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2021 Asia Power Index - Launch
This panel event marked the release of the 2021 Asia Power Index. Launched by the Lowy Institute in 2018, this annual project measures resources and influence to rank the relative power of states in Asia.
The 2021 edition, covering four years of data, was the most comprehensive assessment to date of the changing distribution of power in the Indo-Pacific region. The principal researchers behind the project, Hervé Lemahieu and Alyssa Leng, were joined by Roland Rajah, the Lowy Institute's Lead Economist, to discuss the Index's key findings:
The event was chaired by Sam Roggeveen, Director of the Lowy Institute's International Security Program.
Featuring
Hervé Lemahieu
Hervé Lemahieu was a senior researcher at the Lowy Institute and served as Director of Research from 2021 to 2025.
Alyssa Leng
Alyssa Leng is a Research Officer at the Development Policy Centre within the Australian National University.
Roland Rajah
Roland Rajah is Lead Economist and Director of the Indo-Pacific Development Centre at the Lowy Institute, focusing on economic development challenges across Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and South Asia. His research spans macroeconomics, aid and development finance, geoeconomics, and regional integration.
Sam Roggeveen
Sam Roggeveen is Program Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program. He is the author of The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace (Opens in new window), published by La Trobe University Press in 2023.
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