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Lowy Institute

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.

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15:09

Conversations: A Pacific Eyes intelligence-sharing...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/11/13

The Pacific Islands face converging transnational and geopolitical threats, yet existing intelligence exchanges are fragmented and inadequate to meet the scale of these challenges.The Lowy Institute’s Oliver Nobetau and Mihai Sora discuss a new policy proposal to create a Pacific Eyes agreement — a dedicated intelligence-sharing framework that could transform regional security cooperation. You can read about the Pacific Eyes intelligence-sharing agreement here:

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26:43

Conversations: Trump, Albanese and critical minerals

Lowy Institute ·

2025/11/11

What exactly is the nature of the deal struck between the US and Australian governments on critical minerals? How is it different to the agreements Washington later signed with Southeast Asian countries? And why are we worried about supplies of (not very) rare earths anyway? Explore the economics and politics with the Lowy Institute's Sam Roggeveen and Robert Walker.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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30:00

Conversations: Australia and the UN Security Council

Lowy Institute ·

2025/10/31

During his visit to the UN in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese re-declared Australia’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2029–30. But winning a seat on the world’s apex body is not assured, and the Council itself is facing a crisis of confidence. The Lowy Institute’s Ryan Neelam speaks with former Australian Ambassador to the UN Gary Quinlan AOabout the state of the Security Council today, the case for Australia’s bid, and the impact

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29:50

His Father’s Son: The Xi family and the Future of China.

Lowy Institute ·

2025/10/24

Understanding Xi Jinping and what drives him has become a global cottage industry. According to US China scholar Joseph Torigian, one of the keys to understanding Xi Jinping is his father, Xi Zhongxun. How did Xi Senior influence Xi Junior? And what lessons can be drawn from the father for today’s policymaking? Torigian speaks with the Lowy Institute’s Richard McGregor about his new biography, The Party’s Interests Come First.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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15:29

Conversations: Critical meeting, critical minerals —...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/10/21

The long-awaited meeting between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has finally happened. Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove talks with Lydia Khalil and gives his take on the meeting’s outcomes and what it means for the US–Australia alliance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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35:30

Event: The Myth of the Asian Century

Lowy Institute ·

2025/10/15

In this interview, the Lowy Institute's Sam Roggeveen speaks with one of Asia’s most respected and trenchant observers of modern geopolitics, Bilahari Kausikan, as he discusses his new Lowy Institute Paper, “The Myth of the Asian Century”. "The Myth of the Asian Century" is published by Penguin. It is available in bookstores and as an e-book: https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-myth-of-the-asian-century-a-lowy-institute-paper-penguin-special-9781761357992. The Lowy Institute

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28:00

Conversations: First among equals — How the US should...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/09/30

Washington’s foreign policy establishment is still reluctant to internalise the fact that the United States has entered a multipolar era, says Emma Ashford, Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center. In this conversation, Ashford talks with the Lowy Institute’s Sam Roggeveen about her new book,First Among Equals, and the urgent need for a more realistic American foreign policy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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30:43

EVENT: Indonesia’s next chapter — Governance,...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/09/17

Under new leadership, Indonesia continues to face a persistent and complex challenge: governance. As the country strives to maintain political stability and meet ambitious economic targets, governance reform has become central to meeting both domestic development goals and international commitments. Will political and economic developments in Indonesia enable it to escape the middle-income trap? How can Indonesia balance its climate change pledges with its industrial agenda, and what role does the

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20:15

Bougainville's future: Sustainable sovereignty...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/09/09

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

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27:28

Development Futures: Climate change and the great...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/08/19

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 strongerinstitutions, and how international negotiations and agreements can bebetter structured to addressclimate change.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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27:27

Conversations: Vacating the lane in the Pacific

Lowy Institute ·

2025/08/12

Washington says the Pacific is a critical arena for strategic competition, yet recent US actions suggest otherwise. In this episode, the Institute’s Mihai Sora talks with Dr Charles Edel, Australia Chair at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, and Kathryn Paik, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director with the Australia Chair, about America’s Pacific drawdown, what’s at stake for US and regional security, and whether Australia and its partners are ready, or able, to hold

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26:43

Highlights: Malaysia, China, and the region in a...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/08/08

In 2025 Malaysia hosts the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), putting it at the centre of regional geopolitics. Its prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has an ambitious agenda to steer the group through the challenges posed by rising geopolitical tension. How will Malaysia navigate a trade war and competition between the United States and China? And how will its identity as a diverse Muslim majority country and advocate for the global south shape its positions at a time of multiple crises and

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23:42

Development Futures: The 2025 Southeast Asia Aid Map...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/08/05

As global donors retreat from development finance, Southeast Asia stands to lose billions of dollars in critical support. In this episode, we launch the Lowy Institute’s 2025 Southeast Asia Aid Map and unpack what the wave of US, UK and European aid cuts mean for the region. Roland Rajah, Director of the Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre, is joined by theMap’s lead authors Alexandre Dayant and Grace Stanhope, and Southeast Asia Program Director Susannah Patton, to discuss

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34:41

Highlights: A conversation with the Rt Hon David...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/07/29

Listen to the highlights of a special invitation-only event to hear from The Rt Hon David Lammy MP, the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs as he chats with Dr Michael Fullilove AM. The Foreign Secretary delivers an address on the evolving Australia-UK strategic relationship and global challenges followed by a Q&A. Watch the full length video here: https://youtube.com/live/SLKFANYC7YA?feature=shareSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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18:46

Conversations - Separate or Intertwined? How will...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/07/24

Traditionally, Australian governments have tried to pursue the relationships with its main trading partner and its security guarantor in parallel.Now that the dynamics are becoming increasingly intertwined, how will Australia make its way forward?Lowy Institute Program Director Sam Roggeveen andSenior Fellow for East Asia Richard McGregordiscuss Australian PM Anthony Albanese’s recent six-day visit to China and outline what it signals about Australia’s relationship, not only with

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32:30

Lowy Institute Poll 2025 — Australia and the new...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/07/22

Listen to the highlights of this discussion recorded in Sydney on how Australians are grappling with seismic shifts in the global order. Drawing on the perspectives of Shadow Assistant Minister and former ambassador Dave Sharma, ABC senior journalist Isabella Higgins, Southeast Asia expert Susannah Patton, and Lowy Institute Poll author Ryan Neelam, this event explores how Australians view the country’s relations with the United States and China, their perceptions of threats, their thoughts on

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25:16

Conversations: Cold War prophet

Lowy Institute ·

2025/07/10

In this episode, Edward Luce, Financial Timescolumnist and author of Zbig, a new biography of US President Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, talks with Sam Roggeveen. They discuss Zbig’s stature as a foreign policy sage, his friendship and rivalry with Henry Kissinger, and what remains of the Washington foreign policy establishment that Zbig symbolised.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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24:14

Conversations: How China won and lost America

Lowy Institute ·

2025/07/03

Lowy Institute Senior Fellow Richard McGregor talks with American sinologist Professor David Shambaugh about his latest book, Breaking the Engagement, which charts the rise and fall of Washington’s engagement strategy with China. They discuss the original aims of the strategy, why it failed, and what lessons Australia can draw.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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59:32

EVENT: Australia in a world adrift — Lowy Institute...

Lowy Institute ·

2025/07/01

Listen to this timely discussion about how Australians see the world and their place in it. Drawing on the experience of Assistant Minister Andrew Leigh, SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson, ABC Foreign Affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic, and Lowy Institute Poll author Ryan Neelam, this event, recorded on Tuesday 24 June 2025, explored Australians’ views on the fracturing of the rules-based international order, attitudes towards the superpowers, Donald Trump’s policies,

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20:32

Conversations: Missile diplomacy in the Middle East

Lowy Institute ·

2025/06/24

The Institute’s Director of Research Hervé Lemahieu and Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove discuss the US and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, Iran’s response, and the uncertainty of a reported ceasefire. They analyse the strategic stakes, the role of diplomacy and international institutions, and the risks and advantages of President Donald Trump’s unpredictability.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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