Lowy Institute for International Policy
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The Lowy Institute for International Policy is an independent think tank
endowed by Frank Lowy
to conduct original, policy-relevant research about international political, strategic and economic issues from an Australian perspective. It is based in Sydney, New South Wales
, Australia
. Its research and analysis claims to be non-partisan and its active program of conferences, seminars and other events are designed to inform and deepen the debate about international policy in Australia and to help shape the broader international discussion of these issues.
The Lowy Institute for International Policy launched a blog 'The Interpreter' in November 2007. According to Executive Director Allan Gyngell: "it aims to provide you with fresh insights into international events and a new way to engage with the Institute."
Each year, the Lowy Institute hosts a seminar with a specific theme relevant to international policy, which is attended by early-career professionals, who have the potential for extensive careers in public policy.
Think tank
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endowed by Frank Lowy
Frank Lowy
Frank Lowy, AC is an Australian-Israeli businessman. He is a co-founder of the Westfield Group, operator of over 100 shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Great Britain...
to conduct original, policy-relevant research about international political, strategic and economic issues from an Australian perspective. It is based in Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Its research and analysis claims to be non-partisan and its active program of conferences, seminars and other events are designed to inform and deepen the debate about international policy in Australia and to help shape the broader international discussion of these issues.
Website
The institute's website offers publications for free download. In 2006 the regular talks began to be recorded and made available on the website.The Lowy Institute for International Policy launched a blog 'The Interpreter' in November 2007. According to Executive Director Allan Gyngell: "it aims to provide you with fresh insights into international events and a new way to engage with the Institute."
Board of directors
The institute's board comprises several notable Australian policy makers and business people.- Robert Ferguson - former managing director, Bankers TrustBankers TrustBankers Trust was an historic American banking organization. The bank merged with Alex. Brown & Sons before being acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1998.-History:A consortium of banks created Bankers Trust to perform trust company services for their clients....
Australia - Ross GarnautRoss GarnautRoss Gregory Garnaut AO is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Australian National University and both a Vice-Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow of Economics at The University of Melbourne....
- academic - Martin IndykMartin IndykMartin Sean Indyk is Vice President and Director for Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Indyk served as United States ambassador to Israel and Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs during the Clinton Administration. He is known as the framer of the U.S...
- diplomat; former United States ambassadorAmbassadors from the United StatesThis is a list of ambassadors of the United States to individual nations of the world, to international organizations, to past nations, and ambassadors-at-large.Ambassadors are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate...
to IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... - Frank LowyFrank LowyFrank Lowy, AC is an Australian-Israeli businessman. He is a co-founder of the Westfield Group, operator of over 100 shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Great Britain...
- Lowy Institute founder and chairman; co-founder, Westfield Group - Peter Lowy - group managing director of the Westfield Group
- Steven Lowy - group managing director of the Westfield Group
- Ian MacfarlaneIan Macfarlane (economist)Ian John Macfarlane, AC , Australian economist, and Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia , Australia's central bank, from 1996 to 17 September 2006...
- former Governor of the Reserve Bank of AustraliaReserve Bank of AustraliaThe Reserve Bank of Australia came into being on 14 January 1960 as Australia's central bank and banknote issuing authority, when the Reserve Bank Act 1959 removed the central banking functions from the Commonwealth Bank to it.... - Robert O'NeillRobert J. O'NeillRobert John O'Neill AO is Chair of the International Academic Advisory Committee at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, was director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, based in London, 1982-1987, and Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford...
- academic - Mark Ryan - company director
- Judith Sloan - economist
- Michael Thawley - former Australian Ambassador to the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Notable staff
- Michael WesleyMichael WesleyMichael Wesley is an Australian academic and currently works as Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Prior to joining the Lowy Institute, he was Director of the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University....
, Executive Director - Andrew Shearer, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Studies
- Linda Jakobson, SDirector of the East Asia Program
- Alan DupontAlan DupontProfessor Alan Dupont has worked on Australian defence and Asian security issues for more than thirty years as a strategist, diplomat, policy analyst and scholar. He is Michael Hintze Chair of International Security and the Director of the Centre for International Security Studies at the University...
, Non-Resident Senior Fellow - Michael FulliloveMichael FulliloveMichael Fullilove is an Australian author and foreign policy commentator. He is currently the Director of the Global Issues Program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney and a Nonresident Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC...
, Director of the Global Issues Program - Warwick McKibbinWarwick McKibbinWarwick McKibbin is an Australian Professor of Economics at the Australian National University who works across a wide range of areas in applied policy...
, Professorial Fellow - Fergus Hanson, Director of the Lowy Poll
- Rory Medcalf, Director of the International Security Program
- James Brown, Military Associate
Former staff
- Allan Gyngell, Former Executive Director (2004-2009) - now Director General of the Office of National AssessmentsOffice of National AssessmentsThe Office of National Assessments is an Australian intelligence agency. ONA was established by the Office of National Assessments Act 1977 as an independent body directly accountable to the Prime Minister of Australia...
Lowy Poll
The annual Lowy Poll surveys a nationally representative sample of the adult Australian population on foreign policy issues and is the Lowy Institute's flagship publication. It is wholly funded by the Lowy Institute and its results are widely cited in the Australian and international media. The Lowy Institute has also conducted opinion polling in Indonesia, New Zealand and China. The first Lowy Poll was in 2005. The Director of Lowy Polling is Fergus Hanson.New Voices
- For a full list of participants, see: Lowy New Voices Wiki
Each year, the Lowy Institute hosts a seminar with a specific theme relevant to international policy, which is attended by early-career professionals, who have the potential for extensive careers in public policy.
Links to Outcomes Reports
| Year | Theme |
|---|---|
| New Voices 2004 | A la carte sovereignty: Australia's transforming borders |
| New Voices 2005 | Binding the World Together |
| New Voices 2006 | Technology and International Relations |
| New Voices 2007 | International Leadership |
| New Voices 2008 | Responsibility in a Globalised World |
| New Voices 2009 | Networked |
| New Voices 2010 | Global Encounters |