency of public life. There is no better way to argue a case or sway an audience. In Men and Women of Australia!, speechmaker and former prime ministerial adviser Michael Fullilove has gathered the

By Michael Fullilove

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Global cooperation among G20 countries: responding to the crisis and restoring growth

At the outbreak of the global financial crisis, 2008, the G20 was widely acknowledged as helping prevent an even more serious decline in the global economy. It helped to calm the panic in financial markets and articulate a set of possible policy options to restore global stability and growth.

By Mike Callaghan

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Anzac's long shadow: the cost of our national obsession

Lowy Institute Military Fellow, and former army officer, James Brown believes that Australia is expending too much time, money and emotion on the Anzac legend, and that today's soldiers are suffering for it. Vividly evoking the war in Afghanistan, Brown reveals the experience of the modern

By James Brown

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Reports from a Turbulent Decade

Throughout a decade of remarkable change and upheaval, the Lowy Institute has discussed, dissected and analysed the big issues shaping global politics, and provided fresh policy ideas for Australian decision-makers. Ranked as Australia's leading think tank, the Lowy Institute provides high-

By Michael Fullilove, Anthony Bubalo

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Michael Fullilove: FDR the Greatest Statesman of the Twentieth Century (INTERVIEW)

Robin Lindley interviews Executive Director at the Lowy Institute on his new book Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World

By Robin Lindley

Weekend catch-up: The Lowy Institute Poll, Saudi succession, PNG elections and more

A revived Quad won't help Australia

Migration and border policy links: World Refugee Week, internal migration, Brexit and more

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A Larger Australia: The ABC 2015 Boyer Lectures

Understanding Public Diplomacy in East Asia - book chapter

The G20 and the Future of International Economic Governance

East Asia's Demand for Energy, Minerals and Food: The International Politics of Resources

Mapping the Indo-Pacific? China, India and the United States

Men and Women of Australia!: Our Greatest Modern Speeches

Global cooperation among G20 countries: responding to the crisis and restoring growth

Anzac's long shadow: the cost of our national obsession

Reports from a Turbulent Decade

Michael Fullilove: FDR the Greatest Statesman of the Twentieth Century (INTERVIEW)

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