The Lowy Institute

The Lowy Institute

The Lowy Institute is a nonpartisan think tank focused on global policy issues. It aims to create fresh ideas and foster discussions about international events and Australia's position on the global stage. Its scope is extensive, covering various aspects of international policy discussions in Australia, including economic, political, and strategic matters, without being confined to any specific geographic area.

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  • 5 days ago | lowyinstitute.org | Alldo Fellix Januardy

    For decades, much of the world was expected to fall in line with one of two powers: follow Washington’s lead or move into Beijing’s orbit. From infrastructure lending to digital finance, global influence was assumed to flow from dominant capitals outward. But that logic is beginning to fray. Across the Global South, countries are quietly testing new paths – no longer waiting to be chosen, but exploring how to choose more on their own terms. For this group of countries, a different order is emerging.

  • 5 days ago | lowyinstitute.org | Mick Ryan

    For some time now, Ukraine has been undertaking a long-range strike campaign against targets inside Russia. It has done this to degrade Russia’s war-making capacity by attacking factories and oil refineries. It is also to demonstrate to its supporters and aid providers that a Russian victory is not inevitable. And finally, the aim is to place political pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a war termination agreement favourable to Ukraine.

  • 2 weeks ago | lowyinstitute.org | Yvonne Tan

    In 2023, the Global Slavery Index suggested that in Malaysia, 6.3 out of every 1,000 people were affected by modern slavery – up from 4.2 per 1,000 in 2016, ranking it above regional neighbours Thailand and Vietnam. A year earlier, the US State Department had labelled Malaysia a “tier 3” country in its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, a rank shared with some of the worst countries in the world for human trafficking, including North Korea and Afghanistan.

  • 2 weeks ago | lowyinstitute.org | Greg Earl

    Back to the futureIt is now just over 30 years since then Prime Minister Paul Keating declared, to some frisson in the international relations community, that “no country is more important to Australia than Indonesia”.

  • 2 weeks ago | lowyinstitute.org | Abdullah Ali

    Sudan is the world's forgotten war. With over 50,000 Sudanese-born residents and more than 130,000 people of Sudanese ancestry living in Australia – many concentrated in cities including Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth – the brutal conflict unfolding in Sudan is not a distant tragedy. It is a lived reality for thousands of Australians with loved ones caught in the crossfire. Yet the crisis remains largely invisible in our national discourse.