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Policy Briefs

In September 2009, the Pittsburgh Summit designated the G-20 as the world’s premier forum for international cooperation. The G-20 gives East Asia a significant presence at the top…

By Mark Thirlwell, Stephen Grenville

Policy Briefs

Rebuilding Zimbabwe: Australia role in supporting the transition

Last month marked the first anniversary of the 2008 power-sharing accord that resulted in the creation of a new unity government in Zimbabwe. Joel Negin and Jolyon Ford assess…

By Joel Negin, Jolyon Ford

Policy Briefs

Unconventional partners: Australia-India cooperation in reducing nuclear dangers

In this Policy Brief, International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf and his Indian co-author Amandeep Gill argue that an innovative partnership between Australia and India…

By Amandeep Gill, Rory Medcalf

Policy Briefs

External imbalances and the G20

In a new Policy Brief, Stephen Grenville argues that the Global Financial Crisis has changed the form of the external imbalances problem, but not removed it. Stephen…

By Stephen Grenville

Policy Briefs

Message to the G20: Defeating protectionism begins at home

On 16 November last year, G20 leaders made a commitment to resist protectionism. According to the World Bank, by the end of February 2009, seventeen of the twenty had already …

By Mark Thirlwell

Policy Briefs

Australia poisoned alumni: international education and the costs to Australia

In this new Lowy Institute Policy Brief, Executive Director Michael Wesley analyses the multi-faceted international student debate. It canvasses the dynamics of the international…

By Michael Wesley

Policy Briefs

A tighter net: strengthening the Proliferation Security Initiative

In a new Lowy Institute Policy Brief, non-proliferation scholar Emma Belcher urges practical steps for WMD non-proliferation at sea.Emma Belcher

By Emma Belcher

Policy Briefs

China: stumbling through the Pacific

A new Policy Brief on China's aid program in the Pacific provides the most detailed picture yet of China's approach to aid-giving in the region. Fergus Hanson

By Fergus Hanson

Policy Briefs

Mass poverty in Asia and the GFC

In addition to the current Global Financial Crisis (GFC), there is a second global crisis: long-term poverty in the third world. Peter McCawley

By Peter McCawley

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