The Lowy Institute

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.

"The 2011 Lowy Lecture on Australia in the World: Asia's Rise, the West's Fall?" Lionel Barber | 2011 Lowy LectureSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"A confident and growing Indonesia: new opportunities for Australia" Josh Frydenberg | Lowy Lecture SeriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"ANZUS beyond 60: a different alliance in a different Asia" Professor Hugh White | Lowy Lecture SeriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Australian diplomacy in the 21st century"Dennis Richardson | Distinguished Speaker SeriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.