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Natural hazards unnatural disasters

At a lecture at the Lowy Institute on 10 March, World Bank Senior Economist Apurva Sanghi…

  
Building a response to climate change

Climate change is real and a significant challenge facing humanity. In this event in the Lowy…

  
Confronting the nuclear security challenge

The Lowy Institute was privileged to host Ms Joan Rohlfing, President of the Nuclear Threat…

  
A more secure world

International conflicts have declined dramatically over the past 60 years. At the Wednesday Lowy…

  
2011 Asian Development Outlook Report

Today’s global economic growth is decisively Asian. ADB’s Asian Development Outlook 2011…

  
Asias nuclear future after Fukushima

The Fukushima crisis has provoked a furious debate about the future of nuclear energy. Polling…

  
Courting reform Indonesias Islamic courts

On 30 March, in the first of the Lowy Institute’s Food for Thought lectures for this year, Cate…

  
Militarisation of American Foreign Policy

With the creation of the Northern Command in 2002 and the Africa Command in 2007 the US military…

  
E-diplomacy and why Australia needs to catch up fast

Technology and the rapid spread of the internet and mobile phones are changing the way diplomacy…

  
The global financial system after the GFC

On 16 March, as part of our Distinguished Speaker Series, Frederic S. Mishkin spoke on the…

  
Fragile states and agile aid - Andrew Leigh MP

By 2015-16, Australia’s foreign aid budget is projected to double to $8 billion, an…

  
The Arab awakening

The recent uprisings and revolutions in the Middle East represent one of the most dramatic…