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On 7 November 2007 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Dr Meryl Williams launched her new Lowy Institute Paper entitled 'Enmeshed: Australia and Southeast Asia's Fisheries'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 31 October 2007 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Dr Milton Osborne examined China's growing influence in Southeast Asia by looking at the water politics of the Salween and Mekong River systems that link China to continental Southeast Asia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 30 May 2007 at the Wednesday Lowy Lunch, at 31 Bligh Street, Professor James Piscatori discussed Iraq and the future of political Islam.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 2 August 2006, Dr Malcolm Cook, program director Asia and the Pacific, discussed Prime Minister Koizumi's legacy and the changes he has overseen to Japan’s domestic politics and international policy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 27 February 2008, Archbishop John Odama spoke about the brutal twenty-year conflict in northern Uganda in his presentation 'Reconciliation and development: The Ugandan experience'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 11 July 2007 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Dr Stephen Grenville addressed the questions: As international capital flows back into the Asian region's economies, is the region now seeing old vulnerabilities re-emerge? And has the IMF learned the right lessons from history?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr Michael Fullilove was the speaker at the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 26 April 2006. The topic was: 'After Honiara: Implications for the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a speech on 23 August 2006 co-hosted jointly by the Lowy Institute and the University of Sydney, Lowy Institute Board Member, Ambassador Martin Indyk, addressed the current turmoil in the Middle East and, in particular, what this meant for the United States goal of re-shaping and democratising the Middle East.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Pru Goward presentation At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 21 November 2007, New South Wales Shadow Minister for Climate Change and the Environment Pru Goward explored the human frailties and rivalries and growth expectations that will make solving climate change so difficult. Ms Goward's presentation was entitled 'The state, climate change and federalism'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lowy Institute Distinguished Speaker Series - Mr Robert McClelland presentation On Wednesday 14 March 2007, in the latest lecture in our Distinguished Speaker Series, the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Robert McClelland MP, spoke on the topic: 'Good international citizenship'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 7 March 2007, Bill Bowtell, the Director of the Institute’s HIV/AIDS Project, explained how and why the HIV/AIDS pandemic developed, the severe regional consequences and costs if it is not checked, and the need to rethink current international HIV/AIDS strategiesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 28th June 2006 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Mike Smith, the CEO of AUSTCARE, discussed the prospects for peace and stability in East Timor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, 25 May 2006 - Ambassador Ersavci presentation The Turkish Ambassador spoke about the challenges facing Turkey as it attempts to deal with the competing imperatives of a country that sits at Europe’s geographic, cultural and ideological crossroads.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, 5 May 2006 - Janet Albrechtsen presentation On 3 May the lawyer and columnist for The Australian newspaper, Janet Albrechtsen, addressed the Wednesday Lunch at the Lowy Institute. Her topic was: 'The illegitimacy of international law: The case against transnationalism'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 18 February 2008 the Lowy Institute launched a new Paper by Dr Michael Fullilove, entitled 'World wide webs: Diasporas and the international system'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Distinguished Speaker Series - Dr David McCormick presentation On 26 May 2009, the Lowy Institute was pleased to host a speech in our Distinguished Speaker Series by Dr David McCormick, Distinguished Service Professor of Information Technology, Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, on the current state of the world economy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Daoud Yaqub presentation On 28 March 2007 at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Daoud Yaqub spoke on the topic: 'A long hot summer ahead for Afghanistan'. He discussed the looming spring offensive by the Taliban, including its implications for the reconstruction and security effort in Afghanistan, and what the international community needs to do to help the Karzai government meet this challenge. Yaqub is co-author with Bill Maley of a new Lowy Institute Policy Brief, 'A Long Hot Summer: Crisis and Opportunity inSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PNG’s voters go to the polls in June to elect a new national government. It is hoped that these elections will bring to a close a particularly tense and volatile chapter in PNG’s history. Since becoming Prime Minister in August 2011, Peter O’Neill has had a tenuous hold on government. The opposing political forces led by former Prime Minister Michael Somare have used court challenges and other means in their attempt to oust the O’Neill government. The cost to PNG’s reputation has been high. On the eve of the elections, the Lowy Institute will dedicate one of its final Wednesday Lowy Lunches to look at PNG beyond the formation of a new government. Dame Carol Kidu, a former minister in the Somare Government, won’t be running in this year’s elections after 15 years in Parliament. Dame Carol’s contribution to PNG’s social development has been extensive. With her deep knowledge of PNG, she will look at the challenges confronting a new government and what policy issues it needs to deal with as a matter of priority.

The eighth annual Lowy Institute Poll reports the results of a nationally representative opinion survey of 1,005 Australian adults conducted in Australia between 26 March and 10 April 2012 using mobile and landline telephones. It also reports the results of a parallel survey conducted in New Zealand. Key issues covered in the 2012 poll include: foreign investment in Australian farms, uranium sales to India, relations with Fiji, the Bali bombings, climate change, the war in Afghanistan, migration, the US Presidential elections, US military bases, and attitudes towards democracy and human rights. The survey also repeated questions asked in 2007 in both Australia and New Zealand.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Wesley, Executive Director Lowy Institute, discusses the key findings from the 2012 Lowy Institue Poll (0:00). Find out what Australians really think about:Short-term visas for migrant (1:20)Foreign ownership of Australian farmland (2:45)Carbon tax (3:35)Climate change (4:01)US military presence in Australia (4:49)Implications of the Poll for the Australian Government (7:18)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.