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The Lowy Institute for International Policy is led by an Executive Director, who manages its day-to-day work and is responsible for the editorial content and quality of the Institute's product.

The Institute has a core of research staff and Visiting Fellows, but it also draws on external partners, both individual and institutional, and invites leading international figures to participate in the Institute's activities.

The research staff of the Institute are listed below, followed by a list of Visiting Fellows and a list of administrative staff:

Dr Michael Wesley
Executive Director

Martine Letts
Deputy Director

Andrew Shearer
Director of Studies

Professor Warwick McKibbin
Professorial Fellow

Dr Malcolm Cook
Program Director - East Asia

Dr Michael Fullilove
Program Director - Global Issues

Mark Thirlwell
Program Director - International Economy

Rory Medcalf
Program Director - International Security

Jenny Hayward-Jones
Program Director - The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program at the Lowy Institute

Anthony Bubalo
Program Director - West Asia

Bill Bowtell
Director, HIV/AIDS Project

Professor Alan Dupont
Non-Resident Senior Fellow

Sam Roggeveen
Fellow and blog editor

Donna Payne
Director, Business Development

Fergus Hanson
Research Fellow

Annmaree O'Keeffe
Research Fellow

Alex Oliver (prev. Duchen)
Research Fellow

James Brown
Military Associate

Fiona Cunningham
Research Associate

Raoul Heinrichs
Research Associate

Tim Siegenbeek van Heukelom
Research Associate

Ashley Townshend
Program Associate

Clinton Dines
Visiting Fellow

Stephen Fitzgerald
Visiting Fellow

Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Floyd
Chief of Army Visiting Fellow

Dr Stephen Grenville AO
Visiting Fellow

Owen Harries
Visiting Fellow

Peter Hartcher
Visiting Fellow

Commander Justin Jones RAN
Navy Fellow

Paul Kelly
Visiting Fellow

Dr Khalid Koser
Non-Resident Fellow

Whit Mason
Non-Resident Fellow

Dr Milton Osborne
Visiting Fellow

Dr Rodger Shanahan
Non-Resident Fellow

Richard C. Smith AO PSM
Visiting Fellow

Professor Hugh White
Visiting Fellow

Nicky Baker
Office Manager

Joanne Bottcher
Information Manager

Jackie Packer
Receptionist

Simone Schwartz
Database Administrator

Maureen Shaw
Executive Assistant

Helen Tauro
Administrator, Pacific Friends of the Global Fund; Assistant, Myer Foundation Melanesia Project

Kate Weston
Events and Media Manager

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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)