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Quick comment: Jenny-Hayward Jones on PNG's future leaders and the Pacific's past eight years Mar 17, 2016

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Sam Roggeveen talks to Melanesia Program Director Jenny Hayward-Jones about her final research paper on Papua New Guinea’s next generation of leaders and what's changed in the Pacific Islands region in Jenny's time as Program Director.

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New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully on NZ's international agenda for 2016 Mar 15, 2016

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On 15 March, NZ Foreign Minister Murray McCully delivered an address at the Lowy Institute outlining New Zealand's international agenda for 2016, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific and New Zealand’s final year on the United Nations Security Council.

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In conversation: Rising parliamentarians on Australia's place in the world Mar 08, 2016

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On 8 March, Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove hosted a conversation with rising parliamentarians Dr Jim Chalmers MP and Senator Linda Reynolds CSC on Australia's place in the world.

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Quick comment: The Defence White Paper dissected Feb 25, 2016

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Euan Graham, Sam Roggeveen and Michael Fullilove discuss the Australian Government's new Defence White Paper.

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In conversation: Justin Wolfers and Betsy Stevenson Feb 19, 2016

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On 17 February, International Economy Program Director Leon Berkelmans hosted a conversation with one of the most high profile power couples in economics, Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson. The discussion covered Betsey’s time as a member of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, the current state of the US economy, the gender problem economics has, economics in pop culture, and Justin's work with the New York Times.

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Panel discussion: The year ahead (Melbourne event) Feb 18, 2016

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On 11 February at the National Gallery of Victoria, Research Director Anthony Bubalo, International Security Program Director Dr Euan Graham, Polling Program Director Alex Oliver and Melanesia Research Fellow Jonathan Pryke discussed the big issues that are likely to dominate the international policy agenda in 2016.

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Panel discussion: The political selfie, soft power and the art of digital diplomacy Feb 16, 2016

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How has the digital era affected diplomacy and how we measure soft power?
On 15 February Alex Oliver, Director of the Lowy Institute’s Polling Program, hosted a panel consisting of Portland Communications' Jonathan McClory, British High Commissioner Menna Rawlings and Rob Tranter, First Assistant Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Communications Division for Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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Quick Comment: David Dollar on the yuan Feb 09, 2016

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Leon Berkelmans talks with Visiting G20 Studies Centre Fellow and Brookings Senior Fellow David Dollar on the state of the yuan. China’s foreign reserves depleted less in January than December but still fell by $99.5 billion. David addresses concerns about the accuracy of the Chinese data, capital flight, and the possibility of a significant yuan devaluation.

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China's economic outlook and economic governance, with David Dollar Feb 08, 2016

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The Chinese economy is going through an uncertain transition, while at the same time Beijing has assumed the presidency of the G20. On 8 February the Lowy Institute hosted a conversation on China’s economy and China's future in the governance architecture with long-time China scholar and economist David Dollar and Lowy Institute International Economy Program Director Leon Berkelmans.

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In conversation: Russia's Asian Rebalance? Feb 05, 2016

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Russia under President Vladimir Putin is reasserting its role in international politics everywhere from the Middle East to East Asia. On 5 February the Lowy Institute's Anthony Bubalo hosted a discussion on Moscow's global ambitions with our leading Russia expert, Dr Matthew Sussex.

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