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On 30 May 2007 at the Wednesday Lowy Lunch, at 31 Bligh Street, Professor James Piscatori discussed Iraq and the future of political Islam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 27 February 2008, Archbishop John Odama spoke about the brutal twenty-year conflict in northern Uganda in his presentation 'Reconciliation and development: The Ugandan experience'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 11 July 2007 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Dr Stephen Grenville addressed the questions: As international capital flows back into the Asian region's economies, is the region now seeing old vulnerabilities re-emerge? And has the IMF learned the right lessons from history? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Michael Fullilove was the speaker at the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 26 April 2006. The topic was: 'After Honiara: Implications for the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 the Middle East. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Pru Goward presentation At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 21 November 2007, New South Wales Shadow Minister for Climate Change and the Environment Pru Goward explored the human frailties and rivalries and growth expectations that will make solving climate change so difficult. Ms Goward's presentation was entitled 'The state, climate change and federalism'. See omnystudio....

Lowy Institute Distinguished Speaker Series - Mr Robert McClelland presentation On Wednesday 14 March 2007, in the latest lecture in our Distinguished Speaker Series, the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Robert McClelland MP, spoke on the topic: 'Good international citizenship'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 7 March 2007, Bill Bowtell, the Director of the Institute’s HIV/AIDS Project, explained how and why the HIV/AIDS pandemic developed, the severe regional consequences and costs if it is not checked, and the need to rethink current international HIV/AIDS strategies See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 28th June 2006 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Mike Smith, the CEO of AUSTCARE, discussed the prospects for peace and stability in East Timor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, 25 May 2006 - Ambassador Ersavci presentation The Turkish Ambassador spoke about the challenges facing Turkey as it attempts to deal with the competing imperatives of a country that sits at Europe’s geographic, cultural and ideological crossroads. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, 5 May 2006 - Janet Albrechtsen presentation 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'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 18 February 2008 the Lowy Institute launched a new Paper by Dr Michael Fullilove, entitled 'World wide webs: Diasporas and the international system'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Distinguished Speaker Series - Dr David McCormick presentation On 26 May 2009, the Lowy Institute was pleased to host a speech in our Distinguished Speaker Series by Dr David McCormick, Distinguished Service Professor of Information Technology, Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, on the current state of the world economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Daoud Yaqub presentation On 28 March 2007 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Daoud Yaqub spoke on the topic: 'A long hot summer ahead for Afghanistan'. He discussed the looming spring offensive by the Taliban, including its implications for the reconstruction and security effort in Afghanistan, and what the international community needs to do to help the Karzai government me...

PNG’s voters go to the polls in June to elect a new national government. It is hoped that these elections will bring to a close a particularly tense and volatile chapter in PNG’s history. Since becoming Prime Minister in August 2011, Peter O’Neill has had a tenuous hold on government. The opposing political forces led by former Prime Minister Michael Somare have used court challenges and other mea...

The eighth annual Lowy Institute Poll reports the results of a nationally representative opinion survey of 1,005 Australian adults conducted in Australia between 26 March and 10 April 2012 using mobile and landline telephones. It also reports the results of a parallel survey conducted in New Zealand. Key issues covered in the 2012 poll include: foreign investment in Australian farms, uranium sales...

Michael Wesley, Executive Director Lowy Institute, discusses the key findings from the 2012 Lowy Institue Poll (0:00). Find out what Australians really think about: Short-term visas for migrant (1:20) Foreign ownership of Australian farmland (2:45) Carbon tax (3:35) Climate change (4:01) US military presence in Australia (4:49) Implications of the Poll for the Australian Government (7:18) See omny...

Defence is faced with a challenge - to balance force structure and preparedness in a climate that reinforces the need for austerity coupled with a shift in global and strategic weight to our region. In his first major public address after the Chicago NATO Summit, the Chief of the Defence Force, General David Hurley, AC, DSC will address these issues to determine how the ADF must respond to be set...

In response to more widespread Somali piracy attacks and soaring crew ransoms, shipping companies are turning to private military security companies to provide both armed guards and armed patrol boats to fight pirates in the Indian Ocean. At this Lowy Lecture, Military Fellow James Brown will discuss research findings from his forthcoming  Lowy Institute Analysis "Pirates and Privateers" which con...

After a drawn-out Republican primary process, the general election is finally on. What do we know about the styles and quirks of the two presidential contenders in 2012, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney? What are their strengths and weaknesses as campaigners? What is at stake, in terms of policy, in November – for Americans, for Australians, and for the world? And is this election campaign ever going...

Many pundits contend that with the economy such an important issue in the U.S. presidential election, foreign policy does not matter. It actually does, politically as well as for the U.S. role in the world. Jentleson examines the dynamics of the campaign thus far and the likely terms of foreign policy debate as we move towards election day. Bruce Jentleson, Professor of Public Policy and Political...

Lowy Lecture Series - Benjamin Goldsmith presentation At the Lowy Lecture on 2 May 2012, Benjamin Goldsmith presented findings from a project to develop a quantitative forecasting tool for serious political instability, mass atrocities, and genocide, including software which should be of use to policy-makers thinking ahead on a 1-5 year time horizon. The project, 'Understanding and Forecasting Pol...

For the first time in 20 years, the relationship with China played almost no part in the American Presidential election of 2008. President Obama has forged a low-key, pragmatic relationship with Beijing, but has not seen much success in building a workable "G2" that so many have called for. China kept Obama's visit to Washington in late 2009 deliberately low-key, and has refused to co-operate on t...

The last twelve months have witnessed a turning point in post-independence Malaysian politics. In elections last March, the Barisan Nasional coalition and its dominant member, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), suffered serious reversals. The prime ministership of Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi collapsed, initiating a fraught succession process to transfer power to his deputy Datuk...