Andrew Johnson writes:

Gary Hogan was the first foreigner to graduate from Indonesia's Institute of National Governance (Lemhannas) and was Australia's Defence Attaché to Indonesia from 2009 to 2012.

The Lowy Institute was honoured to host former US Senator and vice-presidential nominee Joseph Lieberman during his visit to Australia. 

George Darroch, who wrote his MPhil thesis on foreign support for the Free Papua Movement at the ANU, writes:

Cynthia Banham is a former diplomatic correspondent for Fairfax and a PhD candidate at the Regulatory Institutions Network, ANU.

Australia has a pretty consistent record of playing by the 'free market' rules in its international economic relations, with low tariffs, restrained use of anti-dumping restrictions, acceptance of international intellectual property norms and openness to international capital flows.

Andrew Selth is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute and author of Australian Defence Contacts with Burma, 1945-1987. Photos by the author.

Since it's Oscars week, why not showcase one of the nominees from the Best Short Film (Animated) category, Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare'?

Gary Hogan was the first foreigner to graduate from Indonesia's Institute of National Governance (Lemhannas) and was Australia's Defence Attaché to Indonesia from 2009 to 2012.

Captain Paul Watson (pictured) is the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

This piece about falling US airline ticket prices in The Atlantic (short version: they've fallen 50% in the last 30 years) reminds me of one

The penny, symbol of America's governmental dysfunction.

On North Korea Economy Watch I see reference to a UK-Belgium-North Korea co-production called Comrade Kim Goes Flying, about a North Ko

Jack Georgieff is the 2013 Thawley Research Scholar in International Security at the Lowy Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC.

Dr Daniel Woker is the former Swiss Ambassador to Australia and now a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Gallen.

Wing Commander Brian Dirou, DFC (Retired) responds to a debate we hosted in August of last year:

James Lewis is Director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at CSIS, Washington, DC. This is the last in a five-part series on Asia in the age of cyber threats.

Just about everyone agrees that the Japanese economy has underperformed for over two decades.

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

James Lewis is Director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at CSIS, Washington, DC. This is the fourth of a five-part series on Asia in the age of cyber threats.

Erin Hurley has nearly ten years of experience working in US politics in New York and Washington DC, and served as a legislative affairs officer within the US Department of Defense.

Last week, former Soviet air defence commander Stanislav Petrov was awarded the Dresden Prize for preventing a nuclear war.

Ballooning American think-tank salaries tell you something about think-tank political influence. (Thanks Rodger and David.)

Last night I was fortunate enough to join an Amnesty International panel discussing the future of women's rights in Afghanistan.