Lowy Lecture Series: Barack vs Mitt - Chas Licciardello and Dr Michael Fullilove
After a drawn-out Republican primary process, the general election is finally on. What do we know about the styles and quirks of the two presidential contenders in 2012, Barack Oba...
Lowy Lecture Series: Pirates and privateers: private navies in the Indian Ocean - James Brown
In response to more widespread Somali piracy attacks and soaring crew ransoms, shipping companies are turning to private military security companies to provide both armed guards an...
Lowy Lecture Series: Does foreign policy matter in the US presidential election? - Bruce Jentleson
Many pundits contend that with the economy such an important issue in the U.S. presidential election, foreign policy does not matter. It actually does, politically as well as for t...
Lowy Lecture Series: Forecasting genocide and politicide for early warning and prevention - Benjamin Goldsmith
This talk presents findings from a project to develop a quantitative forecasting tool for serious political instability, mass atrocities, and genocide, including software which sho...
Lowy Lecture Series: Scientists in policy and politics - Professor Roger A. Pielke, Jr
Scientists, and experts more generally, have choices about the roles that they play in today's political debates on topics such as global warming, genetically modified foods, a...
Distinguished Speaker Series: Global displacement - António Guterres presentation
The issue of refugees and asylum-seekers provokes heated public debate in many countries around the world, including in Australia.On 14 February 2012, in an address in the Lowy Ins...
The 2012 NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index
The NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index is a ground-breaking project to publicly benchmark nuclear materials security conditions on a country-by-country basis. The Index, prepared...
Lowy Lecture Series: Why free trade matters and how Australia benefits - Jamie Briggs MP
At the Lowy Lecture on 22 February 2012, Jamie Briggs, Federal Member for Mayo in South Australia, spoke on why free trade matters.While free trade has delivered real benefits to t...
Lowy Lecture Series: Transition vs exit: what is the strategy in Afghanistan? - H.E. Nasir A. Andisha
As a part of its Lowy Lecture series the Lowy Institute is pleased to host His Excellency Nasir A. Andisha, Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Australia. Ambassador Andisha wi...
Lowy Lecture Series: Putin, the elections, and Russia 2018 - Dr Alexey Muraviev and Professor Graeme Gill
On 4 March 2012, Vladimir Putin secured a clear victory in the first tour of Presidential elections by securing over 64 per cent of the vote. The elections in Russia have once agai...