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The changing face of Africa Apr 10, 2012

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On 17 November, Scott Featherstone discussed the development of Africa’s political economies with a particular emphasis on the continent’s recent spurt of sustained economic growth. He explored how sustainable this is, what might prevent it from continuing, and what the implications of this are for Australia’s policy-makers and companies.

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US mid-terms and Obama Apr 10, 2012

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On 2 November 2010 the US mid-term elections took place for the House of Representatives, the Senate and many important governorships. These elections are enormously important in their own right but they may also have significant implications for the presidency of Barack Obama. At the Wednesday Lunch on 10 November, two leading commentators on US politics, Dr Michael Fullilove and Brendon O'Connor, provided analysis of the mid-term results.

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Science in society Apr 10, 2012

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Scientific research has become one of the most important economic drivers, especially in countries which are poor in natural resources. Yet, the role of science in modern society goes beyond the production of knowledge. At the Wednesday Lunch on 3 November, Professor Dieter Imboden explored the delicate relationship between research, politics, economy and society.

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Radiation and reason Apr 10, 2012

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For more than half a century the view that radiation represents an extreme hazard has been accepted. At the Wednesday Lowy Lunch on 20 October, Professor Wade Allison challenged that view by facing the question "How dangerous is ionising radiation?"

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Australia and the Millennium Development Goals Apr 10, 2012

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As a follow-up to the Lowy Institute MDG conference held in Sydney in June and the recent UN MDG summit in New York, the Lowy Institute, through The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program, convened a special panel of diverse commentators and experts from government and non-government sectors to tackle some of the key issues that are of particular importance for Australia as a large and growing provider of overseas aid.

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The Obama administration and the Middle East Apr 10, 2012

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The Obama administration inherited a complex and interrelated set of problems in the Middle East - a prolonged war in Iraq, Iran's quest for a nuclear weapon capability and a moribund Middle East peace process. On 13 October in our Wednesday Lowy Lunch series, Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer examined the U.S. administration's efforts to deal with these issues and the prospects for success.

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Natural disasters property losses and global climate change Apr 10, 2012

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At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 6 October, Professor John McAneney, the Director of Risk Frontiers and a Professorial Fellow in the Division of Environment and Geography at Macquarie University, addressed the contribution of global climate change to the rising cost of natural disasters.

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Ethics and foreign policy Apr 10, 2012

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The realm of international affairs has become a 'state of nature' with asymmetrical powers of a kind that Thomas Hobbes would recognise as entirely familiar. What, then, should be the prescription to cure this ill?
At the Wednesday Lunch on 29 September, Dr Simon Longstaff, Executive Director of the St James Ethics Centre, explored how the discipline of ethics helps to address this question.

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Resumption of Six Party Talks Apr 10, 2012

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In this panel discussion on China Radio International's Beyond Beijing program, Research Associate and Asia Security Project Coordinator Raoul Heinrichs explores the future prospects for the Six Party Talks, and for security on the Korean Peninsula.

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Risk and reward a Qantas perspective Apr 10, 2012

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Aviation is one of the world’s more challenging industries. On 22 September, as part of the Lowy Institute's Distinguished Speaker Series, Alan Joyce discussed the Qantas approach to managing short- and long-term risks and seizing commercial opportunities within a complex and rapidly changing operating environment.
Alan Joyce was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Qantas on 28 November 2008.

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