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Yemen Fulcrum in an arc of crisis Apr 10, 2012

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Yemen's growing internal crises and linkages to international terrorism have captured the attention of the international community. Yemen's position at the crossroads of international trade and in a region already bedevilled by piracy and instability are further reasons to be interested in that country's future trajectory. On 14 July the Wednesday Lowy Lunch Club heard Philip Eliason speak about Yemen's internal developments and its role as a fulcrum in a regional arc of crisis.

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Confronting the crisis of international climate policy Apr 10, 2012

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After an extraordinary build-up, the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference spectacularly failed to produce an international response commensurate with the scale of the climate change issue - and there seems little prospect of an agreement in the near term. This Wednesday Lowy Lunch launched a new Lowy Policy Brief that charts an alternative course for delivering an international agreement on climate change that will commence genuine reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Afghanistan-Australias commitment Apr 10, 2012

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On Friday 16 July, Australia's Defence Minister, Senator John Faulkner, spoke at the Lowy Institute to discuss Australia's commitment and contribution to the ISAF effort in Afghanistan, in the context of Australian strategic objectives, operational developments and the challenge of capacity building.

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Moving Australia forward Apr 10, 2012

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At the Lowy Institute on Tuesday 6 July, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. Julia Gillard, gave her first major policy speech as prime minister.

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Iran's nuclear quest: can it be stopped Apr 10, 2012

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Lowy Lecture Series - Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi presentation
The Wednesday Lowy Lecture on 14 March 2012 explored the policy challenges posed by Iran's nuclear program with Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi.
Dr Ottolenghi is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington. He has done extensive research on the connections between Iran’s energy companies and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and he has advised several foreign ministries in Europe on this issue, and testified before the Canadian and European parliaments.

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Progress towards action on climate change Apr 10, 2012

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In an address at the Lowy Institute on 7 February, Professor Ross Garnaut launched his second Update Paper, 'Progress towards effective global action on climate change', which examines international developments in action on climate change since 2008, including the outcomes from Copenhagen and Cancun.

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2011 Lowy Institute Poll Apr 10, 2012

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The Poll was launched by Lowy Institute Executive Director, Dr Michael Wesley, and was followed by an interactive discussion with panelists, including a Q&A. The discussants were: The Hon. Bob Carr, Laura Tingle and Senator Russell Trood.

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Crisis and confidence Apr 09, 2012

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Asia's security tensions at sea are back on top of the global strategic agenda with the July 2011 visit to China by US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. The Lowy Institute recently launched a major new publication on this subject. During the launch event in Canberra on 28 June, a presentation by principal author Rory Medcalf was followed by a panel discussion involving the authors and Director of Studies Andrew Shearer.

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Our post GFC world Apr 05, 2012

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On 29 July in Canberra, in the latest in our Food for Thought series, Mark Thirlwell, Director of the Lowy Institute’s International Economy program, looked at our post-GFC world and tried to answer the question, 'Just how much has changed as a result of the global financial crisis?'

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The future of American military strategy Apr 05, 2012

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With the US out of Iraq and on its way out of Afghanistan American military strategy may be reverting back to large war scenarios for its future planning. The lecture will consider the basis for this reversion, including a reassessment of the war on terror, frustration with COIN (counter-insurgency) and concerns about China, and ask whether it will be any easier for the US to avoid the lesser contingencies in the future than it has been in the past.
Lawrence Freedman has been Professor of War Studies at King's College London since 1982, and Vice-Principal since 2003. Elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1995 and awarded the CBE in 1996, he was appointed Official Historian of the Falklands Campaign in 1997. He was awarded the KCMG in 2003. In June 2009 he was appointed to serve as a member of the official inquiry into Britain and the 2003 Iraq War.
Professor Freedman has written extensively on nuclear strategy and the cold war, as well as commentating regularly on contemporary security issues. His most recent book, A Choice of Enemies: America confronts the Middle East, won the 2009 Lionel Gelber Prize and Duke of Westminster Medal for Military Literature.
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