Following the release of her Policy Brief, Consular conundrum: the rising demands and diminishing means for assisting Australians overseas, The Lowy Institute's Alex Oliver was interviewed on Sky News. Alex's paper can be read here: www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/consular-conundrum-rising-demands-and-diminishing-means-assisting-australians-overseas

Following the release of her Policy Brief, Consular conundrum: the rising demands and diminishing means for assisting Australians overseas, The Lowy Institute's Alex Oliver was interviewed on Channel 10's 'The Project'. Alex's paper can be read here: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/consular-conundrum-rising-demands-and-diminishing-means-assisting-australians-overseas 

On 22 March 2013, Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth spoke at Lowy Institute on the challenges and opportunities for Australia in its two-year term on the United Nations Security Council in 2013 and 2014.

In this short video, Ken Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, outlines his human rights concerns surrounding the use of military drones. Ken argues that there is a temptation to use drones to attack targets 'outside traditional battlefields' (0:46), raising a whole set of legal and human rights complications.

The Lowy Institute's Michael Fullilove speaks with Human Rights Watch executive director Ken Roth about Australia's role on the United Nations Security Council, as well as discussing the importance of human rights issues in Australia's bilateral relationships.  Ken advises Australia (0:25) that, in order to make a difference in our two year term on the Security Council, Australia should 'choose a priority [issue] and run with it'.   On the human rights issue, Ken believes (1:18) Australia does not do enough to raise human rights issues in its bilateral dealings with Sri Lanka and China.

In this video, the Lowy Institute's Alex Oliver discusses her new paper on Australia's 'consular conundrum' with Interpreter editor Sam Roggeveen. Alex highlights the growth in demand for consular assistance (0:30), outlines what can be expected of consular staff (1:22), and discusses the growing expectations on Australian politicians to publicly intervene in consular cases (2:04).  It concludes with Alex's recommendation on how Australia's consular services could be better funded, including the imposition of a small consular levy on new passports or airline tickets  (3:30).

Interpreter Editor, Sam Roggeveen, discusses non traditional security threats in the US/China relationship with Professor Zha Daojiong, inaugural Lowy Institute - Rio Tinto fellow. Professor Zha highlights the links between domestic economic stability and international security (1.26) and notes points of disagreement between China and the US (2.52). 

The Lowy Institute's Anthony Bubalo talks with Stephanie Dunstan about his new recently released Policy Brief ‘Football Diplomacy Redux: The 2015 Asian Cup and Australia’s engagement with Asia’. Anthony explains what football diplomacy is (0:14), how as the concept has gained greater currency within the Australian government (0:55) examples of it are limited (1:38) and ends with Anthony giving three practical recommendations  (2:20) on how football diplomacy can be 'relaunched' in the lead up to the  2015 Asian Cup in 2015 to strengthen Australia’s broader engagement with Asia.

In a wide ranging discussion the Executive Director of the Lowy Institute, Dr Michael Fullilove, spoke with former US Senator Joseph Lieberman about the domestic governance challenges facing America (0:44), what one can expect from Senator John Kerry as he embraces his Secretary of State portfolio (2:00) and how seriously Washington is preparing for the challenges and opportunities of the Asian Century (4:44).