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  • Pacific Panel: Advancing women in business and leadership

    WHERE:   Old Parliament House,

    WHEN:   8/12/2024 6:00:00 PM - 8/12/2024 8:00:00 PM

    The Lowy Institute is delighted to invite you to the FDC–Lowy Institute Pacific Panel with leading experts and practitioners on advancing gender equality in the Pacific IslandsJoin us to hear from those making a positive difference in the region. 

  • Canberra Launch: 2024 Lowy Institute Poll- Australian attitudes to the world

    WHERE:   The National Press Club

    WHEN:   7/29/2024 6:00:00 PM - 7/29/2024 7:15:00 PM

    As the United States approaches a pivotal presidential election, how do Australians view our security ally? After two years of official re-engagement, have Australians’ perceptions of China changed? What should the government do about climate change, and how do Australians feel about renewable and nuclear energy?        

  • 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. 

  • Girt by Sea: Finding security in Australia’s maritime domains

    WHERE:   The Lowy Institute

    WHEN:   7/31/2024 12:15:00 PM - 7/31/2024 1:30:00 PM

    What do the maritime security challenges close to Australia mean for the country's future?

  • 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. 

  • 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.