19 Sep 2013 11:09
Is DFAT set to be restructured?
The swearing in of the new Abbott Ministry yesterday portends something of a new era for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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18 Sep 2013 18:09
AusAID reintegration a backward step
Up until 1973, Australia’s aid program was handled in a branch within the Department of Foreign Affairs. It’s taken 30 40 years for the circle to turn, but turn it has. -
18 Sep 2013 16:09
Michelmore on Chinese investment in Australia
Eva O’Dea is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute’s East Asia Program. -
18 Sep 2013 15:09
Women in parliament: Australia vs the world
There has been much consternation both at home and abroad about the lack of women in Prime Minister Tony Abbott's ministry, -
18 Sep 2013 13:09
Iran, Israel, and the US re-balance
In the wake of the Syria compromise and news that President Obama has exchanged conciliatory letters with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, -
18 Sep 2013 12:09
Why 'Indo-Pacific' makes strategic sense
Jack Georgieff is a Lowy Institute Research Associate. -
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18 Sep 2013 08:09
Wednesday links: Iran-US thaw, going Dutch, digital finance, Myanmar's trains and more
An exchange of presidential letters marks a thawing of US-Iran relations. (Thanks Alex.) -
17 Sep 2013 15:09
Balancing the national interest(s)
Melissa Conley Tyler is National Executive Director, Australian Institute of International Affairs. -
17 Sep 2013 14:09
Reader riposte: Daily Show's Middle East map
Tzvi Fleischer from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council writes: -
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17 Sep 2013 09:09
OP Sovereign Borders: Four pillars of success
Brigadier Gary Hogan (Ret'd) has been Australia’s Defence Attaché in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. He is a former Head of Army Intelligence and is Director National Security at KPMG Australia. -
17 Sep 2013 08:09
Monday links: Syria sarin, Suharto remembered, world trade and the end of 'stuff'
The UN report confirming the use of sarin gas in Syria on 21 August. -
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16 Sep 2013 13:09
Delhi gang-rape trial: Only the beginning for India's women
Danielle Rajendram is a Lowy Institute research associate. Her work focuses on Indian foreign and domestic policy, India-China relations and Asian security. -
16 Sep 2013 13:09
Australia gears up for UNSC Syria talks
Denis Fitzgerald is a freelance journalist covering the United Nations in New York. He blogs at UN Tribune. -
16 Sep 2013 12:09
Floating or drowning? Emerging economies and volatile capital flows
The fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the epicentre of the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) is a reminder that financial markets don’t always work well. -
16 Sep 2013 10:09
The Daily Show explains the Middle East map
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14 Sep 2013 08:09
The Interpreter's weekend catch-up
Bringing together the best longer Interpreter articles you were too busy to read this week. -
13 Sep 2013 16:09
What makes defence spending rise?
A few weeks ago I argued that if the US wanted Australia to increase defence spending, then rotating troops through Darwin and announcing a 're-balance' that would result in -
13 Sep 2013 14:09
Friday links: Washington vocab, Syria's CW, Chinese SOEs, language test and more
A helpful and only slightly tongue in cheek guide to Washington vocab. I liked 'the full Ginsburg'. -
13 Sep 2013 11:09
Incoming government brief: People-smuggling
It looks like the incoming government has an early foreign policy problem to deal with, given Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa's -
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13 Sep 2013 08:09
India links: brain drain, domestic violence, Sonia Gandhi, BJP and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Lowy Institute research associate. Her work focuses on Indian foreign and domestic policy, India-China relations and Asian security. -
12 Sep 2013 16:09
Views across the Pacific: Change in Myanmar
Although still not a democracy, Myanmar has been the standout case of political change in Southeast Asia over the past two years. -
12 Sep 2013 15:09
Revisiting the 'Asian arms race' debate
Chris Rahman is a Senior Research Fellow in Maritime Strategy and Security at the University of Wollongong. -
12 Sep 2013 15:09
A guide to the new Interpreter
Well, after a brief but nerve-shredding hiccup, we did launch the new-look Interpreter earlier today. What's different? Let me count the ways: -
12 Sep 2013 13:09
Presenting the new-look Interpreter
Today we're proud to launch a new look for The Interpreter. -
12 Sep 2013 10:09
Development links: Australian aid cuts, G20, happiness economics and more
The big aid news from Australia was the 5 September announcement -
12 Sep 2013 10:09
Incoming government brief: Defence needs focus and funding
On Tuesday the Lowy Institute released its incoming government brief, Judicious Ambition: International Policy Priorities for the New Australian Go -
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11 Sep 2013 17:09
Mark Thirlwell has left the building
Today we said goodbye to one of the original Lowy Institute research staff members, the Director of our International Economy Program, Mark Thirlwell. There are several reasons why this is a sad day for me personally, and for the Institute. Here are a few. -
11 Sep 2013 15:09
Syria: Washington's diplomacy by trial and error
Gorana Grgic is a PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow at the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney. -
11 Sep 2013 14:09
Movie trailer: The Railway Man
The Railway Man is the story of a former British POW who tracks down the Japanese officer who tortured him. -
11 Sep 2013 13:09
The election, as seen from Europe
Dr Daniel Woker is the former Swiss Ambassador to Australia and now a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Gallen. -
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11 Sep 2013 10:09
Syria: How the West can play a weak hand better
Watching the Syrian crisis in recent weeks has provided answers to two critical and interrelated questions that have hovered over the conflict since it began. -
11 Sep 2013 08:09
Big questions over Fiji's new constitution
Nicole George is a Lecturer in the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland. -
10 Sep 2013 17:09
Syria: Russia offers Obama a way out
Bob Bowker is a former Australian ambassador to Jordan, Egypt and Syria. He is now an Adjunct Professor at the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. -
10 Sep 2013 15:09
Why politics and reason don't mix
Daniela Strube is a Research Fellow in the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre. -
10 Sep 2013 12:09
The Abbott ascendancy: Implications for international climate policy
Fergus Green teaches Global Energy & Climate Policy at SOAS, University of London. -
10 Sep 2013 11:09
Tuesday Syria links
Things are moving fast on Syria as first the Russians and then Obama hims -
10 Sep 2013 10:09
Incoming government brief: Aim for closer engagement with China
Today the Lowy Institute has released its incoming government brief, Judicious Ambition: International Policy Priorities for the New Australian Gov -
10 Sep 2013 08:09
How much slowing in emerging economies?
Financial markets are the gate-keepers on capital flows to emerging economies, but their views can be disruptively fickle. -
09 Sep 2013 16:09
A new look for The Interpreter
In coming days we'll be launching a facelift for The Interpreter that updates our look and adds some new functions. -
09 Sep 2013 14:09
Thinking big about democracy
ABC Radio National is creating some nice videos to accompany their interviews, and here's a recent one with Francis Fukuyama and John Keane from the University of Sydney, talking about democracy in an age in which people seemingly have no faith that real change can emerge from political parties.