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Inflection point the ADF after Afghanistan by Lowy InstituteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When more is less by Lowy InstituteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Testimony to Inquiry on Australias overseas diplomatic network by Lowy InstituteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Next month will mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This also makes it the 20th anniversary of the birth of the new global economy. At the Wednesday Lunch on 21 October, Mark Thirlwell, Director of the Institute’s international economy program, looked at some of the forces shaping the world economy during its first two decades: a period bookmarked at one end by the collapse of communism and the triumph of the market, and at the other by global financial crisis and the rise of state capitalism, and one which has included the Asian financial crisis, the dot-com bubble, the launch of the euro, the creation of the WTO, China’s emergence as a major global economic player, and the ascendancy of the G-20.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Australia adequately represented overseas in terms of our diplomatic network? Yesterday in Canberra a parliamentary inquiry heard from groups as diverse as AusAID, the Australia Gulf Council and the Australian Federal Police with their say on the issue. Alex Oliver, a research fellow with the Lowy Institute, argues Australia is woefully under-represented overseas, compared to other like countries, as a result of two decades of neglect.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There were high expectations for the growth of nuclear power in the years leading up to the Fukushima nuclear accident on 11 March 2011, as concerns about energy security and climate change prompted governments to reconsider their energy options. But the expansion of nuclear power has posed serious challenges to the non-proliferation regime, raising new questions about threats and risks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Wicked weapons: North Asia's nuclear tangle" Rory Medcalf | Wednesday Lunch at LowySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anthony Bubalo | Wednesday Lowy LunchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brigadier Roger Noble | Lowy Lecture SeriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Thirlwell | Wednesday Lunch at LowySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Stemming the 'evil flowers': The ADF's approach to the foreign and security policy impact of Improvised Explosive Devices" Brigadier Phil Winter | Wednesday Lunch at LowySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Papua New Guinea's dilemma"Ian Kemish | Lowy Lecture SeriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Linda Jakobson | Wednesday Lowy LunchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Online people power: how social media is transforming the world" Mishal Husein | Lowy Lecture SeriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Hartcher, Nick Bryant, and Michael Fullilove | Lowy Lecture SeriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Is there an 'Obama doctrine' in US foreign policy?" Peter Beinart | Wednesday Lunch at LowySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"The shifting geopolitics of aviation" James Hogan | Australia-Gulf Lecture SeriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Liberalism and Australian foreign policy: A conversation with Malcolm Fraser"The Right Hon. Malcolm Fraser | Distinguished Speaker SeriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Foreign policy opinion polling: a case study from Fiji" Caz Tebbutt | Lowy Lecture SeriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Dangerous luxuries: Australia's flawed defence strategy" John Angevine | Wednesday Lowy LunchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.