Lowy Institute

On 25 June 2013 the Lowy Institute hosted Tom Switzer of the US Studies Centre. Tom spoke with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove about a range of US foreign policy issues, focusing on President Obama's seeming reluctance to take the lead on key global crises.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 24 June 2013 the Lowy Institute launched its ninth annual opinion poll of Australian views on foreign policy. Poll author Alex Oliver outlines the poll's findings, followed by a panel discussion featuring Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove, the ABC's Annabel Crabb, The Age's Daniel Flitton, and Tony Shepherd, Chairman of Transfield Services and President of the Business Council of Australia. The poll itself is available here: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/lowy-institute-poll-2013See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lowy Institute Poll 2913 author Alex Oliver discusses the key findings of the Lowy Institute Poll 2013. Alex provides a short introduction to the Poll (0:14), before giving short descriptions and analysis of Australian attitudes to: democracy (0:55), the US and China (3:24), the US alliance, the Australian economy (5:36), climate change (5:57), asylum seekers (6:16) and the September 2013 federal election (7:23)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 12 June 2013 Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator the Hon Bob Carr launched Michael Fullilove's book , 'Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World' at the Lowy Institute. The book is published by Penguin Books Australia: http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780670074877/rendezvous-destinySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 June 2013 Lt Gen Noboru Yamaguchi (Ret.) gave a lecture to the Lowy Institute on the challenges currently facing maritime East Asia. The lecture was made possible by the support of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; for more information see http://www.lowyinstitute.org/news-and-media/hot-topic/east-china-sea-forumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 31 May 2013 Dr Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg gave a lecture to the Lowy Institute on relations between Australia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Dr Aluwaisheg is Assistant Secretary General for Negotiations and Strategic Dialogue at the GCC.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following the release of her Policy Brief, Consular conundrum: the rising demands and diminishing means for assisting Australians overseas, The Lowy Institute's Alex Oliver was interviewed by Jason Morrison on 2UE radio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lowy Lecture Series: Burma's transition: progress and prospects by Lowy InstituteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Obama Administration's so-called 'pivot to Asia' raises serious questions about US policy in the Middle East at a time of great turmoil in the region. On 2 May 2013 the Lowy Institute hosted an address from Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, Ambassador Martin Indyk, who explored what the pivot means for US Middle East policy in President Obama's second term.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 29 April 2013 Senator the Hon David Johnston gave a lecture to the Lowy Institute on the Coalition's defence policy in the lead-up to the release of the 2013 Defence White Paper.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.