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28 Jul 2010 - Publication
And then there's their battle back home
James Brown's opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald addresses the Australian public's engagement with the Afghanistan issue and the role of our defence forces there.

Sydney Morning Herald, 28 July 2010, p 11

27 Jul 2010 - Publication
More finesse needed in Tony Abbott's foreign policy
In the Australian Financial Review on 27 July 2010, Michael Fullilove critiqued the foreign policies of Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

27 Jul 2010 - Publication
The APC is a dead parrot
In an opinion piece published on Caixin Online, Andrew Shearer argues that the concept of an Asia Pacific Community as proposed by Kevin Rudd is now defunct, but that Australia has a strong record of institution-building in Asia which should be continued.

Caixin Online, 20 July 2010

19 Jul 2010 - Publication
IMF needs to be more than just Santa Claus
In an Economic Briefing in The Australian Financial Review, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Stephen Grenville writes that Europe's insolvent states must be handled strictly.

Australian Financial Review, 19 July 2010, p. 27

18 Jul 2010 - Publication
Flying the flag, not the coop
In an opinion piece in the Canberra Times, Research Associate Raoul Heinrichs argues that Australia can achieve its alliance management objectives in Afghanistan without risking Australian lives, and that Australian forces should be subject to more restrictive limits on the kinds of tasks they perform.

Canberra Times, 18 July 2010, p. 9

15 Jul 2010 - Publication
Writing a new chapter
In this opinion piece in The Times of India, Lowy Institute program director and India expert Rory Medcalf looks at what the sudden rise of Julia Gillard as Prime Minister might mean for Australia-India relations, including the vexed issue of uranium sales.

Times of India, 15 July 2010

7 Jul 2010 - Publication
Gillard's crisis in global climate policy
In an article in the Australian Financial Review, Fergus Green, Warwick McKibbin and Greg Picker argue the case for a new price-based framework for reducing emissions in parallel with global climate negotiations.

The Australian Financial Review, 7 July 2010, p 67

6 Jul 2010 - Publication
Running the foreign policy gauntlet
Fergus Hanson writes in the Australian on the link between opinion polling and the government's foreign policy-making.

The Australian, 6 July 2010, p 10

6 Jul 2010 - Publication
Diggers need freedom to win freedom
In an opinion piece in the Australian, non-resident fellow Whit Mason urges a change of policy on Australia's engagement in Afghanistan and a stronger commitment.

The Australian, 6 July 2010, p 10

3 Jul 2010 - Publication
Not cricket
In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, Andrew Shearer, Director of Studies and Senior Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute, argues that India's snub of John Howard for the International Cricket Council clearly goes against the spirit of the game.

Wall Street Journal, 3 July 2010

1 Jul 2010 - Publication
Gillard has different global view
Michael Fullilove writes in the Australian Financial Review about the likely implications for Australia's foreign policy from Julia Gillard's rise to Prime Minister.

Australian Financial Review, 1 July 2010, p 67

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The 2010 Lowy Institute Poll

The sixth annual Lowy Institute Poll surveys Australian public opinion on a range of foreign policy issues. New questions this year cover the Rudd Government’s handling of foreign policy issues during its first term in office, whether Australia should develop nuclear weapons, attitudes towards Indonesia and US power, sanctions against Fiji and the morality of Australia’s foreign policy.

The Poll also repeated questions asked in previous years, revealing trends in public opinion on topics such as climate change, Australia’s military involvement in Afghanistan, and attitudes towards the United States and China.

A panel discussion about the poll can be heard here:
The 2010 Lowy Institute Poll - MP3 (23MB)Download item (1.3MB)

Power and choice: Asian security futures

Recent events in the seas off South Korea and Japan emphasise the fragility of Asia’s security order and the strains the region’s changing power distribution are placing on it. A new major Lowy Institute Asia Security Project report, 'Power and Choice: Asian Security Futures', analyses the likely security futures for Asia and Australia and recommends steps countries should take to ensure growing regional competition does not lead to conflict. This report was made possible by the generous support for the Project by the MacArthur Foundation.

A copy of the report, launched by Dennis Richardson, AO, the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 1 June, can be downloaded here.Download item (6.5MB)