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The Lowy Institute is a leading international think tank that looks at the world from Australia’s perspective. This channel aggregates audio from across all of our event and podcast channels.

4 DAYS AGO

Bougainville's future: Sustainable sovereignty through development

Bougainville has set 2027 as the deadline to declare independence from Papua New Guinea. But the economic and institutional foundations of sovereignty in the autonomous region remain fragile. In this episode of Pacific Change Makers, the Lowy Institute’s Director of the Pacific Islands Program Mihai Sora speaks with Oliver Nobetau, Director of the Aus–PNG Network Project, about the roadmap needed to ensure Bougainville’s future prosperity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 min
5 SEPT

Conversations: The Beijing parade, controversy in the Pacific, wither the Quad, and nuclear reactors on the Moon — This month in The Interpreter

Join Lydia Khalil and Interpreter Managing Editor Daniel Flitton for a conversation about what we covered this month in Australia’s best foreign affairs magazine, The Interpreter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

26 min
2 SEPT

Conversations: Mick Ryan on Trump's Ukraine folly

The Trump–Putin summit in Alaska left the Russian leader smiling and the United States without concrete results, says Lowy Institute Senior Fellow for Military Studies Mick Ryan. In this conversation, Sam Roggeveen asks Mick Ryan about the battlefield situation in Ukraine and the lessons of the war for the Asia-Pacific. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 min
29 AUG

How can we eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online?

The 2019 Christchurch terror attacks tragically highlighted how online capabilities can be exploited by bad actors. Since that time, there has been a concerted global effort by governments, tech companies and civil society to come together to mitigate these risks. But online extremism is a persistent challenge. The Institute's Lydia Khalil talks with Paul Ash, Chief Executive of the Christchurch Call Foundation(christchurchcall.org), about evolving online threats and how global coordination is becoming more complicated. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 min
25 AUG

Conversations: Indonesian foreign policy under President Prabowo

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has travelled relentlessly since his inauguration in October 2024. Yet questions remain about the direction of Indonesian foreign policy under his leadership. How will Indonesia manage its relationships with China, the United States and Russia? And what role will it play within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)? In this episode, the Institute's Susannah Patton discusses these questions with Dr Dino Patti Djalal, founder of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia, and former Indonesian Ambassador to the United States. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 min
22 AUG

Highlights: Lowy Institute Debate | How to defend Australia

Two prominent Australian commentators from opposite sides of the defence debate meet to discuss Australia’s security, America’s role in Asia, the AUKUS partnership and more. Jennifer Parker from the National Security College, ANU, makes the case for an Australian defence policy with a maritime focus. The Lowy Institute’s Sam Roggeveen argues for a continental strategy that is less centred on the US alliance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

33 min
19 AUG

Development Futures: Climate change and the great procrastination

The Institute’s Dr Melanie Pill speaks with Professor Thomas Hale, author of Long Problems: Climate change and the challenge of governing across time, about the difficulty of addressing issues, like climate change, that have such distant consequences. They discuss the barriers to addressing and governing long problems, how to build stronger institutions, and how international negotiations and agreements can be better structured to address climate change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 min
15 AUG

Conversations: US Senator Chris Coons on President Trump, AUKUS and the future of the Democratic Party

US Senator Chris Coons joined the Lowy Institute's Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove at the Institute's Bligh Street headquarters for a special episode of Lowy Institute Conversations. They discussed US President Donald Trump's forthcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first 200 days of President Trump's foreign policy, AUKUS, defence spending, and Senator Coons' optimism about the Democrats’ electoral prospects in 2028. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 min

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Always blaming Trump

21/08/2020

Diditibu

Always blaming Trump with your gay way of seeing the world. Grow a little bit and get out of this trump syndrome. You can Bring a black woman a Latino it will not work. Libs, you have already tried with Obama and result ?... nothing jus create division almond the world. Crimes rising nothing positive.

The Lowy Institute is a leading international think tank that looks at the world from Australia’s perspective. This channel aggregates audio from across all of our event and podcast channels.