Global Issues
Policy Briefs
New rules for a new 'Great Game'
In this 2006 paper, Anthony Bubalo and Mark Thirlwell look at how energy insecurity, driven by high demand and uncertainty over supply, is fuelling both an intensification of…
Analyses
Roaring tiger or lumbering elephant?
After years of economic underperformance, the Indian economic model has been transformed, and with it, India's growth performance. So much so that the last two years have brought…
Policy Briefs
Capital punishment and Australian foreign policy
In this Policy Brief, Dr Michael Fullilove examines how the Australian Government implements its stated opposition to the death penalty. He finds that while Australia is an…
Lowy Institute Papers
Diaspora: The World Wide Web of Australians
In this Lowy Institute Paper, Dr Michael Fullilove argues that national diasporas are like ‘“world wide webs”’, with dense, interlocking strands spanning the globe and binding…
Lowy Institute Papers
Shared secrets: intelligence and collective security
In a Lowy Institute Paper, Dr Simon Chesterman of New York University writes on the relationship between intelligence and collective security.Simon Chesterman
Analyses
The testament of Solomons: RAMSI and international state-building
The unrest in Honiara of 18-19 April underlines the fragility of Solomon Islands as well as the sheer difficulty of rebuilding weak states. The background to and key features of…
Lowy Institute Papers
Permanent friends? Historical reflections on the Australian-American alliance
This paper is the best short history of the Australia-US alliance. In this paper Peter Edwards AM places the alliance in historical perspective and considers the challenges faced…
Analyses
Angels and dragons: Asia, the UN, reform and the next Secretary-General
This Issues Brief assesses the relationship between the United Nations and Asia – both the UN's activities in Asia and the behaviour of Asian states at the UN. Michael…
Analyses
Sensible climate policy
In Sensible climate policy Professor Warwick McKibbin criticises the Kyoto Protocol that had just entered into force in February 2005. He predicts that the policy would not…
Lowy Institute Papers
Diaspora: the world wide web of Australians
In this Lowy Institute Paper, Dr Michael Fullilove and Dr Chloë Flutter argue that the community of Australian expatriates is a great asset for this country. Michael…