Asia
Aung San Suu Kyi's risky strategy
Andrew Selth is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute.
Aung San Suu Kyi is in Europe, where she recently collected the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded…
Reader riposte: India's resource scarcity
Wilson Chau, a former Lowy Institute intern, writes:
Really interesting email exchange with the co-authors of In Line Behind a Billion People. It is a book that I must read.
If…
Indo-Pacific security links: China-Japan, Sierra Madre, drones, Diego Garcia and more
Dougal Robinson is a project research assistant in the Lowy Institute's International Security program.
Andrew Erickson from the US Naval War College and his two co-authors have…
Commentary
What did we learn from the war in Afghanistan?
In this op-ed for The Age, Military Fellow, James Brown explains Australia's role in the war in Afghanistan and highlights three lessons learnt from the 12-year-long…
How scarcity will define China's next decade
James Fallows calls it 'the never-ending big question about China': where is this high-speed juggernaut headed?
In Line Behind a Billion People is a new book that attempts an…
1945: The roots of Japanese pacifism
Ian Buruma is the author of Year Zero: A History of 1945, which is getting strong reviews. Here's a long interview with the author, of which a few choice extracts below:
In Japan…
What to do about Indonesia's notorious infrastructure
Indonesia’s infrastructure is notoriously deficient. Installed electricity capacity per capita is one-third of China’s. Port congestion hinders exports.
Planes are landing on…
Loaded language on Israel-Palestine
Marty Harris is an assistant digital editor at the Lowy Institute.
The International Press Institute has just released a guide for journalists on 'loaded language in the Israeli…
India links: Singh in China, crumbling monuments, Modi and Gandhi, and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Lowy Institute research associate. Her work focuses on Indian foreign and domestic policy, India-China relations and Asian security.
This week Prime…
Commentary
Nuclear weapons: the state of play
Nuclear weapons: the state of playJohn Carlson, AM (contributor)CNND report, March 2013 Please click here for full text.John Carlson