Global Issues
Lowy Institute Poll: Most Australians would back tougher target to win agreement in Paris
As Paris prepares for the arrival of delegates from 196 countries who will take part in international climate negotiations next week, Lowy Institute Polling suggests the majority…
Polling
2015 Lowy Institute polling: Views on climate action ahead of United Nations climate negotiations in Paris
As the world begins negotiations at the Paris international climate negotiations next week, the majority of adult Australians (62%) say the Government should be prepared to make…
Winning the coal endgame: Why a moratorium on new mines makes economic sense
This is the second in a two part series by Fergus Green, climate policy consultant and researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science and Richard Denniss, chief…
Syria: The ugly truth behind those calls for 'pragmatism'
In Manila this week Prime Minister Turnbull, echoing the language of other Western leaders of late, spoke of the need for pragmatism when it comes to Syria:
...what we need…
Witness a global tipping point: The beginning of the end of coal
This is the first in a two part series by Fergus Green, climate policy consultant and researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science and Richard Denniss, chief…
Turnbull in Jakarta: Relationship reheat
Malcolm Turnbull's visit to Jakarta this week did not signal any drastic changes for the direction of the Australia-Indonesia relationship, but it did leave relations considerably…
Sinai crash tragedy will test the West's fragile links with el-Sisi's Eygpt
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and British Prime Minister David Cameron last week (Photo:Getty Images)
A week after the crash of a Russian airliner carrying 224…
How Iran became the first beneficiary of Russia's Syria Intervention
The first tactical victory emerging from Russia’s intervention in Syria came not on the al-Ghab plain in Syria’s Hama province or around Syria’s divided…
Erdogan: will the strongman of Europe evolve into a democratic progressive?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after his election victory (Photo: Yasin Bulbul/Getty Images)
The result of the 1 November election in Turkey is clear but the country's…
Obama should encourage Jokowi to lead in East Asia
Later today, Indonesian President Joko Widodo will become only the latest Asian leader to arrive at the White House for consultations with President Barack Obama. But Obama’s…