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Alone in battle against volatility

In an opinion piece for the Australian Financial Review, Dr Malcolm Cook looks at the huge international policy challenges facing Australia in Melanesia. Australia has committed itself, with bi-partisan support, to providing regional stability and taking the lead in strengthening the region's states

By Malcolm Cook

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China and Taiwan in the South Pacific

On Thursday 18 January, Graeme Dobell gave a presentation at the Lowy Institute to launch his Lowy Institute Policy Brief, entitled China and Taiwan in the South Pacific: diplomatic chess versus Pacific political rugby

By Graeme Dobell

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Ban debut is a chance for Asia to step into the spotlight

In this comment piece in The Financial Times, Dr Michael Fullilove explores the significance of Ban Ki-moon's election to the office of UN Secretary-General at precisely the moment that Asia emerges into the geopolitical sun.Financial Times, 19 December 2006, p. 11

By Michael Fullilove

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Don't think it over

In this opinion piece in The Australian, Owen Harries argues that notwithstanding the debacle unfolding in Iraq, the Bush doctrine of preventive war, regime change and aggressive unilateralism is not necessarily dead. The Australian, 19 December 2006, p. 10

By Owen Harries

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Trouble looms, whichever path Bush takes

In this opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Hugh White discusses the costs and risks of staying in Iraq and of leaving Iraq. Sydney Morning Herald, 19 December 2006, p. 11. A version of this opinion piece was also published in The Age, 19 December

By Hugh White

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Video highlights: John Edwards, Paul Kelly and Hugh White

The authors of the recent Australian international policy trilogy introduce their Lowy Institute Papers on the Australian economy, foreign policy and defence

By Hugh White, Paul Kelly, John Edwards

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Pointers on how to make the already dull duller

In this op-ed in the Sydney Morning Herald, Dr Michael Fullilove takes aim at a parliamentary report calling for the introduction of PowerPoint into the House of Representatives chamber. Michael is the editor of a recent collection of Australian speeches, 'Men and Women of Australia!' Our Greatest

By Michael Fullilove

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A fine delivery

In this article for The Sunday Age, Michael Fullilove recounts some of the great Australian cricketing speeches.The Age, 10 December 2006

By Michael Fullilove

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Howard decade

Paul Kelly evaluates John Howard's foreign policy, dealing with his attitudes towards the US, Asia, the use of military power and his strategic approach to Australia's role in the world. The Paper can be downloaded here.

By Paul Kelly

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Beyond the Defence of Australia

In Lowy Institute Paper 16, entitled 'Beyond the defence of Australia: finding a new balance in Australian strategic policy', Visiting Fellow Professor Hugh White examines the long-term strategic trends facing Australia, and how we can reconcile their conflicting demands.

By Hugh White

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Tuesday Lunch at Lowy: NGOs in the Middle East - Dr Ron Pundak presentation

On 5 December at a Tuesday Lunch at Lowy, Dr Ron Pundak, Executive Director of the Peres Center for Peace, spoke on the topic, 'The role of an NGO in the Middle East'. The Peres Center was founded in 1996 by Nobel laureate Shimon Peres with the aim of building peace by promoting socio-economic

By Ron Pundak

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John Bolton resignation

The resignation of John Bolton as US Permanent Representative to the United Nations is likely to confirm the trend toward moderation in the Bush Administration's foreign policy which has been visible for the past three years. It may also enable the United States to conduct its business more

By Michael Fullilove

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The new - and old - threats beyond defence of Australia

Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Hugh White argues in this opinion piece that Australia needs a light army and a heavy-hitting navy and air force. His Lowy Institute Paper, entitled Beyond the Defence of Australia, is being released this week. Sydney Morning Herald, 5 Decemebr 2006, p. 15. A

By Hugh White

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End of simplicity

In the wake of Iraq, Australia needs to develop a more nuanced foreign policy, suggests Owen Harries.This op-ed is adapted from his recent Perspective, After Iraq. The Australian, 1 December 2006, p. 12

By Owen Harries

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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Owen Harries presentation

On 29 November 2006 at a special Wednesday Lunch at Lowy at 31 Bligh Street, the noted commentator Owen Harries spoke on the topic 'After Iraq'. In the last three and a half years, 'Iraq' has come to stand for many things beyond a geographical location and a state: a political and moral commitment;

By Owen Harries

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2006 Lowy Lecture: Prospects and perspectives on international security

The annual Lowy Lecture on Australia in the World is the highlight on our events calendar. The 2006 lecture was delivered by one of Australia’s most respected international strategic thinkers and international security experts, Professor Robert O’Neill AO. In his lecture entitled Prospects and

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Philippines needs help to clear out terrorists

In this opinion piece in The Canberra Times, Malcolm Cook writes on the long-running Moro Islamic insurgency that has provided havens in Mindanao for foreign terrorists. The Canberra Times, 24 November 2006, p. 15

By Malcolm Cook

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Mindanao: a gamble worth taking

A Lowy Institute Paper by Dr Malcolm Cook and Dr Kit Collier analyses the prospects for peace in Mindanao and the threats facing the peace process

By Malcolm Cook, Kit Collier

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Stronger China, tougher Japan make an Asian stand-off

In this opinion piece in The Age, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Hugh White argues that this is the time to ease tension between the two regional powers. The Age, 17 November 2006, p. 15

By Hugh White

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Summit should put economics back into oil

In this opinion piece in The Sydney Morning Herald, Anthony Bubalo and Mark Thirlwell, drawing on their latest Policy Brief, argue that this weekend's G-20 meeting is an opportunity to reduce political conflict over resources.Sydney Morning Herald, 16 November 2006, p. 13

By Mark Thirlwell, Anthony Bubalo

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New rules for a new 'Great Game'

In this 2006 paper, Anthony Bubalo and Mark Thirlwell look at how energy insecurity, driven by high demand and uncertainty over supply, is fuelling both an intensification of Asian dependence on Middle Eastern oil and a quest for equity oil

By Mark Thirlwell, Anthony Bubalo

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Quiet boom

After fifteen years of uninterrupted growth, Australia's quiet economic boom shows no signs of ending.

By John Edwards

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Peter Hartcher special briefing

On Friday 10 November the Lowy Institute hosted a special briefing on the results of the mid-term congressional elections, in which the Democratic Party regained control of both houses of Congress. The featured speaker was award-winning journalist, author and Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Peter

By Peter Hartcher

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A welcome further step

Australia and Indonesia have negotiated a new Framework for Security Cooperation agreement. In this opinion piece for The Australian, the Institute’s executive director, Allan Gyngell, examines what it means for the relationship between two very different neighbours.The Australian, 10 November

By Allan Gyngell

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Ties to the US are worth cherishing

The American Left won an important victory in the congressional mid-term elections. In this op-ed in The Australian on 9 November, Dr Michael Fullilove examines the Australian Left's approach to the US and to our alliance with that country.The Australian, 9 November 2006, p. 14

By Michael Fullilove

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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Reconciling differences: Islam in Thai society - Professor Chaiwat Satha-Anand presentation

On 8 November at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Professor Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Professor of Politics at Thammasat University in Thailand, and a member of the National Reconciliation Commission established in 2005 as a part of efforts to promote a peaceful resolution to the conflict in southern

By Chaiwat Satha-Anand

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Paradise revised

Allan Gyngell, the Executive Director of the Lowy Institute, reflects in the current edition of the Griffith Review – The Trouble with Paradise – on changing Australian attitudes towards the United States. A version of the article also appeared in the Melbourne Age on 4 November 2006. The full

By Allan Gyngell

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Macroeconomic policy challenges for New Zealand: monetary policy

New Zealand is a small open economy in a globalised world. The close linkages with international financial markets present challenges for domestic stabilisation policy, which are explored in this paper in the Lowy Institute Perspectives series. There may be lessons, too, for Australia as financial

By Stephen Grenville

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When the right words matter

In this article in the Saturday Age on 11 November, Dr Michael Fullilove reviews the history of great Australian remembrance speeches. Dr Fullilove is editor of 'Men and Women of Australia!' Our Greatest Modern Speeches (Vintage

By Michael Fullilove

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Why are we in Iraq? Australian policy

In this opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Professor Hugh White examines Australian policy on Iraq. Sydney Morning Herald, 1 November 2006, p. 15

By Hugh White

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Huge challenges and opportunities too crucial to miss

In this opinion piece in The Age, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Stephen Grenville, writing on the G20 meeting in Melbourne, argues that a decision must be made on what the group will actually do. The Age, 1 November 2006, p. 19

By Stephen Grenville

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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: North Korea - Professor Alan Dupont presentation

On 1 November at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Professor Alan Dupont, the Michael Hintze Chair of International Security at the University of Sydney, explored the implications of North Korea's nuclear weapons program for global and regional security following Pyongyang’s provocative nuclear test on

By Alan Dupont

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Distinguished Speaker Series: Future trends in terrorism - Sageman, Coll, Benjamin presentations

On 23 October, as part of our Distinguished Speaker Series, the Lowy Institute for International Policy hosted a panel discussion with three of America's leading experts on terrorism, Marc Sageman, Steve Coll and Daniel Benjamin. They discussed future trends in global terrorism, providing unique

By Marc Sageman, Steve Coll, Daniel Benjamin

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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Climate change: business responses and international prospects - Professor Michael Grubb presentation

At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 25 October, Professor Michael Grubb addressed the audience on 'Climate change: business responses and international prospects'. Professor Grubb outlined the reasons behind the resumed urgency of business engagement on climate change, and the prospects for

By Michael Grubb

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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: China hottest export - Victor Mallet presentation

On 23 October at a special Monday edition of Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Victor Mallet, Asia Editor for The Financial Times, spoke on the topic of 'China's hottest export: environmental destruction

By Victor Mallet

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Moti affair offers a lesson for a short-sighted neighbour

In this opinion piece, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Professor Hugh White examines the significance of the Moti affair.Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October 2006, p. 19

By Hugh White

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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: China goes global - Thirlwell, Cook, Fullilove presentation

On 18 October at a special Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, three Lowy Institute scholars spoke on the rise of China.Mark Thirlwell, Program Director, International Economy and author of a recent Perspective entitled 'Shaking the world?' talked about China and the world economy. Dr Malcolm Cook, Program

By Malcolm Cook, Michael Fullilove, Mark Thirlwell

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Reform first requires recognition of a wrong

In this opinion piece, Stephen Grenville reflects on the saga of the International Monetary Fund and Indonesia and says the IMF misdiagnosed the problem from the start. Australian Financial Review, 16 October 2006, p. 26

By Stephen Grenville

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After Doha: II. Is globalisation history?

Reflecting on the repeated failure of the Doha Round of international trade negotiations, this paper takes a look back at the stresses and strains that afflicted an earlier globalisation episode to look for lessons about the current difficulties facing economic liberalisation

By Mark Thirlwell

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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: Pitfalls of Papua - Dr Rodd McGibbon presentation

On 11 October 2006 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, the Institute launched a Lowy Institute Paper entitled Pitfalls of Papua: Understanding the Conflict and its Place in Australia-Indonesia Relations. The author is Dr Rodd McGibbon, one of Australia's best young Indonesia analysts with a background

By Rodd McGibbon

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A new diplomacy over Papua

On 7 October in the Weekend Australian, Paul Kelly wrote an extensive feature article on the latest Lowy Institute Paper, Pitfalls of Papua. Calling it one of the most muscular reports published by the Institute, Paul Kelly warns that the battle of ideas over Indonesia in Australia is heavily

By Paul Kelly

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Distinguished Speaker Series:Corporate governance in China - Professor Lu Tong presentation

On 5 October, as part of the Lowy Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series, Professor Lu Tong, Director of the Chinese Center for Corporate Governance of the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and China's leading authority on corporate governance,

By Lu Tong

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Domestic investment and external imbalances in East Asia

Since the 1997-98 Asian crisis, the investment decline in East Asia, outside of China, combined with the falling in public and private savings in the United States, has contributed to the surge in global current account imbalances.

By Warwick McKibbin

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Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: 2006 Lowy Institute Poll - Ivan Cook presentation

On 4 October at Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Lowy Institute Research Associate Ivan Cook presented the results of the Lowy Institute Poll 2006. The Lowy Institute Poll is a series of annual public opinion surveys focused on international policy issues. This year we conducted surveys simultaneously in

By Ivan Cook

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Pitfalls of Papua: understanding the conflict and its place in Australia-Indonesia relations

In Pitfalls of Papua: understanding the conflict and its place in Australia-Indonesia relations, Dr Rodd McGibbon calls on the Australian government to engage more actively in the public debate in Australia over the Papua conflict

By Rodd McGibbon

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We're still very wary of Indonesia

In this op-ed, appearing in The Australian on 3 October, Malcolm Cook and Ivan Cook write that while Australians now feel comfortable with Asia, we are still wary about our closest big neighbour, Indonesia. Results from the Lowy Institute Poll 2006 reveal that Indonesians and Australians are

By Ivan Cook, Malcolm Cook

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Australia and Indonesia compared

In this Lowy Institute Perspective, Murray Goot, Professor of Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University, compares Australian and Indonesian public opinion on foreign policy, global affairs, and each other, using the results of the Lowy Institute Poll 2006

By Murray Goot

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The Lowy Institute Poll 2006: Australia, Indonesia and the world

The 2006 Lowy Institute Poll involved parallel public opinion surveys in Australia and Indonesia. The report contains responses from both countries to questions on foreign and security policy, global affairs, and each other. The 2006 poll was conducted in partnership with the Chicago Council on

By Ivan Cook

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Tuesday Lunch at Lowy: The future of Europe - Professor Jean Blondel presentation

The political and economic unification of Europe through the European Union is one of the modern world's greatest political projects. Indeed, it questions many of the conventional wisdoms of political science. The evolution of the European Union is also perplexing, particularly for countries such as

By Jean Blondel

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Show more flexibility - op-ed in The Australian Financial Review by Stephen Grenville

In this op-ed in the Australian Financial Review, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Stephen Grenville looks at the controversy over the World Bank's approach to corruption. Australian Financial Review, 25 September 2006, p. 20

By Stephen Grenville

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