New developments in Indonesia death penalty debate
Two encouraging developments regarding the death penalty have come to light in Indonesia in the past week.Friday funny: Move over Nobel
Theo Chapman is assistant online editor at the Lowy Institute.India Linkage: Lowy in India, megacities, war anniversary, US policy, reform, politics, Pakistan
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program whose work focuses on India and China-India relations.Syria: How not to cut the Gordian knot
If any more evidence was needed about the difficulty of finding a solution to the ongoing fighting in Syria, then the last few weeks have provided some excellent examples. For Assad's backers such as Iran, the situation is pReader Riposte: A point of history about Australia place in the UN
Brenton Baldwin writes:Thursday linkage: ships, UN Security Council, questions, budgets, new blog
Theo Chapman is assistant editor at The Interpreter.Can people power save Indonesian democracy?
Greta Nabbs-Keller is writing a PhD at Griffith Asia Institute on the impact of democratisatCrunch-time at the UN
The electoral process that will decide today whether Australia has been successful in its bid to become a non-permanWednesday linkage: presidents, subs, Philippines, Huawei, nukes
An infographic from degreejungle.com neatly compares the cost of educating the contenders in the US presidential contestGlenstrata: The birth of a monster?
Dr Daniel Woker is the former Swiss Ambassador to Australia, Singapore and Kuwait and now a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Gallen.False thinking and Australian strategy (3)
Rear Admiral (ret'd) James Goldrick AM, CSC is a Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute. This is the final post in a three-part series.We need to forecast war
Christopher Joye is a leading economist, policy advisor, fund manager and former director of the Menzies Research Centre.The UNSC seat: Australia, Israel and Palestine
In its quest for a UN Security Council Seat, to be decided by the General Assembly on Thursday, Australia has kept running into Israel and Palestine.China linkage: land grab, new left, Japan, Kissinger, Gangnam style, Nobel Prize for Literature
Edward Kus is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program.The remarkable odyssey of Norodom Sihanouk, the great survivor
The death of Norodom Sihanouk, the 'King Father' of Cambodia, in Beijing at the age of almost 90, brings to anFalse thinking and Australian strategy (2)
Rear Admiral (ret'd) James Goldrick AM, CSC is a Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute. In this three-part series he challenges claims by Lowy colleague Hugh White that Australia cannot achieve sea control.Three cheers for Europe: Hurray, urrà , hurra!
Tim Dunne is Professor of International Relations in the Asia Pacific Centre for R2P, University of Queensland.Monday linkage: maths, China, free speech, Burma, security app
A word of caution to economists from John Aziz: 'Over-reliance upon or excessive faith in mathematical models can lead to bad forecasting and bad policy decisions.' (Thanks to SamantOn the road in Pakistan (3): Pace of change
Alicia Mollaun, a PhD candidate at the Crawford School at ANU, is based in Islamabad.Death of a survivor: Norodom Sihanouk
The news of the deathReader Riposte: Researchers need support
Rowena Ball writes:Believe in miracles: why the 2013 Malaysian elections may surprise
While I was travelling in the US recently, I was fortunate enough to speak with Sidney Jones, the International Crisis Group's senior adviser on Asia.The Bali Bombings, 10 years on
Today marks 10 years since the 2002 Bali bombings, Indonesia's worst terror attack, in which 202 people were killed. At memorial services, commemorations, or in private, many people will pause today to remember and reflect.Defence in crisis
Before he took the stand to speak at the Lowy Institute in August, Stephen Smith had already achieved a considerable feat in Australian defenCometh the hour, cometh the man: Romney, Obama and The Audacity of Reasonableness
Michael Fullilove's paper, The Audacity of Reasonableness, is a timely analysis of the two US presidential candidates that identifies aThe ADF and the Afghan army: A question of command (2)
Tom Hyland is a freelance journalist and former foreign editor of The Age and The Sunday Age.Defence and security linkage: Indonesian activity, progress in Afghanistan, US and Asia, drones
Jerry Hofhuis is an intern in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program.On the road in Pakistan (2): Killer Mountain
Alicia Mollaun, a PhD candidate at the Crawford School at ANU, is based in Islamabad.What ails Europe?
Dr Daniel Woker is the former Swiss Ambassador to Australia, Singapore and Kuwait and now a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Gallen.Reader Riposte: DFAT no international search and rescue outfit
Paul Cotton responds to Alex Oliver's post on the Foreign Minister's handling of the Pippi Bean affair:The Audacity of Reasonableness
Yesterday, I launched my new research paper, The Audacity of Reasonableness: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, US Foreign Policy and AustraliaAustralian moments: The challenges of diplomatic architecture
In the design of modern-day diplomatic missions, form does not so much follow function as security. Aesthetics are secondary to protection. Embassies need sometimes to double as bunkers.ADF and the Afghan army: A question of command
Tom Hyland is a freelance journalist and former foreign editor of The Age and The Sunday Age. This is the first of a two-part post.Coral Bell legacy: great writing
Coral Bell had the gentle manners of Miss Marple and a mind as sharp as Henry Kissinger's.Tuesday linkage: Indo-Pacific, drones, US foreign policy, amateur journos
There may have been debate on the matter here at the Lowy but NiOn the road in Pakistan (1): Adventure calls
Alicia Mollaun, a PhD candidate at the Crawford School at ANU, is based in Islamabad. In this three-part series she writes about a journey to a remote corner of Pakistan.One 'G' to rule the world?
The G20 Leaders' meeting started out in 2008 with some tangible successes, but the general consensus is that it has nowReader Riposte: Of one mind
Major Gen (Retd) Jim Molan, author of Running the War in Iraq, writes:China linkage: respect, Bo Xilai crisis, impasse with Japan, reform and investing
Edward Kus is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program.
