Joe Hockey, as Treasurer, will chair the meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on 21-23 February. This is the first G20 ministerial meeting under Australia's Presidency. In his speech at the Lowy Institute on the 6th of February, the Treasurer outlined his agenda for the meeting.

The Lowy Institute for International Policy, in partnership with leading U.S. think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), presents a new video discussion series entitled "Views Across the Pacific". These real-time conversations feature experts from both organisations discussing topical foreign policy issues, providing a fresh global perspective that highlights unique geographic viewpoints from Washington D.C. and Sydney, Australia.

In the fifth video of the series, the Director of Lowy Institute's International Security Program, Rory Medcalf, discusses the US-Australia alliance with Michael Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.

Part two of this interview is available here: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/news-and-media/videos/views-across-pacific-michael-green-and-rory-medcalf-discuss-us-japan-alliance

The Lowy Institute for International Policy, in partnership with leading U.S. think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), presents a new video discussion series entitled "Views Across the Pacific". These real-time conversations feature experts from both organisations discussing topical foreign policy issues, providing a fresh global perspective that highlights unique geographic viewpoints from Washington D.C. and Sydney, Australia.

In the sixth video of the series, the Director of Lowy Institute's International Security Program, Rory Medcalf, discusses the US-Japan alliance with Michael Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.

Part one of this interview is available here: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/news-and-media/videos/views-across-pacific-michael-green-and-rory-medcalf-discuss-us-australia-alliance

On Thursday, 28 November the Lowy Institute was honoured to host Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi AC. Dr Michael Fullilove, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute, conducted a conversation with Daw Suu at the Institute’s Bligh Street Headquarters.

Sam Roggeveen discusses AUSMIN 2013 with the Lowy Institute's Distinguished International Fellow, former US Deputy Secretary of State for Asia, Dr Kurt Campbell. They also spoke about the 'pivot'/'rebalance' to Asia, one of the Obama administration's most important foreign policy initiatives.

In 11 November 2013, Remembrance Day, author of the acclaimed novel 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North', Richard Flanagan, joined the Lowy Institute’s Executive Director Michael Fullilove to reflect on memory, war, the Australian character, and the relationship between fiction and history.

On 31 October 2013, Rupert Murdoch AC delivered the tenth anniversary Lowy Lecture at the Town Hall in Sydney. In front of 700 guests, the News Corp Executive Chairman spoke of the need for Australia to be competitive in the 21st century.

Introductory remarks were given by the Chairman of the Lowy Institute, Frank Lowy AC (10:55) and the Institute's Executive Director, Dr Michael Fullilove (0:10). Mr Murdoch's speech begins at 14:25. Also included is a special video marking the tenth anniversary of the Lowy Institute for International Policy (4:40).

On 26 September 2013 the Lowy Institute for International Policy announced the winner of the inaugural Lowy Institute Media Award.

Fairfax's John Garnaut has won the inaugural Lowy Institute Media Award. John was nominated for his in-depth work on the leadership transition in China, his reporting on the Bo Xilai case, and coverage of tensions in the South China Sea.

The keynote address at the award ceremony was given by ASIS Director-General Nick Warner, who spoke about his late father, war correspondent Denis Warner.

An extended version of Nick Warner's speech is available here: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/untaking-risks-denis-warner-six-decades-reporting-asias-conflicts-and-asias-rise 

On 18 September 2013, the Lowy Institute for International Policy hosted Mr Andrew Michelmore, Eecutive Director MMG Limited as the keynote speaker for the Lowy Institute 10th Anniversary China Changing Lecture in Beijing. Mr Michelmore, based on his extensive professional experience, shared his views on the Australia-China investment relationship and the role played by Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOE) in Australian resource and energy investments.