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By the numbers: Lowy Institute Poll 2025
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Australians see through tariff fears to real economic threat

Jenny Gordon

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Australia overtakes China in the Pacific as America vacates the lane

Mihai Sora

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Explaining Australia’s enduring faith in democracy even as the world backslides

Lydia Khalil

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Australia’s military benefits beyond war – the career challenge

David Vallance

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How should politicians “read” the 2025 Lowy Institute Poll?

Sam Roggeveen
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Tariff troubles and the future of the global economy
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Global trade: Why China can’t (and won’t) come to the rescue

Henry Storey

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The tariff war that’s accelerating Asia’s trade transformation

Vu Lam

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The US dollar is everyone's problem

Stephen Grenville

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A critical mineral match for Australia and Indonesia

Robert Walker , Hilman Palaon

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Beyond Panama and Suez: The new trade routes in a bid to reshape global shipping

Selwyn Parker

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China's yuan challenge: Navigating a US dollar-dominated global economy

Fraser Howie

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Economic diplomacy: Trump era transcends economics

Greg Earl

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From tariffs to triumph, Vietnam holds the key to US trade strategy

Brian R Braun

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Currency capers: What is going on with regulation of crypto?

Jenny Gordon

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A tariffying shift for the ASEAN market

Niaz Asadullah , Doris Liew

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Unpacking the Mar-a-Lago Accord

Jenny Gordon
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Australian Election 2025
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Aussie rules: Democracy sausages, budgie smugglers, and electoral integrity

Nick Fabbri

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Voting for a changing world

Greg Earl

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Australia’s election: After branding his opponents Trump-like, Albanese now needs to work with the US President

Daniel Flitton

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What the Pacific sees at stake in the Australian election

Isabelle Zhu-Maguire

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Facts gone missing in Australia’s debate about Indonesia-Russia basing deal

Susannah Patton

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Housing affordability is a problem for Australian foreign policy

Hugh Piper

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Australia and Southeast Asia: Why strategic balance still matters

Hangga Fathana

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What difference will the election outcome make to Australia ties with Southeast Asia?

Susannah Patton

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Australia’s foreign policy reckoning: Time for a new White Paper

Mercedes Page

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If foreign countries could vote in Australia’s election, which box would they tick?

Daniel Flitton

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Beyond politics: Australia’s role in solving the Rohingya crisis

Arunn Jegan

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Young men are lurching right worldwide, but is Australia immune?

Intifar Chowdhury

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Australia’s foreign policy in a hung parliament

Hugh Piper