Commentary

In an article in the Australian Financial Review, Fergus Green, Warwick McKibbin and Greg Picker argue the case for a new price-based framework for reducing emissions in parallel with global climate negotiations.The Australian Financial Review, 7 July 2010, p 67

Fergus Hanson writes in the Australian on the link between opinion polling and the government's foreign policy-making. The Australian, 6 July 2010, p 10

In an opinion piece in The Age newspaper, Anthony Bubalo argues that Australia's defence force commitment in Afghanistan has bipartisan political support, while polling shows that public attitudes are increasingly against a continuing involvement. The government, Bubalo argues, has failed to present

At the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 23 June, Mark Thirlwell, Director of the Institute’s International Economy program, discussed the entanglement of international economics, geopolitics and security, and assessed whether we are headed for a new age of geo-economics

In an opinion piece in The Sydney Morning Herald, Fergus Hanson, director of the Lowy Institute's Poll project, comments on findings from the 2010 Poll, released today

In an opinion piece in the Canberra Times, Malcolm Cook summarises the Outlook Paper he wrote for the Asia New Zealand Foundation entitled 'Standing together, in single file: Australian views of New Zealand and Asia'. It argues that Australia and New Zealand are being gradually decoupled when it

Michael Fullilove opens his diary from his recent visit to Washington for The Spectator. The Spectator (Australia), 8 May 2010, p. v

Malcolm Cook and Anthony Bubalo recently published an opinion piece in Japan’s Asahi Shimbun looking at the implications of Horizontal Asia for Japan. The article can be read here. Asahi Shimbun, 11 May 2010

In an opinion piece in The Australian, West Asia Program Director Anthony Bubalo argues that Australia’s ambivalence toward the Middle East cannot last in the face of changes currently underway in the region.The Australian, 3 May 2010, p. 16

In a new Lowy Institute Perspective, West Asia Program Director Anthony Bubalo explores two major changes that are creating a new Middle East: the end of American hegemony; and the economic and strategic reconnection of the Middle East to Asia. Bubalo explores some of the implications of this shift

In this opinion piece in The Australian, Gilles Kepel, Philippe Roman chair in history and international relations at the London School of economics, and professor and chair in Middle East Mediterranean Studies at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, writes that the Middle East has three

In an article in Tempo Magazine (Jakarta), Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Stephen Grenville and Program Director International Economy Mark Thirlwell suggest the formation of an East Asian caucus group of the G-20. Tempo Magazine (Jakarta), 24 March 2010

In an opinion piece in The Australian, Mark Ierace and Fergus Hanson argue Australia is failing to meet its international obligations relating to war crimes and its capability to prevent suspected war criminals from entering the country has been significantly reduced. The Australian, 6 April

In an article in The Spectator (Australia), Lowy Institute Senior Research Fellow Andrew Shearer writes that the US President and the Australian Prime Minister both meet stiff resistance to their idealistic agendas.The Spectator (Australia), 17 March 2010

In an Economic Briefing in The Australian Financial Review, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Stephen Grenville writes that structural adjustment needs constructive debate.Australian Financial Review, 22 March 2010, p. 10

In an article in The Daily Beast, Dr Michael Fullilove, Program Director Global Issues, writes that Obama has a chance to become the first truly Pacific president.The Daily Beast, 19 March 2010

In an opinion piece in The National Times, Research Fellow Fergus Hanson argues that there are serious shortcomings in Australia's war crimes legislative framework and specialist training, and a lack of investigatory muscle within the Australian Federal Police. National Times, 9 March 2010

Liu Xiaobo, one of the most celebrated public intellectuals in China, was recently sentenced to 11 years in prison for incitement to subversion. Diplomats and human rights activists have joined in condemning the sentence on grounds both of its lack of legal validity and its severity. A groundswell

In an opinion piece in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sam Roggeveen, editor of the Lowy Institute blog, The Interpreter, argues that the government hasn't really embraced 'resilience' in its new counter-terrorism strategy. Sydney Morning Herald, 24 February 2010, p. 11

In an opinion piece in The Sydney Morning Herald, Dr Michael Fullilove, Program Director Global Issues, argues that after years of playing a strong diplomatic game, China may have overreached a little.Sydney Morning Herald, 22 February 2010, p. 11

Dr Michael Fullilove reviewed the book 'Race of a Lifetime', by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, in The Sydney Morning Herald of 13 February. Sydney Morning Herald, 13 February 2010, Review p. 32

In an article in the National Times, Bill Bowtell, Director of the Lowy Institute's HIV/AIDS Project, argues that Senator Barnaby Joyce is doing his job by asking sensible questions about the level and purpose of the almost $4 billion we spend each year on bilateral and multilateral aid. 

In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, Andrew Shearer, Director of Studies and Senior Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute, analyses the Pentagon's recently-released 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and comments on some of the implications for America’s allies in Asia. Wall Street

In an opinion piece in The Australian, Lowy Institute Non-resident Fellow Whit Mason writes that the latest Taliban attacks have blown up the illusion that Kabul is a safe haven.The Australian, 20 January 2010, p. 8