Speeches

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

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

On 20 September at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Professor Anthony Cordesman spoke on the topic of "Four crises in the Middle East". Professor Cordesman holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington

The Honourable Gordon J. O’Connor, PC, MP, Canada's Minister of National Defence, spoke at the Lowy Institute on 8 September as part of the Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series.Canada and Australia are two nations which enjoy a shared heritage, common interests and a long history of external

On 29 August at the Lowy Institute, Thales Chairman and CEO, Denis Ranque, in his only public speech while visiting Australia, discussed the implications for national sovereignty arising from the procurement of defence material and services from foreign-based corporations

In a speech on 23 August 2006 co-hosted jointly by the Lowy Institute and the University of Sydney, Lowy Institute Board Member, Ambassador Martin Indyk, addressed the current turmoil in the Middle East and, in particular, what this meant for the United States goal of re-shaping and democratising

At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 9 August, Dr Michael Fulilove launched his new Policy Brief, entitled Capital punishment and Australian foreign policy. In the wake of Van Nguyen's execution and with at least four Australians currently at risk of execution, the death penalty is a controversial

At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 2 August 2006, Dr Malcolm Cook, program director Asia and the Pacific, discussed Prime Minister Koizumi's legacy and the changes he has overseen to Japan’s domestic politics and international policy

On 19 July at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Whit Mason discussed how Australia can apply the lessons of the international community's experience in Kosovo to state-building in its own immediate region

On 5th July at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Richard Martin, of International Market Assessment Asia (IMA), focused on the major restructuring of manufacturing currently under way in China and the rest of Asia

As part of the Lowy Institute's Distinguished Speaker series, we were pleased to welcome Mr Kamal Nath, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. Mr Nath addressed the Lowy Institute on 19 May 2005 as part of the Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series. His address is available for

The Hon. Dr Alberto G. Romulo, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, addressed the Lowy Institute for International Policy on 11 August 2005 as part of the Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series.Dr Romulo's address, entitled "Democracy, Dialogue, Diplomacy", is available here

On Thursday 31 March 2005, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. John Howard, MP, delivered the inaugural Lowy Lecture on Australia in the World. The Lecture was given at a dinner at the Westin Hotel in Sydney. The Lowy Lecture on Australia in the World will be delivered annually by a person of

In an address to the Lowy Institute on 7 June in the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy series, Dr Simon Haines showed how great works of literature can throw light on contemporary problems.He used the example of Milton’s portrayal of Satan in Paradise Lost to examine an extremist, terrorist pathology of an

At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 17 May 2006, the Institute launched the new Lowy Institute Paper, The Paramount Power: China and the Countries of Southeast Asia, by Dr Milton Osborne

On 3 May the lawyer and columnist for The Australian newspaper, Janet Albrechtsen, addressed the Wednesday Lunch at the Lowy Institute. Her topic was: 'The illegitimacy of international law: The case against transnationalism

Wednesday Lowy Lunch on Solomon Islands riotsDr Michael Fullilove was the speaker at the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 26 April. His topic was: 'After Honiara: Implications for the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands

Islamist election victories in Iraq, Egypt and the Palestinian territories have intensified the controversy over whether Washington's democratisation push in the Middle East is transforming the region for the better or simply empowering America's enemies. On 15th March 2006 at Wednesday Lunch at

Australia’s terms of trade have changed significantly in recent years. This is true in a technical sense, in that there has been a dramatic run-up in the ratio of export to import prices. But it is also true in a broader sense, in that the terms on which we engage with the rest of the world

The Executive Director of the Lowy Institute, Allan Gyngell, gave a speech in Melbourne on 6 October 2005 to the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He argues that globalisation is one of the principal drivers of change in the world, that is here to stay, that it is developing an

This paper was presented by Bill Bowtell, a senior research associate at the Lowy Institute, at the 'Commemorative Symposium on the Fifth Anniversary of the Okinawa Summit: East Asian Regional Response to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria' held in Tokyo on June 30, 2005. A revised version of the

Discussion about Papua New Guinea is too often dominated by fatalistic negativism or impractical calls for far-reaching reform. The Lowy Institute Conference "Overcoming Constraints in Papua New Guinea" took a different approach. We looked at how individuals, groups, corporations and governments are

Professor Ross Garnaut presented a paper at the conference, Sustaining Prosperity, New Reform Opportunities for Australia, 2005 Economic and Social Outlook Conference, Melbourne Institute and The Australian, 31 March 2005

On Monday March 28 Allan Gyngell released the results of the inaugural Lowy Institute Poll. His remarks are available for download