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Do we need embassies anymore?
Commentary
Do we need embassies anymore?
In conjunction with the release of the Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index, Alex Oliver writes in Foreign Affairs about the challenges facing the institution of the embassy…
The 2016 Lowy Lecture: The Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull
Speeches
The 2016 Lowy Lecture: The Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull
The 2016 Lowy Lecture, delivered on 23 March by Malcolm Turnbull, was the Prime Minister’s first major address in Australia on our role in the world.Malcolm Turnbull
Regardless of Defence White Paper, we are being out-spent and out-built by China
Commentary
Regardless of Defence White Paper, we are being out-spent and out-built by China
This piece was originally published in The Australian Financial Review.Euan Graham
Mapping Chinese aid in the Pacific
Interactives
Mapping Chinese aid in the Pacific
Mapping Chinese aid in the Pacific  
Lowy Institute Poll interactive site
Interactives
Lowy Institute Poll interactive site
Lowy Institute Poll interactive site  
The Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index 2016
Interactives
The Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index 2016
The Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index 2016 is the original version of our interactive web tool which maps and ranks the diplomatic networks of all G20 and OECD nations:…
New Zealand’s international priorities for 2016
Speeches
New Zealand’s international priorities for 2016
On 15 March, New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully gave an address at the Lowy Institute for International Policy outlining New Zealand's international…
The Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index
Analyses
The Lowy Institute Global Diplomacy Index
The Global Diplomacy Index is an interactive web tool which maps and ranks the diplomatic networks of all G20 and OECD nations: 42 countries in total. Alex Oliver
The future of Papua New Guinea: Old challenges for new leaders
Analyses
The future of Papua New Guinea: Old challenges for new leaders
Papua New Guinea’s next generation of leaders should take a new approach in seeking to turn around negative trends in law and order, education, and health. Emerging leaders could…