Events

Join us for this Aus-PNG Network online event with The Hon. Jelta Wong in conversation with the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program director Jonathan Pryke. 

Join us for the launch of Reconstruction: Australia After COVID, the new Lowy Institute Paper written by one of Australia’s leading economists, John Edwards and published by Penguin Random House. The book will be launched by former Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens, to be followed by remarks from John Edwards on the fractured state of the global economy, America’s epic economic contest with China, and what it all means for Australia.

The Interpreter is pleased to invite you to the 2021 World Politics Trivia Challenge on Tuesday 16 March. This is a fun night that brings together Canberra’s public servants, diplomats, students, academics and journalists to see who is the biggest foreign policy wonk.

Join us for this special event marking International Women's Day 2021, in which we will discuss the effect the pandemic has had on women and examine women’s leadership throughout the past year.

The Lowy Institute invites you to this popular annual panel discussion with Institute experts on the key issues likely to dominate the international agenda in 2021.

Director of Research Alex Oliver will chair an expert panel including the Director of the Institute’s Pacific Islands Program, Jonathan Pryke; Lead Economist, Roland Rajah; and Project Director for Australia-China Relations, Peter Cai.

The Lowy Institute invites you to its first Canberra event for 2021. This panel discussion will cover the key issues likely to dominate Australia’s international agenda in 2021, including our relations with China and America, the COVID and climate-change agenda, and how the new US administration will approach the region. This popular event has been held annually in Sydney and Melbourne, and comes to Canberra for the first time this year.

Join us for a conversation with two of America’s most influential and respected commentators, David Ignatius of The Washington Post and Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report. Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove will host this conversation about the Biden administration, American unity and recovery after the Trump administration and Covid-19, and the early indications of President Biden’s international policies.