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Although the recent peaceful democratic transitions in Indonesia and Sri Lanka point to the very real progress towards more inclusive politics in Asia, the counter-currents in places like Thailand and Bangladesh show that the international community would be unwise to become complacent. The increasing power and reach of radical movements in the Middle East show how easily conflicts like Afghanista...

Despite much fretting from the Australian strategic commentariat, over the last decade Japan and Australia have developed a security partnership second only in depth to their respective alliance relationships with the United States. Under Prime Minister Abbott and Prime Minister Abe, the partnership has and likely will continue to deepen and broaden. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Sam Roggeveen talks with Aaron Connelly about last-minute diplomatic efforts to save Chan and Sukumaran from execution, and whether the death penalty will ever be abolished in Indonesia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Fullilove discusses his Financial Times opinion piece on Australia's political leadership malaise. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lowy Lecture Series - The year ahead in 2015 by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sir Simon Fraser is Permanent Undersecretary of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the senior policy adviser to Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terrorism expert Andrew Zammit on the Charlie Hebdo attack by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2014 Year in Review: Aaron L. Connelly on Indonesia by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2014 Year in Review: Jenny Hayward-Jones and Mark Tamsitt on the Pacific Islands by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2014 Year in Review: Leon Berkelmans and Stephen Grenville on the global economy by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2014 Year in Review: Merriden Varrall and Rory Medcalf on security issues in Asia by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terrorism expert Adam Dolnik on the Martin Place siege by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Address by Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Quick Comment: Sean Dorney on Australia-PNG relations by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 27 November 2014, migration and refugee expert Dr Khalid Koser addressed the Lowy Institute on why the 1951 UN Refugee Convention needs to be reformed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lowy Institute Middle East experts Anthony Bubalo and Rodger Shanahan discuss the extension of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, and what this means for the process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 17 November 2014, Her Excellency Dr Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, delivered the 2014 Lowy Lecture at the Westin Sydney. Chancellor Merkel's address begins at 6:50. The Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director begins at 31:29. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This year's Owen Harries Lecture was delivered by 2014 Telstra Distinguished International Fellow Stephen J. Hadley. Mr Hadley's speech discusses a 'new model' of power relations between the US and China, and what both sides can do to achieve it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lowy Institute Indonesia Fellow, Aaron L. Connelly discusses the inauguration of new Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Murray McLean on Gough Whitlam's China legacy by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott promised to 'shirtfront' Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Brisbane G20 Summit. The Interpreter's Sam Roggeveen spoke to Mike Callaghan, head of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre, about this recent verbal fussilade, and what it means for November's G20 summit in Brisbane. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 9 October 2014, Lowy Institute East Asia Program Director Merriden Varrall and Fairfax Media's Asia Pacific editor John Garnaut discussed what corruption means in China today, drawing on their experiences living and working in Beijing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Director of the East Asia Program, Dr Merriden Varrall discusses Hong Kong's umbrella protests. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 24 September 2014 US Ambassador Martin Indyk, one of America’s foremost experts on the region and a Director of the Lowy Institute’s Board, addressed the Lowy Institute on the current turmoil in the Middle East. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lowy Institute Research Director Anthony Bubalo speaks with Sidney Jones, Director of the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict about Indonesia and the fight against the Islamic State (IS). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.