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Improving access to climate financing for the Pacific Islands
Analyses
Improving access to climate financing for the Pacific Islands
One of the central pillars of global climate change negotiations is the need to improve access for developing countries to funding and technical resources. But efforts to…
Chinese perspectives on investing in Australia
Analyses
Chinese perspectives on investing in Australia
China is not only Australia's largest trading partner, but is also an increasingly important supplier of capital. In a Lowy Institute Analysis, John Larum draws on a…
Dangerous luxuries
Analyses
Dangerous luxuries
The ANZUS alliance is emerging as an important alliance for stability in the Asia-Pacific region but the US must understand the implications Australian defence planning will have…
Global fiscal consolidation
Analyses
Global fiscal consolidation
One important outcome of the Great Recession has been the rapid accumulation of government debt in many of the world’s developed economies. This growing debt burden represents a…
India’s new world: civil society in the making of foreign policy
Analyses
India’s new world: civil society in the making of foreign policy
Ashok Malik and Rory Medcalf argue that Indian foreign policy is being shaped increasingly by three dynamic aspects of civil society: business, the Indian diaspora and the…
Justice or stability? Hizbullah, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and consequences for the region
Analyses
Justice or stability? Hizbullah, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and consequences for the region
In a new Lowy Institute Analysis, Non-resident Fellow Dr Rodger Shanahan explores what the outcomes of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, investigating the assassination of former…
Secrecy and stratagem: understanding Chinese strategic culture
Analyses
Secrecy and stratagem: understanding Chinese strategic culture
To cope with a rising China, other powers will need a close understanding of Chinese strategic culture. This paper seeks to identify the enduring features of Chinese strategic…
In remembrance of India’s nuclear and strategic guru
Analyses
In remembrance of India’s nuclear and strategic guru
In this obituary essay in Foreign Policy magazine, Lowy Institute International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf pays tribute to K Subrahmanyam, independent India’s leading…
The quiet achiever: Australia-Japan security relations
Analyses
The quiet achiever: Australia-Japan security relations
In the last decade, Australia has quietly and quickly become a close security partner to Japan, second only to the United States. For Australia, no security relationship outside…