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Australia’s superannuation system is one of our nation’s great public policy success stories. With more than $1.3 trillion in assets it underpins Australia’s standing as the world’s 4th largest pool of funds under management. While our diverse and well-regulated superannuation system was credited with helping Australia weather the Global Financial Crisis better than other advanced economies, the g...

'There Goes the Neighbourhood' is a loud and clear wake-up call to Australians: the challenges that will most demand our attention and effort in the decades ahead are international, not domestic. Michael Wesley, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute, argues in his book that the benign and comfortable world that has allowed Australia to be safe and prosperous is vanishing quickly. 'There Goes th...

The future of the Pacific matters deeply to Australia – it is our neighbourhood and our roots run deep. Australia is working with the region to help confront significant challenges, most importantly in security, economic development and climate change. The Australian government is making sure that we are equipped to deliver on these priorities in the Pacific through increased aid and political eng...

In an address to the Lowy Institute on 9 December 2011, the Premier of New South Wales, Mr Barry O'Farrell, set out his vision for building strong economic and societal links between Australia's largest state and the government, people and business community of a rising India. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Pacific President comes to Australia The White House announced that US President Barack Obama will visit Australia in mid November to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Australia-US alliance. At the Food for Thought event in Melbourne on 6 October 2011, the Lowy Institute hosted a panel discussion with Daniel Flitton, Andrew Shearer and Judith Sloan previewing President Obama's visit. See...

On 19 October 2011, in the Lowy Lecture Series, Professor Nicholas Tarling reviewed some of the legacies, actual and perceived, of the pre-colonial and colonial periods to the post-colonial period in Southeast Asia, and their relationship to the 'ASEAN Way'. Nicholas Tarling is a Fellow of the New Zealand Asia Institute at The University of Auckland and Emeritus Professor of History at the Univers...

Troubled Thailand Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Dr Milton Osborne presentation - 9 June 2010 For the past few weeks our TV news and newspaper front pages have shown us chaotic images from downtown Bangkok. These pictures and the violent political tensions they portray run counter to the touristic stereotype of Thailand as a relaxed country of smiles. On 9 June, Dr Milton Osborne, recently back from a...

Unravelling rivalry China and India by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

the shifting geopolitics of aviation by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inflection point the ADF after Afghanistan by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When more is less by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Testimony to Inquiry on Australias overseas diplomatic network by Lowy Institute See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Next month will mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This also makes it the 20th anniversary of the birth of the new global economy. At the Wednesday Lunch on 21 October, Mark Thirlwell, Director of the Institute’s international economy program, looked at some of the forces shaping the world economy during its first two decades: a period bookmarked at one end by the collapse o...

Is Australia adequately represented overseas in terms of our diplomatic network? Yesterday in Canberra a parliamentary inquiry heard from groups as diverse as AusAID, the Australia Gulf Council and the Australian Federal Police with their say on the issue. Alex Oliver, a research fellow with the Lowy Institute, argues Australia is woefully under-represented overseas, compared to other like countri...

There were high expectations for the growth of nuclear power in the years leading up to the Fukushima nuclear accident on 11 March 2011, as concerns about energy security and climate change prompted governments to reconsider their energy options. But the expansion of nuclear power has posed serious challenges to the non-proliferation regime, raising new questions about threats and risks. See omnys...

"Wicked weapons: North Asia's nuclear tangle" Rory Medcalf | Wednesday Lunch at Lowy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anthony Bubalo | Wednesday Lowy Lunch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brigadier Roger Noble | Lowy Lecture Series See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Thirlwell | Wednesday Lunch at Lowy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Stemming the 'evil flowers': The ADF's approach to the foreign and security policy impact of Improvised Explosive Devices" Brigadier Phil Winter | Wednesday Lunch at Lowy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Papua New Guinea's dilemma" Ian Kemish | Lowy Lecture Series See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Linda Jakobson | Wednesday Lowy Lunch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Online people power: how social media is transforming the world" Mishal Husein | Lowy Lecture Series See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Hartcher, Nick Bryant, and Michael Fullilove | Lowy Lecture Series See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Is there an 'Obama doctrine' in US foreign policy?" Peter Beinart | Wednesday Lunch at Lowy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.