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Crisis in the Eurozone. An unconvincing recovery in the United States. Slowing growth in China. Signs of a stall in India. And one of the best quarterly GDP readings in Australia in the past five years. What’s going on? Dr John Edwards and Mark Thirlwell on 27 June discussed the world's turbulent global economy and the implications for Australia.Dr John Edwards is a Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute and a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia.Mark Thirlwell is the Director of the Institute’s International Economy Program.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia's political relationship with China is far less developed than its economic relationship. In Australia-China ties: in search of political trust, Linda Jakobson argues that this is detrimental to Australia's interests because China is not merely an economic power but also a crucial political and security actor in the region. Underdeveloped political and strategic relations between Canberra and Beijing weaken Australia's ability to exert influence regionally. Australia risks being viewed by China's leaders merely as a provider of resources. Moreover, there is a danger that problems in the bilateral relationship will escalate into a crisis due to the lack of familiarity and political trust between key Australian and Chinese decision-makers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Tuesday 26 June, NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell delivered the second annual Australia-Gulf Lecture at the Lowy Institute’s Bligh Street headquarters.The Australia-Gulf Lecture series aims to promote a greater awareness and understanding of the growing relationship between Australia and the countries of the Gulf region. Etihad Airways is the principle partner of the Australia-Gulf Lecture series.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Friday 10 November 2006 the Lowy Institute hosted a special briefing on the results of the mid-term congressional elections, in which the Democratic Party regained control of both houses of Congress. The featured speaker was award-winning journalist, author and Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Peter Hartcher.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 29 November 2006 at a special Wednesday Lunch at Lowy at 31 Bligh Street, the noted commentator Owen Harries spoke on the topic 'After Iraq'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 5 September 2007 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Dr Bates Gill spoke on the topic of 'Asian regional architecture: the debate in Washington.'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 12 July 2006, Leigh Sales, the ABC’s National Security Correspondent, spoke to the Wednesday Lowy Lunch seminar at the Lowy Institute about the key questions raised by Guantanamo: what the centre is like and how the US government is likely to extricate itself from the island.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Friday, 6 November 2009, the Honourable Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, spoke at the Lowy Institute for International Policy on 'Australia, the region and the world: the challenges ahead'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 15th March 2006 at Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Ambassador Martin Indyk, Lowy Institute Board Member and Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Studies at the Brookings Institution and Anthony Bubalo, Lowy Institute Research Fellow, debated the pros and cons of the Bush Administration's great democratisation gamble.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 6 December 2007, as part of it Distinguished Speaker Series, the Lowy Institute hosted an address by the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, on U.S.-Australian relations in a new era.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.