Commentary

In an opinion piece in The Age, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Hugh White writes that Australia's big mining companies need to take a stand on geopolitical hazards.The Age, 25 October 2011, p. 11

In an opinion piece in The Age, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Hugh White writes that with action on climate change, Australia is more likely to make a difference by being a broker, not a leader.The Age, 11 October 2011, p. 13

Indonesia's strong economic growth and emerging leadership in the region are creating new opportunities for Australia to deepen its political, economic and strategic ties with our close and important neighbour. With an economy expected to double in size over the next fifteen years, Indonesia is now

Jenny Hayward-Jones writes in The Australian Magazine about the Lowy Institute's poll of the Fijian people on their opinions of the Bainimarama regime. Hayward-Jones argues that the results of the poll, which found that 66 per cent of Fijians thought that Bainimarama was doing a good job, are valid

In an opinion piece in The Drum, Lowy Institute Non-resident Fellow Dr Rodger Shanahan writes on the way Gulf rulers are approaching the issue of popular participation in government.The Drum, 22 September 2011

In an Economic Briefing in The Australian Financial Review, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Stephen Grenville wrtites that a deliberate strategy for Greece's insolvency is better than the alternative.Australian Financial Review, 26 September 2011, p. 23

In this op-ed in The Australian, the Lowy Institute’s Rory Medcalf, convener of the Australia-India Roundtable, teams with leading Indian foreign policy commentator Raja Mohan to propose a way forward in Australia-India relations. Australia should sell uranium to India and India needs to get

In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal Asia, Lowy Institute Director of Studies Andrew Shearer writes that on its 60th anniversary, the Australia-US alliance faces new risks and dangers, including cyber attacks and China’s rapid military modernisation.Wall Street Journal Asia, 15 September

In an opinion piece in The Age, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Hugh White writes that in the context of cyber war,Australia should let enemies know it is ready for a virtual battle.The Age, 13 September 2011, p. 13

In an opinion piece in The New Zealand Herald, Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Wesley writes that the Pacific Islands Forum is at a crossroads as tiger economies muscle up.This is a summary of Dr Wesley's keynote address to the Institute's conference, "'The Pacific Islands and the world:

Australia has experienced a turbulent ten years of enacting new anti-terror laws as a response to the UN Security Council and attacks overseas. These laws are of unprecedented reach, and provide powers and sanctions that were unthinkable prior to September 11. A decade on, George Williams AO, one of

In an opinion piece in The Age, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Hugh White writes that the United States will have to rethink its western Pacific naval policy.The Age, 30 August 2011, p. 13

In an opinion piece in The Sydney Morning Herald, Dr Steven Casey and Dr Michael Fullilove write that as the United States loses global influence and faces China's rise, it will seek to firm up ties with its old allies, including Australia.Sydney Morning Herald, 30 August 2011, p. 11

Alex Sloan interviewed Andrew Shearer in Canberra on the state of Australia's diplomatic network, following yesterday's release of Diplomatic Disrepair: rebuilding Australia's international policy infrastructure. Andrew argues that more than two decades of neglect of the Department of Foreign

In his regular column in the August 2011 edition of the journal American Review, the Lowy Institute’s Rory Medcalf examines the value of twitter for foreign policy think tanks and journalists.The article can be accessed here:http://americanreviewmag.com/opinions/Advance-column-August-2011

In a RUSI Commentary piece, Ashley Townshend and co-author Shashank Joshi write that, far from transforming Asia’s naval balance, the launch of China’s first aircraft carrier will only begin to expose China to the rigours of modern naval warfare. The region should respond to the strategic

S&P’s decision to downgrade US debt has helped trigger a market panic as investors fret about poor policy and lacklustre growth in the United States and the Eurozone.Watch Mark Thirlwell (International Economy Program Director) analyse this week's turmoil in the world’s financial markets

In an opinion piece in The Age, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Hugh White writes that Australia can play a role smoothing the waters between the United States and China in the South China Sea.The Age, 2 August 2011, p. 11

In an Economic Briefing in The Australian Financial Review, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Stephen Grenville writes that it is time the risk assessors, the credit ratings agencies, were assessed themselves.Australian Financial Review, 1 August 2011, p. 23

In the Summer 2011 issue of Public Diplomacy magazine, Alex Oliver and Annmaree O’Keeffe describe the struggle by Australia’s international broadcasters for an effective voice in the Asia region, hampered by a volatile funding environment and government neglect of public diplomacy as a vital

In an opinion piece in The Age, Lowy Institute Professorial Fellow Warwick McKibbin argues that the new carbon pricing policy is on the track, but only half-way there.See Professor McKibbin's Lowy Institute Issues Brief 'Sensible Climate Policy' for more analysis of the topic

In an opinion piece in The Australian Financial Review's Economic Briefing section, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Stephen Grenville argues that tighter monetary policy is not the answer.Australian Financial Review, 4 July 2011, p. 23

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates steps down on June 30 after almost five years in the job, and having served under both a Republican and Democrat president. The Diplomat asked some of the leading Asia analysts to assess how some of the key US military relationships developed under Gates, and the

In this Lowy Strategic Snapshot, Dr Toshi Yoshihara, Associate Professor at the US Naval War College, makes a strong case for an expanded US military presence in Australia. Dr Yoshihara argues that the rise of China and India, together with the proliferation of precision-guided strike capabilities