Last week's $879 million cut to Australian foreign aid saw a quick reaction from aid groups, who were 'deeply dismayed', as well as rival political parties who were 'appalled' by the decision.

Ben Bernanke's term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve finishes in January next year, and President Obama has indicated that he will be replaced rather than reappointed.

1. Because he hasn't shown a great deal of policy radicalism in other spheres.

Dina Esfandiary is an Iran specialist and a Research Associate in the Non-proliferation and Disarmament programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Short posts from Lowy Institute experts on what they regard as the most important international policy issue of this campaign.

We kick off our election coverage with short posts from Lowy Institute experts on what they regard as the most important international policy issue of this campaign.

We kick off our election coverage with short posts from Lowy Institute experts on what they regard as the most important international policy issue of this campaign. The most important but least discussed issue of the campaign will be population policy.

We kick off our election coverage with short posts from Lowy Institute experts on what they regard as the most important international policy issue of this campaign.

Over the coming days, we kick off our election coverage with short posts from our experts on what they regard as the most important international policy issue of this campaign.

Jack Georgieff is a research associate with the International Security program at the Lowy Institute.

Benedict Coleridge recently worked as a policy researcher for Jesuit Refugee Service Europe. He will soon begin graduate study at the University of Oxford.

Amy Schwebel is a research officer for the Australian Council of Trade Unions.

Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre.

Annalisa Prizzon is an economist with the Overseas Development Institute, the UK's leading development think tank.

The Lowy Institute and leading US think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) present a new video discussion series called 'Views Across the Pacific'.

Marty Harris is an Assistant Digital Editor at the Lowy Institute. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Middle East and Central Asian Studies from ANU.

Australia's public broadcaster SBS has been screening the PBS Newshour for years (decades?) now, and for me one of the highlights of the program is the regular segments by economics correspondent Paul Solman. I don't think I've ever seen a better explainer of economic ideas.

Ever since the 2008 financial crisis left many advanced economies in disarray, global growth has been sustained only through the continued spectacular performance of the emerging countries,

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Let's hope the new addition to Britain's royal family isn't as thick as a whale omelette, like his Regency namesake:

The Asia Foundation on Cambodia, going to the polls on Sunday: 'Much of the CPP’s legitimacy can be directly linked to the declining poverty rate which has be

In the current climate of electoral desperation in Australia, it is difficult to get a true picture of the reality of Australia's aid program in PNG because it's so misunderstood even when the spotlight isn'

Andrew Selth is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute.