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Violence against women in PNG: How men are getting away with murder
Analyses
Violence against women in PNG: How men are getting away with murder
In this Lowy Institute Analysis, Jo Chandler presents a devastating picture of the endemic violence against women in Papua New Guinea. She highlights the courageous efforts of PNG…
Responding to Indo-Pacific rivalry: Australia, India and middle power coalitions
Analyses
Responding to Indo-Pacific rivalry: Australia, India and middle power coalitions
In this Analysis, Lowy Institute International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf and Nonresident Fellow C. Raja Mohan argue that Chinese assertiveness and uncertainties about…
China's climate change policies: actors and drivers
Analyses
China's climate change policies: actors and drivers
In this Analysis the 2014 Lowy Institute-Rio Tinto China Fellow, Lisa Williams, argues that despite China’s reputation for being a climate change laggard the country is putting…
Australia in the UN Security Council
Analyses
Australia in the UN Security Council
In this Lowy Institute Analysis, Richard Gowan reviews Australia’s time as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Gowan argues that while it has not changed the…
Australia's costly investment in Solomon Islands: the lessons of RAMSI
Analyses
Australia's costly investment in Solomon Islands: the lessons of RAMSI
In this Analysis Lowy Institute Melanesia Program Director, Jenny Hayward-Jones, argues that Australia’s massive expenditure of $2.6 billion on the Regional Assistance Mission to…
Southern Thailand: From Conflict to Negotiations?
Analyses
Southern Thailand: From Conflict to Negotiations?
In this Analysis, University of Leeds professor Duncan McCargo argues that the recent Malaysian-backed Southern Thai peace initiative has now run into some serious problems. He…
Next-gen jihad in the Middle East
Analyses
Next-gen jihad in the Middle East
In this Analysis Lowy Institute Research Director, Anthony Bubalo, argues that the current turmoil in the Middle East is incubating a new generation of jihadists. In many respects…
More talk than walk: Indonesia as a foreign policy actor
Analyses
More talk than walk: Indonesia as a foreign policy actor
In a new Lowy Institute Analysis, Australian National University visiting fellow Dr Dave McRae argues that Indonesia is unlikely to become a significantly…
New foreign policy actors in China
Analyses
New foreign policy actors in China
This Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Policy Paper, entitled ‘New foreign policy actors in China’, is based on groundbreaking findings on the…