Upcoming Events

The Lowy Institute was established to inform and deepen the debate about international policy in Australia. We connect you with interesting speakers and new ideas through our events program.

Upcoming public events are:-

Lowy Lecture Series

The Lowy Lecture Series (formerly the Wednesday Lowy Lunch Club) has proven extremely popular since it was launched in 2003. The lunch series has built a reputation for presenting internationally respected experts from Australia and around the world in an intimate forum that encourages engagement with the topic and speaker. By becoming a subscriber you help the Lowy Institute focus on its highly respected work, and confirm the value that many attendees have told us they place on the series.

Upcoming Lowy Lecture Series events:

Date	Presentation	Location	City
Wednesday 1 February 2012	The Year Ahead Anthony Bubalo, Director, West Asia Program Linda Jakobson, Director, East Asia Program Dave McRae, Research Fellow, East Asia Program	Lowy Institute 31 Bligh St	Sydney
Tuesday 7 February 2012	Scientists in Policy and Politics Roger Pielke, Jr. Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Colorado	Lowy Institute 31 Bligh St	Sydney
Tuesday 14 February 2012	Topic to be advised Antonio Guterres UN High Commissioner for Refugees	Lowy Institute 31 Bligh St	Sydney
Wednesday 22 February 2012	Why free trade matters and how all Australians benefit Jamie Briggs Federal Member for Mayo	Lowy Institute 31 Bligh St	Sydney
Wednesday 29 February 2012	The NATO Intervention in Afghanistan Astri Suhrke Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute	Lowy Institute 31 Bligh St	Sydney

If you are interested in any of the above mentioned events and would like further information, please contact Kate Weston at kweston@lowyinstitute.org.

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The 2011 Lowy Institute Poll

The seventh annual Lowy Institute Poll surveys Australian public opinion on a wide range of foreign policy issues. New questions this year cover attitudes towards the US alliance and the war in Afghanistan, opinions on basing US forces in Australia, WikiLeaks, foreign aid and the intervention in Libya.

The Poll also repeated questions asked in previous years, revealing trends in public opinion on topics such as climate change, asylum seekers, and attitudes towards Indonesia, the United States and China.

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Weathering change

For decades, extended nuclear deterrence (END) has supported stability and non-proliferation. But questions need to be asked about whether and how it might effectively endure in a changing world. Is END somehow coming to an end? Or should it and can it adapt to a 21st century strategic environment involving new threats, shifting power balances and fresh moves towards non-proliferation and disarmament?

In Weathering Change, prominent global experts and emerging scholars share their core assessments on the future of the so-called nuclear umbrella. Their points of difference and agreement make essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of international security and the practical prospects for eliminating nuclear dangers. This publication represents the Lowy Institute’s contribution to the Nuclear Security Project’s May 2011 conference and is designed to stimulate the thinking of policy leaders and opinion makers worldwide.
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