About the Lowy Institute

International Advisory Council

The Lowy Institute’s International Advisory Council provides advice to the Chair and Board on international issues and contributes to setting the research priorities of the Institute. The Council comprises eminent scholars, policy practitioners and business figures drawn from around the world.

The members are as follows:

Dr Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema

Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman

Rita E. Hauser

Professor Francois Heisbourg

Professor Robert L. Joss

Professor Lord (Robert) May OM AC Kt FRS

K. R. Murdoch AC

Ambassador Wiryono Sastrohandoyo

James D. Wolfensohn AO

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The 2008 Lowy Institute Poll: Australia and the world

The fourth annual Lowy Institute Poll surveys Australian public opinion on a range of foreign policy issues and contains a number of new questions this year. These cover attitudes towards Japanese whaling, foreign investment in Australia, China, the US presidential election, climate change, Australia’s international reputation under the new Rudd government and uranium.

The Poll also repeated a number of questions asked in previous years, allowing us to track some interesting changes in public opinion.

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