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North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Podcast out now
North Korea under Kim Jong-un: Podcast out now
Episode 10 of the Lowy Institute’s new podcast, Rules Based Audio, is out today. In Socialist Paradise: North Korea under Kim Jong-un, the Washington Post Beijing…
At sea, safety is just as important as security
At sea, safety is just as important as security
The extraordinary rescue of crew from a stricken South Korean freighter off the US coast this week might have taken place on the other side of the world, but it serves as a…
Kremlinology: What does Russia want? Rules Based Audio podcast out now
Kremlinology: What does Russia want? Rules Based Audio podcast out now
Episode 9 of the Lowy Institute’s new podcast, Rules Based Audio, is out today. In Kremlinology: What does Russia want? the dissident Russian journalist and academic…
The withering of Robert Mugabe, as told by Australia’s Prime Ministers
The withering of Robert Mugabe, as told by Australia’s Prime Ministers
The way incessant talk of China’s rivalry with the United States dominates the present turbulent world, it’s hard to conceive of an earlier time when Australia’s prime ministers…
Can Japan catch up in the economic scramble for Africa?
Can Japan catch up in the economic scramble for Africa?
Recently, China entered the market as an exporter of used cars overseas. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce revealed the populous African nation of Nigeria as one of the…
Disinformation and democracy: Podcast out now
Disinformation and democracy: Podcast out now
In May 2016, before Brexit and Trump, the right-wing populist Rodrigo Duterte was elected President of the Philippines amidst a co-ordinated disinformation and trolling…
Hong Kong Protest City: Podcast out now
Hong Kong Protest City: Podcast out now
In the latest episode of the Lowy Institute’s new half-hour podcast, Rules Based Audio, I’m talking to Lowy Institute Research Fellow Ben Bland and Hong Kong-based…
Australia’s great and powerful friends: Podcast out now
Australia’s great and powerful friends: Podcast out now
In the latest episode of the Lowy Institute’s new half-hour podcast, Rules Based Audio, I am talking to Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove about…
Congo’s Ebola outbreak: sounding a global alarm
Congo’s Ebola outbreak: sounding a global alarm
As the one year anniversary of the ongoing Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province draws near, the World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom…
Xi Jinping: much more than just one man
Xi Jinping: much more than just one man
Book Review: Xi Jinping: The Backlash by Richard McGregor (Penguin, Lowy Institute, 2019) Richard McGregor has written a dazzling account of the first six years of the Xi Jinping…