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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
3
Explaining Australia’s enduring faith in democracy even as the world backslides
Lydia Khalil
4
Australia’s military benefits beyond war – the career challenge
David Vallance
5
How should politicians “read” the 2025 Lowy Institute Poll?
Sam Roggeveen
Debate Topic
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
2
The tariff war that’s accelerating Asia’s trade transformation
Vu Lam
3
The US dollar is everyone's problem
Stephen Grenville
4
A critical mineral match for Australia and Indonesia
Robert Walker
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Hilman Palaon
5
Beyond Panama and Suez: The new trade routes in a bid to reshape global shipping
Selwyn Parker
6
China's yuan challenge: Navigating a US dollar-dominated global economy
Fraser Howie
7
Economic diplomacy: Trump era transcends economics
Greg Earl
8
From tariffs to triumph, Vietnam holds the key to US trade strategy
Brian R Braun
9
Currency capers: What is going on with regulation of crypto?
Jenny Gordon
10
A tariffying shift for the ASEAN market
Niaz Asadullah
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Doris Liew
11
Unpacking the Mar-a-Lago Accord
Jenny Gordon
Debate Topic
Australian Election 2025
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Aussie rules: Democracy sausages, budgie smugglers, and electoral integrity
Nick Fabbri
2
Voting for a changing world
Greg Earl
3
Australia’s election: After branding his opponents Trump-like, Albanese now needs to work with the US President
Daniel Flitton
4
What the Pacific sees at stake in the Australian election
Isabelle Zhu-Maguire
5
Facts gone missing in Australia’s debate about Indonesia-Russia basing deal
Susannah Patton
6
Housing affordability is a problem for Australian foreign policy
Hugh Piper
7
Australia and Southeast Asia: Why strategic balance still matters
Hangga Fathana
8
What difference will the election outcome make to Australia ties with Southeast Asia?
Susannah Patton
9
Australia’s foreign policy reckoning: Time for a new White Paper
Mercedes Page
10
If foreign countries could vote in Australia’s election, which box would they tick?
Daniel Flitton
11
Beyond politics: Australia’s role in solving the Rohingya crisis
Arunn Jegan
12
Young men are lurching right worldwide, but is Australia immune?
Intifar Chowdhury
13
Australia’s foreign policy in a hung parliament
Hugh Piper
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