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Australia is serving as a non-permanent United Nations Security Council member in 2013 and 2014. In this Lowy Lecture, Human Rights executive director Kenneth Roth discusses what Australia can hope to achieve during its two-year tenure.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia is a new and significant destination for Chinese investment. In this presentation by the inaugural Lowy Institute-Rio Tinto China Analyst Professor Zha Daojiong speaks about the drivers of direct investment from China into Australia and perceptions among Chinese entities of the investment environment in Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the Wheeler Centre's first Fifth Estate for 2013, Lowy Institute's Fellows Michael Fullilove, Rory Medcalf and Linda Jakobson discussed the likely foreign policy issues the world, in particular Australia, may face in 2013.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister the Hon. Peter O'Neill gave an address at the Lowy Institute on Thursday November 29 entitled ‘Papua New Guinea in the Asian Century’. One of the fastest-growing economies in the world, Papua New Guinea has been successful in attracting increasingly strong trade and investment links from rising Asian powers, including China. Peter O’Neill, CMG, MP, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea following the July 2012 national elections in Papua New Guinea. He is the leader of the People’s National Congress Party and represents the constituency of Ialibu-Pangia in Southern Highlands. Peter O’Neill was elected to the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea in 2002 and was appointed Minister for Labour and Industrial Relations in the Somare government. He was Leader of the Opposition from 2004 to 2007 and after the 2007 elections held the portfolios of Public Service, Treasury and Finance and Works under Prime Minister Michael Somare. Peter O’Neill was first sworn

The Lowy Institute and the AFC Asian Cup 2015 Australia local organising committee hosted a one-day conference on 23 November 2012, looking at football diplomacy. This is a recording of Session 3: Diplomatic Relations. Session questions How can we use the Asian Cup to support Australia’s diplomatic interests in the region? What needs to happen? Who takes responsibility? Chair Geraldine Doogue AO, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Speakers Justin Brown, First Assistant Secretary, Consular, Public Diplomacy and Parliamentary Affairs Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, John McCarthy AO, Chairman Australia-India Council, Les Luck, former senior Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade OfficialSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Lowy Institute and the AFC Asian Cup 2015 Australia local organising committee hosted a one-day conference on 23 November 2012, looking at football diplomacy. This is a recording of Session 4: Social & Community Engagement Session question: How can we use the Asian Cup to strengthen social and community links with Asia? What needs to happen? Who takes responsibility? Chair Craig Foster, SBS television Speakers Peter Danks, the Big Issue, Moya Dodd, Vice President, Asian Football Confederation, Assmah Helal, Football UnitedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Lowy Institute and the AFC Asian Cup 2015 Australia local organising committee hosted a one-day conference on 23 November 2012, looking at football diplomacy. This is a recording of Session 2: Tourism.Session questions: How can we use the Asian Cup to promote Australia as a Tourism destination? What needs to happen? Who will take responsibility?Chair: Geoff Dixon, Chairman, Tourism AustraliaSpeakers: Bruce Baird AM, Chairman, Tourism and Transport ForumSandra Chipchase, CEO, Destination NSWAnn Sherry AO, Chief Executive Officer, Carnival Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Lowy Institute and the AFC Asian Cup 2015 Australia local organising committee hosted a one-day conference on 23 November 2012, looking at football diplomacy. This is a recording of Session 1: Trade and Investment. Session questions: How can we use the Asian Cup to promote Australia’s trade and investment ties with Asia? What needs to happen? Who will take responsibility? Chair: Anthony Bubalo, Research Director, Lowy Institute for International Policy Speakers: Christopher Fong, Deputy Chairman, Brisbane Roar Football Club and Senior Vice President, Bakrie Group John Lord AM, Chairman, Huawei Technologies (Australia) Pty Ltd Ashley White, Chair, Business Club Australia, AustradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2012 Lowy Lecture on Australia in the World, 'Funding Australia's future', was delivered by Cameron Clyne, Group Chief Executive Officer of National Australia Bank, on Tuesday, 13 November 2012. Mr Clyne’s address looked at the lessons learnt from the Global Financial Crisis and what we needed to do better to insulate the Australian economy from future international shocks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 24 October at the Lowy Institute, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres reviewed how a low-carbon future is a trend which recognises that everyone, every nation and every sector of society holds part of the solution to solving a global problem. Audio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 4th October, 2012, Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, gave his only public address in Australia here at the Lowy Institute. He and Martine Letts, Deputy Director of the Lowy Institute, discussed the IAEA’s perspective on the future of nuclear energy and the Agency’s role in supporting secure, safe and peaceful nuclear development. Podcast. Image: Flickr/IAEA.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr.Tal Becker, one of Israel’s leading young international policy thinkers, discussed the threats and opportunities for Israel from the Arab uprisings. He also examined what the Arab Spring meant for the region, particularly Syria, Israel-Palestine conflict & Iran. Dr Tal Becker is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Hartman Institute for Contemporary Jewish Thought. He served as senior policy advisor to Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2009 and was a lead negotiator during Israeli-Palestinian negotiations under the Annapolis peace process. In this capacity he also played a lead role in managing Israel's relations with the US, the EU, the UN and numerous Arab states.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To mark the fifth anniversary of the Lowy Institute’s blog, The Interpreter, James Fallows, Atlantic correspondent discussed with Interpreter Editor Sam Roggeveen his experience as a journalist and media critic to examine the role of old and new media in politics. James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. In recent years, he has reported extensively from China and his latest book, China Airborne, was published in early May. He is also the author of Breaking The News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy, and is chair in US media at the US Studies Centre, University of Sydney.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anthony Bubalo, Program Director West Asia, joined ABC Radio National's Drive program to discuss Khaled Saeed, who died following a police beating in Alexandria in June 2010.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Wednesday 19 September 2012, ABC foreign correspondent Mark Cocoran, Andrew Croome - author of new novel Midnight Empire which examines the nature of drone warfare - and the Lowy Institute's Interpreter blog editor Sam Roggeveen, discussed the modern-day implications of drone technologies. Image: Flickr/truthout.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The President of Chile gave an address at the Lowy Institute on Monday 10 September entitled "The Pacific Alliance and Chile, a view towards the Asia-Pacific through a 21st century perspective”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host. Waleed Aly and 'expert guide' Anthony Bubalo interview Tal Becker as a part of the regular 'West of Asia' segment on ABC Radio National Drive.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Griggs, will deliver a speech at the Lowy Institute on the Navy’s role in contributing to Australia’s national prosperity in the maritime century. Australia has entered a Maritime Century as well as an Asian Century. In the 21st century, humanity has attained the capacity to use the world’s oceans more than ever before – for transport; for resources; and for the importance of the maritime environment itself. As a result the world’s oceans have become more valuable than ever before; nowhere is this more evident than in Asia. Australia is inextricably linked to this trend and our national prosperity and well-being are utterly dependent on our ability to use the ocean. Vice Admiral Griggs joined the Adelaide Port Division of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve in 1978 as a radio operator and entered the Royal Australian Naval College at HMAS Creswell in 1979. He undertook training in the Aircraft Carrier HMAS Melbourne, and HMA Ships Advance and Yarra before attaining his Bridge Wat

Stephen Smith was sworn in as Minister for Defence on 14 September 2010. Prior to that Mr Smith was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 28 June 2010 and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 3 December 2007. A barrister and solicitor by profession, Mr Smith has been the Federal Member for Perth since March 1993.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

China is rising - how should America respond? That could be the crucial question of the twenty-first century, according to strategic expert Hugh White. It is also a crucial question for Australia, affecting our future economy and security. In this essential book, White considers the options for the Asian century.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.