The Southeast Asia Aid Map — launched by the Lowy Institute in 2023 — is a comprehensive database tracking official development finance (ODF) flows in Southeast Asia. This 2024 Key Findings report ...

In this year’s Poll, we asked whether Australia should come to the defence of some of its key allies if they were under attack by another country. More than nine in ten Australians (94%) say Australia ...

Only 21% of Australians say they trust Donald Trump to do the right thing regarding world affairs, the lowest level of confidence in any US president in the history of Lowy Institute polling. Vice ...

On 3 May 2025, Anthony Albanese led the Australian Labor Party to its second consecutive federal election victory. Since then, the Albanese government has continued prosecuting a foreign policy agenda ...

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Anita Inder Singh is an independent cross-disciplinary writer on world affairs. Anita Inder Singh is an independent cross-disciplinary writer on world affairs. She took her BA Honours degree in ...

Vincent So is CEO of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. Views are his own and not of his employer. He has held leadership roles in global pharmaceuticals and began his career in ...

Support for cultural diversity has softened among the Australian public. In 2024, the last time the Lowy Institute polled on ...

It is unlikely that Ream Naval Base in Cambodia will be a Chinese military base or outpost such as the facility in Djibouti fully operated by the People’s Liberation Army. However, China could gain ...

Against this backdrop, six in ten Australians (59%) say they are pessimistic about Australia’s economic performance over the ...

In 2025, Indonesia and China marked the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic ties, highlighting how the relationship has matured into one of the Indo-Pacific’s most consequential. The commemoration ...