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  • 2024 Lowy Lecture and Dinner

    WHERE:   Sydney Town Hall

    WHEN:   11/26/2024 6:00:00 PM - 11/26/2024 10:00:00 PM

    We are delighted to announce that tickets are now available for purchase for the 2024 Lowy Lecture and Dinner. This year, the Lowy Lecture will be delivered by the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel.

  • From Jokowi to Prabowo: Perspectives from the ANU Indonesia Update

    WHERE:   The Lowy Institute

    WHEN:   9/16/2024 12:00:00 PM - 9/16/2024 1:30:00 PM

    Indonesia is in the countdown to the October presidential transition from Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to Prabowo Subianto, who won a decisive victory in the April presidential election. Hugely ambitious and popular, Jokowi leaves a complex legacy, including strained democratic institutions, the politicisation of the police and military, and an at times transactional foreign policy that benefited China’s standing. 

  • Book Launch: The War for Ukraine - Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire

    WHERE:   The Lowy Institute

    WHEN:   9/19/2024 12:00:00 PM - 9/19/2024 1:30:00 PM

    The soundness of military strategy and the nimbleness with which strategy can adapt to unforeseen circumstances are the two most important factors in deciding victory or defeat. This is the clearest lesson to emerge from the Ukraine war, argues Mick Ryan, one of the most quoted and influential military experts on the conflict. 

  • The 2024 US presidential election: Democracy and its discontents

    WHERE:   The Lowy Institute

    WHEN:   9/30/2024 12:30:00 PM - 9/30/2024 1:30:00 PM

    As the United States approaches a pivotal presidential election in November, populism is on the rise and key tenets of American democracy are being tested. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is preparing for two very different versions of the superpower.

  • SYDNEY EVENT: Launch of the 2024 Asia Power Index - Is Asia multipolar?

    WHERE:   The Lowy Institute

    WHEN:   10/3/2024 6:00:00 PM - 10/3/2024 7:15:00 PM

    Join us for the launch of the 2024 Asia Power Index, the Lowy Institute’s annual assessment of the distribution of power among 27 countries in Asia. 

  • CANBERRA EVENT: Launch of the 2024 Asia Power Index - Will China gain uncontested primacy in Asia?

    WHERE:   National Press Club

    WHEN:   10/10/2024 6:00:00 PM - 10/10/2024 7:15:00 PM

    Join us for the launch of the 2024 Asia Power Index, the Lowy Institute’s annual assessment of the distribution of power among 27 countries in Asia. 

  • SYDNEY EVENT: Safeguarding Democracy in an era of geopolitical competition

    WHERE:   The Lowy Institute

    WHEN:   10/14/2024 12:15:00 PM - 10/14/2024 1:30:00 PM

    Democracies around the world are being challenged by socio-economic pressures, rising inequalities, and rapid technological developments, as well as growing polarisation and diminishing trust in institutions.

  • CANBERRA EVENT: Best Laid Plans -The Inside Story of Reform in Aung San Suu Kyi’s Myanmar

    WHERE:   National Press Club

    WHEN:   10/14/2024 6:45:00 PM - 10/14/2024 8:15:00 PM

    Join us for a conversation with Sean Turnell about Best Laid Plans, a unique first-hand account of the radical reforms implemented in Myanmar under the ill-fated civilian government of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. 

  • SYDNEY EVENT: US presidential election - Expert panel discussion

    WHERE:   The Lowy Institute

    WHEN:   10/30/2024 12:15:00 PM - 10/30/2024 1:30:00 PM

    Join our Lowy Institute experts as they review the culmination of a tumultuous US presidential election season. 

  • Sean Turnell’s Best Laid Plans: The Inside Story of Reform in Aung San Suu Kyi’s Myanmar

    WHERE:   The Lowy Institute

    WHEN:   9/3/2024 12:00:00 PM - 9/3/2024 1:30:00 PM

    Join us for a conversation with Sean Turnell about his latest book, Best Laid Plans, a unique first-hand account of the radical reforms implemented in Myanmar under the ill-fated civilian government of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. These reforms, designed both to turn around Myanmar’s dire economy and lay the economic foundations for democracy, were brought to a dramatic end following the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021. Sean Turnell was one of Suu Kyi’s key economic advisers who was imprisoned alongside her in the wake of the coup.

  • Geopolitics - the Bedrock of the New Investment Order

    WHERE:   The Lowy Institute

    WHEN:   11/12/2024 12:15:00 PM - 11/12/2024 1:30:00 PM

    Join our Lowy Institute experts and senior investment leaders as they discuss key geopolitical risks and trends, and the impacts on financial markets and investment portfolios.