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The Lowy Institute is an independent, nonpartisan international policy think tank located in Sydney, Australia. The Institute provides high-quality research and distinctive perspectives on foreign policy trends shaping Australia and the world. On Soundcloud we host podcasts from our events with high-level guest speakers as well as our own experts. Essential listening for anyone seeking to better understand foreign policy challenges!

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The Year Ahead: economic re...

02.24.2021

What are the key issues likely to dominate Australia’s international agenda in 2021? China's economic statecraft, regional friction in the Pacific, the climate-change agenda, and how the world recovers economically from the coronavirus pandemic are covered in this wide-ranging panel ...

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02.24.2021 The Year Ahead: economic recovery from COVID, Pacific regionalism and trade with China in 2021 What are the key issues likely to dominate Australia’s international agenda in 2021? China's economic statecraft, regional friction in the Pacific, the climate-change agenda, and how the world recovers economically from the coronavirus pandemic are covered in this wide-ranging panel ...
02.18.2021 The Year Ahead: coronavirus, climate change and Australia's relations with the US and China in 2021 What are the key issues likely to dominate Australia’s international agenda in 2021? Australia's relations with China and America, the COVID and climate-change agenda, and how the new US administration will approach the region are covered in this wide-ranging panel ...
02.17.2021 Aye Min Thant and Melissa Crouch on the coup in Myanmar In this episode of Lowy Institute Conversations, Ben Bland, Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Lowy Institute, sits down with Aye Min Thant and Melissa Crouch to discuss the causes and consequences of the coup in Myanmar, and ...
02.15.2021 The Year Ahead in PNG \| AUS-PNG Network Live Patrick Kaiku from UPNG, journalist Rebecca Kuku and Transparency International's Yuambari Haihuie join the Lowy Institute's Shane McLeod to talk about the topics and themes likely to be in the news in 2021 in PNG. This discussion was recorded on ...
02.12.2021 The Director’s Chair: General David Petraeus on his career, the Biden administration, and China. In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with General David Petraeus who led the 2007 surge in Iraq, headed up the US Central Command, commanded US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, and served as director of the ...
02.05.2021 David Ignatius and Amy Walter on American unity and foreign policy in the Biden era Two of America’s most influential and respected commentators, David Ignatius of The Washington Post and Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report, joined Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove for this conversation on the Biden administration, American unity and ...
02.04.2021 Stacie Goddard and Michael Mazarr on the United States and the Rules-Based Order In this episode of Lowy Institute Conversations, Lowy Institute Director of Australia’s Security and the Rules-Based Order project, Ben Scott, sits down with Stacie Goddard, Mildred Lane Kemper Professor of Political Science and Faculty Director of the Madeleine Korbel Albright ...
12.17.2020 The Director’s Chair: Biographer Evan Osnos on President-elect Joe Biden. In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with Evan Osnos, the award-winning journalist, author and staff writer for The New Yorker. In 2014 he published a book on China, Age of Ambition, which won the National Book ...
12.09.2020 Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on India’s place in the world The opportunities and challenges presented by globalisation are very much on the mind of India’s Minister for External Affairs, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. He wants India to enter the global arena “with cards to play” and, to that end, has argued ...
12.09.2020 COVIDcast: 2020 Asia Power Index In this episode of COVIDcast, Sam Roggeveen, Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program, sits down with the two leading researchers behind the Lowy Institute’s 2020 Asia Power Index, Hervé Lemahieu, Director of the Power and Diplomacy Program, and ...
12.04.2020 Paul Kelly and Troy Bramston on 'The Truth of the Palace Letters’ The authors of 'The Truth of the Palace Letters: Deceit, Ambush and Dismissal in 1975' have a conversation on the implications of the Palace Letters for the Australian Constitution, democracy, and the debate on an Australian republic. This conversation was ...
12.02.2020 The Director’s Chair: Dr Kurt Campbell on pivoting to Asia and competition with China In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with one of the leading US Democratic voices on foreign policy, Kurt Campbell. From 2009 to 2013, Kurt served as the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific ...
12.01.2020 Fareed Zakaria on US-China relations and the year in world politics \| 2020 Lowy Lecture Broadcast As part of the Lowy Institute's Lowy Lecture broadcast, we put together a short ‘year in review’ that marks a turbulent year in world politics and describes how the Institute has found new ways of delivering its content despite COVID-19 ...
11.30.2020 COVIDcast: Tom Tugendhat on forging a "Global Britain" in the midst of Brexit and a pandemic In this episode of COVIDcast, Ben Bland, a research fellow at the Lowy Institute, sat down with Tom Tugendhat MP to discuss the UK’s COVID-19 crisis, the imminent Brexit endgame and why the British government is taking a tougher stance ...
11.30.2020 Panel discussion: Launch of the 2020 Asia Power Index On Monday 23 November, the Lowy Institute held a panel event at Canberra's National Press Club with the principal researchers behind the annual Asia Power Index. Hervé Lemahieu and Alyssa Leng, were joined by Roland Rajah, the Lowy Institute’s lead ...
11.19.2020 Dr Francis Fukuyama on liberalism and the 2020 US presidential election Delivering the 2020 Owen Harries Lecture, Dr Francis Fukuyama offers a defence of liberalism in theory and in practice. This lecture includes Dr Fukuyama's analysis of left-wing and right-wing identity politics, Trumpist politics outlasting Donald Trump's presidency, and president-elect Joe ...
11.12.2020 The Director’s Chair: Dr Robert Dallek on the U.S. presidency and the 2020 election In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with Professor Robert Dallek, the distinguished presidential historian. Professor Dallek is a prize-winning author who has written books about Franklin D. Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson and many other ...
11.11.2020 COVIDcast: Chatib Basri on Indonesia’s struggle with COVID-19 and its first recession since 1998 In this episode of COVIDcast, Ben Bland, the Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Lowy Institute, sat down with Chatib Basri to discuss Indonesia’s struggle with COVID-19 and the way forward after Southeast Asia’s biggest economy slid into ...
11.06.2020 Susan Glasser & Peter Baker on the US Election Two of Washington’s most respected and well-connected journalists joined the Lowy Institute to discuss the 2020 US presidential election, Donald Trump's presidency, and prospects of a Biden White House. Susan Glasser and Peter Baker assess the implications of a Trump ...
10.30.2020 The Hon. Peter Costello AC on the media landscape in 2020 \| Lowy Institute Media Award 2020 The annual Lowy Institute Media Award recognises Australian journalists who have deepened the knowledge, or shaped the discussion, of international policy issues in our country. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year the Institute decided not to hold a Media Award ...
10.27.2020 The Director’s Chair: Dr Thomas Wright on the 2020 presidential election and US foreign policy In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with one of the world’s leading Trumpologists, Dr Thomas Wright. Tom is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC and a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute. ...
10.26.2020 Joseph S. Nye Jr., Senator Penny Wong and Professor Yuen Foong Khong on the 2020 Asia Power Index To mark the launch of the 2020 Asia Power Index, Hervé Lemahieu, Director of the Lowy Institute’s Asian Power and Diplomacy Program, chaired a panel discussion with Joseph S. Nye Jr., Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus and former Dean ...
10.20.2020 COVIDcast: Olivia Troye inside the White House Coronavirus Task Force In the latest episode of COVIDcast, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Lydia Khalil sat down with Olivia Troye, a former White House Coronavirus Task Force member and Homeland Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence to discuss the Trump administration’s response ...
10.18.2020 The Director’s Chair: Steve Hadley on his career, the individuals he met and the leaders he served In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with Stephen Hadley, the former national security adviser to President George W. Bush. Throughout his long career, Steve Hadley worked for four American presidents – Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George ...
10.15.2020 In conversation with General James Mattis and Sir Angus Houston On Thursday 15 October 2020, the Lowy Institute’s Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove hosted an in conversation event via live video stream with General James Mattis, one of America’s most experienced and influential military leaders. General Mattis spoke about serving ...
10.09.2020 Audrey Aumua, Charlotte Blundell, Michel Kerf on Lowy Institute Pacific Aid Map 2020 On Thursday 8 October, Lowy Institute's Director of the Pacific Islands Program, Jonathan Pryke, hosted a panel discussion on the economic devastation across the Pacific brought on by COVID-19–related lockdowns and restrictions. As the Lowy Institute releases the second annual ...
10.07.2020 COVIDcast: Joseph E. Stiglitz on global cooperation in a time of international mistrust In this episode of COVIDcast, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Alexandre Dayant sat down with Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz to discuss the prospect of global cooperation in a time of rising populism and international mistrust. Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate ...
10.01.2020 The Director’s Chair: Governor-General David Hurley on soldiering and representing Australia In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with Australia’s Governor-General, His Excellency David Hurley. Mr Hurley joined the Australian Army in January 1972, graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon into the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. His ...
10.01.2020 COVIDcast: Wolf warriors in the age of Covid, with Shivshankar Menon and Richard McGregor In this episode of COVIDcast, Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute Senior Fellow, sat down with Shivshankar Menon to discuss the latest currents in Chinese foreign policy, particularly its tense border stand-off with India. Shivshankar Menon is an Indian diplomat who served ...
09.30.2020 COVIDcast: Wolf warriors in the age of Covid, with Yun Sun and Richard McGregor In this episode of COVIDcast, Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute Senior Fellow, sat down with Yun Sun to get a Chinese perspective on Beijing’s latest foreign policy moves. Yun Sun is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program ...
09.29.2020 COVIDcast: Wolf warriors in the age of Covid, with Bilahari Kausikan and Richard McGregor In this episode of COVIDcast, Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute Senior Fellow, sat down with Bilahari Kausikan to discuss Chinese foreign policy, with a particular emphasis on Southeast Asia. Bilahari Kausikan is chair of the National University of Singapore's Middle East ...
09.28.2020 Richard McGregor, Bill Birtles, Mike Smith & Kirsty Needham on Australia and China's fractured ties On Thursday 24 September, Lowy Institute's Senior Fellow for North Asia, Richard McGregor, hosted a panel discussion on Australia and China's relationship. Relations with China seem to be reaching new lows each week for Australia, with a proliferation of disputes ...
09.23.2020 COVIDcast: Yanis Varoufakis on Europe and the future of capitalism In this episode of COVIDcast, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Alexandre Dayant sat down with Professor Yanis Varoufakis to discuss Europe and the future of capitalism. Yanis is currently a member of the Hellenic Parliament and served as Greece’s minister of ...
09.17.2020 The Director’s Chair: Ambassador Nicholas Burns on diplomacy, presidents and American power In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with Ambassador Nicholas Burns, Professor at Harvard University, Executive Director of the Aspen Strategy Group, and one of the leading American diplomats of his generation. Nick served in the US ...
09.09.2020 COVIDcast: Ben Bland On Indonesian President Joko Widodo, A Man Of Contradictions In this episode of COVIDcast, Hervé Lemahieu, Director of the Asian Power and Diplomacy Program at the Lowy Institute, sat down with Ben Bland to discuss his new book, Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake Indonesia, ...
09.07.2020 Lowy Institute Paper launch: In conversation with Ben Bland and Dr Michael Fullilove On Monday 7 September, the Lowy Institute launched the latest Lowy Institute Paper published by Penguin Random House Australia, Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake Indonesia, the first English-language biography of Indonesian President Joko Widodo. Executive ...
09.06.2020 The Director’s Chair: Jake Sullivan on Russia, China, climate diplomacy and Australia In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with Jake Sullivan, the senior policy adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Joe Biden. Jake Sullivan has held positions of trust for many of America’s leaders in the past ...
09.03.2020 The Director’s Chair: Jake Sullivan on Donald Trump, Joe Biden and America’s role in the world In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with Jake Sullivan, the senior policy adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Jake Sullivan has held positions of trust for many of America’s leaders in the past two decades, ...
08.28.2020 In conversation with Ambassador Samantha Power On Friday 28 August, the Lowy Institute’s Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove hosted an in conversation event via live video stream with Ambassador Samantha Power, one of America’s leading foreign-policy voices, both as a scholar and a Cabinet member in ...
08.27.2020 COVIDcast: America’s economy at the crossroad In this episode of COVIDcast, Roland Rajah, Lowy Institute lead economist, sat down with Dr Adam Posen to discuss the US economy and what a victory for Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the November election might mean for the ...
08.18.2020 The Director’s Chair: Mike Pezzullo on immigration, security and Australia’s place in the world In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with the Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, Mike Pezzullo. Mike Pezzullo is a lifelong official, described recently as ‘one of Australia’s most powerful public servants’. He has been ...
08.14.2020 In conversation: Michael Fullilove and Richard McGregor discuss Kamala Harris Was Kamala Harris the right choice for presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden? Is she a policy radical or a centrist? What are her foreign policy views and will they be influential in a Biden Administration, or will the president ...
08.12.2020 COVIDcast: Salvaging the liberal international order In this episode of COVIDcast, Ben Scott, Lowy Institute Director of the Rules Based Order Project, sat down with Bobo Lo to discuss Bobo’s new Lowy Institute Analysis: “Global Order in the Shadow of the Coronavirus: China, Russia and the ...
08.07.2020 In conversation with UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Gargash On Thursday 6 August, Dr Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, joined Dr Rodger Shanahan, Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute, for an in conversation event. The United Arab Emirates has built an increasingly high profile in ...
08.03.2020 The Director's Chair: Fiona Hill reflects on her journey from Bishop Auckland to the White House In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with Brookings Institution scholar, and former Russia adviser to President Donald Trump, Dr Fiona Hill. Fiona is one of the world’s leading Russia experts. She has worked in the US ...
07.31.2020 COVIDcast: Looking at China from the grassroots, with Dexter Roberts In this episode of COVIDcast, Lowy Institute senior fellow Richard McGregor sat down with Dexter Roberts to discuss his new book, The Myth of Chinese Capitalism: The Worker, The Factory and the Future of the World. Roberts was based in ...
07.24.2020 Panel discussion: What next in the PNG-Australia relationship? On Wednesday 15 July, Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow Annmaree O’Keeffe hosted a discussion with former Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to Australia Sir Charles Lepani and former Australian High Commissioner to PNG Ian Kemish. This discussion considers what happens next: ...
07.22.2020 In conversation: Jeffrey Goldberg on America’s presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic On Wednesday 22 July, the Lowy Institute’s Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove hosted an in conversation event via live video stream with Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic. They addressed topics such as; the extraordinary presidential election year, ...
07.19.2020 The Director's Chair: Peter Varghese reflects on an international life and career In this episode of The Director’s Chair, Michael Fullilove speaks with diplomat, foreign policy intellectual and now Chancellor of the University of Queensland, Peter Varghese. Peter had a distinguished career in the Australian public service over nearly four decades, representing ...
07.17.2020 Panel discussion: China's economy after COVID On Wednesday 15 July, Richard McGregor, the Lowy Institute’s resident senior China expert, hosted a discussion with three eminent Chinese economists, Xu Xiaonian of the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, Huang Yiping of Peking University and Wang Jiao ...

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