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  • 4 Jul 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Public Opinion

    Suspicious minds: Will closer Australia‑Indonesia engagement yield greater trust?

    Ryan Neelam
    Despite the flourishing bromance between Albanese and Jokowi, the Lowy Institute Poll shows an ongoing need to deepen public understanding and familiarity on both sides.
  • 26 Jun 2023
    • Australia
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Public Opinion

    Australians stand with Ukraine – but attention won’t last indefinitely

    Elizabeth Buchanan
    The latest Lowy Poll should be a warning about the risk of not debating the end goal in a conflict.
  • 23 Jun 2023
    • China
    • Australia in the World
    • Public Opinion
    • Canada

    Perceptions and trust: Chinese views of Canada and Australia amid geopolitical tensions

    Ye Xue , Daniel Lincoln , Reza Hasmath , Jia Wang
    New data reveals lingering resentments as well as ongoing opportunities.
  • 22 Jun 2023
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Public Opinion

    Lowy Poll 2023: Australians still jittery about China in the Pacific

    Jessica Collins
    Just like Pacific nations themselves, the public are waiting to see pledges by new government translated into outcomes.
  • 21 Jun 2023
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • Public Opinion

    The “somewhat” conundrum: Lack of communication bedevils AUKUS support

    David Vallance
    The latest Lowy Institute Poll reveals Australians are no more convinced about the merits of the subs deal than last year.
  • 19 Apr 2023
    • Australia
    • Public Opinion

    Chinese-Australians feel more at home

    Jennifer Hsu
    Despite tension in Australia-China relations, Chinese-Australians express stronger connection and trust in Australia.
  • 23 Mar 2023
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Public Opinion

    Ending the climate wars: the public’s mandate

    Ryan Neelam
    Australians understand the need to act. As global scientists issue the clearest warning yet, can Labor deliver?
  • 10 Oct 2022
    • Australia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Public Opinion

    Australia and Pacific Islands: Polls apart?

    Meg Keen
    Without a comprehensive public opinion survey of Pacific people, common attitudes can be challenging to identify.
  • 25 Jul 2022
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • France
    • Public Opinion

    France-Australia: Moving beyond AUKUS

    Eglantine Staunton
    A change of PM has certainly helped, and the latest Lowy Poll suggests no enduring damage has been done to relations.
  • 30 Jun 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Public Opinion

    War fatigue in the West

    Bermet Talant
    The democratic world passed the compassion test for Ukraine. Now it faces the real challenge.
  • 13 Apr 2022
    • Public Opinion
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Bellicose or bluster? How South Koreans see the North’s nuclear threat

    Timothy S. Rich , Brooklind Norman , Josie Coyle
    The policy of a new president in Seoul depends not only on Pyongyang but also South Korean public perceptions.
  • 7 Apr 2022
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia

    Five key findings from the Being Chinese in Australia survey

    Natasha Kassam , Jennifer Hsu
    The latest Lowy survey of Chinese-Australians captures views on belonging, trust, strategic competition, Covid and more.
  • 24 Feb 2022
    • Global Economy
    • Public Opinion
    • United States
    • Trade
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • China
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Economic diplomacy: Slow dividends for Australia from ASEAN spending

    Greg Earl
    Amid the Ukraine sanctions showdown, an Indian trade deal looms as a pre-election win for the Morrison government.
  • 7 Jul 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy

    Personality in foreign policy

    Daniel Flitton
    How leaders interact and are judged can shape a country’s approach to the world as much as economics or military might.
  • 28 Jun 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Indonesia

    Building stronger Australia-Indonesia ties

    Ben Bland
    The latest Lowy Poll shows the gaps in public understanding that bedevils the goal of closer bilateral relations.
  • 24 Jun 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • India

    The dangers in Australia’s blissful ignorance about India

    Lavina Lee
    It’s far from all bad news. But Australians don’t know that other Asian great power as well as they should.
  • 23 Jun 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • China

    By the numbers: Charting the Australia-China relationship in decline

    Natasha Kassam
    Trust has plummeted and concern about China’s military is growing. And Australians point a finger of blame at Beijing.
  • 23 Jun 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion

    How Australians look in the mirror, and out a window to the world

    Caitlin Byrne
    The reflection people see might be rosy, but Australians need a better understanding of how others might see us.
  • 31 May 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • International Public Opinion
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Climate change

    As varied as the weather: How public attitudes shape climate policy

    Bec Colvin
    Opinion surveys across the big emitters reveal the social complexity surrounding climate policy commitments.
  • 3 May 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    State of mind: How Australians see the pandemic and efforts to help

    Natasha Kassam
    New polling by the Lowy Institute looks at Australians’ attitudes to Covid-19 responses at home and abroad.
  • 30 Mar 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • United States
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Taking the measure of prejudice in a pandemic

    Xiao Tan , Leah Ruppanner , Rennie Lee
    Has Covid-19 heightened anti-Asian bias in Australia? A new survey shows some worrying signs.
  • 10 Aug 2020
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    What we have lost: International education and public diplomacy

    Angela Lehmann
    Entangling universities with geopolitics can mean a bad student experience has a far broader cost.
  • 3 Aug 2020
    • Public Opinion
    • United States
    • Australia

    Young Australians turn from the US towards Asia. And it isn’t Trump

    Kate Clayton , James Blackwell
    Millennials don’t remember Washington behaving as a great power or helpful ally, so support for the alliance is waning.
  • 18 Jun 2020
    • Global Issues
    • Public Opinion
    • Timor-Leste
    • Southeast Asia

    Will Timor-Leste be the region’s latest press freedom casualty?

    Jim Nolan
    An new law under the guise of “dignity” would only diminish democracy and transparency in the country.
  • 29 May 2020
    • Public Opinion
    • International Public Opinion
    • Coronavirus

    The middle power alignment in public attitudes about Covid-19

    Malcolm Cook
    Beijing is on the nose, leading the Western world to band together, but not with Washington at the fore.
  • 14 May 2020
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Australians doubt either US or China will emerge stronger after Covid

    Natasha Kassam
    New Lowy polling shows Australians are disappointed in Beijing’s Covid-19 response and despairing about Washington’s.
  • 3 Jan 2020
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australian Public Opinion

    New Year on Australia’s fire ravaged coast

    Alex Oliver
    These first days of 2020 have been terrible as exhausted volunteers battle blazing fires in the bush and countryside.
  • 21 Nov 2019
    • Public Opinion
    • Climate change
    • Chart of the week

    Chart of the week: The climate cost

    Natasha Kassam
    Polls suggest a majority of Australians want action on global warming, even at a cost – but politics tells us otherwise.
  • 30 Aug 2019
    • Defence & Security
    • Public Opinion

    Secrets and laws

    Mark F. Briskey
    Finding the balance between national security and press freedom means acknowledging real threats exist.
  • 28 Jun 2019
    • Defence & Security
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia

    National security: Australians and their elites

    Sam Roggeveen
    A tour through this year’s Lowy Institute Poll to see where the public differs from political leaders.
  • 27 Jun 2019
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • China

    Australian attitudes to China shift: 2019 Lowy Poll

    Kelsey Munro
    A deep dive into the 2019 Lowy poll reveals an across-the-board hardening of Australian attitudes towards China.
  • 27 Jun 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia

    The Pacific: pinching pennies doesn’t make for policy longevity

    Jonathan Pryke , Shane McLeod
    Australians might be wary on aid but are far more alert to the region’s biggest security concern in climate change.
  • 26 Jun 2019
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Climate change

    Are Australians more worried about climate change or climate policy?

    Matt McDonald
    Climate change is again on the public mind but this didn’t translate to a strong message at the ballot box for action.
  • 26 Jun 2019
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion

    The polls were wrong, but here’s our poll, and why you should read it

    Alex Oliver , Natasha Kassam
    Election pollsters must deal with tricky challenges but issues polls – such as the Lowy Institute Poll – are different.
  • 7 May 2019
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia’s election 2019

    After the Australian election: the China test

    Natasha Kassam
    New Lowy poll figures suggest voters prefer Labor over the Coalition for managing relations with Beijing – just.
  • 21 Jun 2016
    • Public Opinion
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Anxious about China, unsure about the US: Australians and the 2016 Lowy Institute Poll

    Alex Oliver
  • 5 Nov 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • China

    Double trouble: China's bid to increase birth rate is no sure thing

  • 19 Oct 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • E-diplomacy

    Digital diplomacy is not the same as digital outreach

    Danielle Cave
  • 21 Aug 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • International Public Opinion
    • China

    How did the Chinese media react to the Tianjin explosions?

  • 19 Jun 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Public Opinion Polling

    For Australians, is PNG a partner or an obligation?

  • 17 Jun 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • International Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • China
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Lowy poll shows that values matter in foreign policy

    Merriden Varrall
  • 16 Jun 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Foreign Policy
    • Public Opinion Polling
    • Energy

    Lowy poll: On China and energy, Australia maintains its sunny disposition

    Euan Graham
  • 16 Jun 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australia
    • Public Opinion Polling

    The 2015 Lowy Institute Poll: What does it all mean?

    Alex Oliver
  • 27 Mar 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Data retention scheme has majority support from Australians

    Alex Oliver
  • 12 Mar 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • International Public Opinion
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and Asia
    • Foreign Policy
    • Indonesia

    Indonesians against the death penalty

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 11 Mar 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Regional relationships
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and Asia
    • China
    • India
    • Public Opinion Polling
    • China-India Relations
    • E-diplomacy

    Under the Dome and India's Daughter: Documentaries stir powerful online reaction in Asia

    Danielle Cave
  • 16 Feb 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Australian Perspective
    • International Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Indonesia
    • Public Opinion Polling

    New Lowy Institute poll: 62% Australians oppose execution of Chan and Sukumaran

    Alex Oliver
  • 8 Oct 2014
    • Public Opinion
    • China

    Why do so many Chinese expect war?

    Julian Snelder
  • 21 Aug 2014
    • Public Opinion
    • International Public Opinion
    • China

    Hong Kong's twisted political pathology

    Julian Snelder
  • 3 Jul 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Public Opinion
    • Australian Perspective
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Climate change

    Australians shifting on climate change

    Erwin Jackson
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