Lowy Institute Conversations

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Welcome to Lowy Institute Conversations – a podcast in which Lowy Institute researchers and some of the world’s leading experts delve into the big issues in international affairs.  


Episode Date
Myanmar at a crossroads: Five years after the coup
May 21, 2026
Trump-Xi summit: Has America abandoned strategic competition with China?
May 13, 2026
Catching up and pulling ahead: Inside America’s 2025 China report
May 12, 2026
The decline of the West: Samir Puri on “Westlessness” and the new global order
Apr 28, 2026
Strait of Hormuz crisis: Iran, shipping, and Australia's strategy
Apr 16, 2026
Globalisation always wins: Parag Khanna on the emerging world order, Iran, and Asia's multipolar future
Apr 14, 2026
British MP Darren Jones on Labour, Brexit and the United Kingdom's place in the world
Apr 09, 2026
The ungoverned sky: Drones and the domestic extremist threat
Apr 02, 2026
One more in a series of shocks: What the Iran conflict reveals about modern geoeconomics
Mar 12, 2026
Women, security, power and policy
Mar 09, 2026
Carney's rupture: Rethinking the rules-based order
Feb 04, 2026
Extremism expert: Rising misogyny is fuelling political violence worldwide
Jan 27, 2026
Recast: US Senator Chris Coons on President Trump, AUKUS and the future of the Democratic Party
Jan 22, 2026
Recast: His Father’s Son — The Xi family and the Future of China
Jan 19, 2026
Recast: Cold War prophet
Jan 14, 2026
Recast: Russia's interests in Southeast Asia
Jan 13, 2026
Recast: How China won and lost America
Jan 07, 2026
Recast: The future of the Five Eyes
Jan 05, 2026
Recast: Russia, Trump, and the Ukraine war, with Mick Ryan
Dec 29, 2025
City Diplomacy: The role of cities in international relations
Dec 16, 2025
Conversations: Small but mighty — Lessons from Baltic national security officials
Dec 08, 2025
Conversations: A Curious Diplomat
Dec 01, 2025
Conversations: Inside COP30 — A former climate envoy on the United States’ absence and the future of global cooperation
Nov 25, 2025
Conversations: A Pacific Eyes intelligence-sharing agreement
Nov 13, 2025
Conversations: Trump, Albanese and critical minerals
Nov 11, 2025
Conversations: Australia and the UN Security Council
Oct 31, 2025
His Father’s Son: The Xi family and the Future of China.
Oct 24, 2025
Conversations: Critical meeting, critical minerals — Trump and Albanese meet in Washington
Oct 21, 2025
Conversations: Whither global leadership on counter-terrorism?
Oct 14, 2025
Conversations: Pukpuk, Indonesia, and the Philippines-Taiwan connection
Oct 09, 2025
Conversations: First among equals — How the US should adjust to a multipolar world
Sep 30, 2025
Conversations: Understanding influence in Southeast Asia
Sep 25, 2025
Conversations: Understanding global democratic decline
Sep 23, 2025
Conversations: The Beijing parade, controversy in the Pacific, wither the Quad, and nuclear reactors on the Moon — This month in The Interpreter
Sep 05, 2025
Conversations: Mick Ryan on Trump's Ukraine folly
Sep 02, 2025
How can we eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online?
Aug 29, 2025
Conversations: Indonesian foreign policy under President Prabowo
Aug 25, 2025
Conversations: US Senator Chris Coons on President Trump, AUKUS and the future of the Democratic Party
Aug 15, 2025
Conversations: Vacating the lane in the Pacific
Aug 12, 2025
Conversations - Separate or Intertwined? How will Australia Manage its relationships with China and the United States
Jul 24, 2025
Conversations: AUKUS, war literature, and the lost art of letter writing
Jul 18, 2025
Conversations: Cold War prophet
Jul 10, 2025
Conversations: How China won and lost America
Jul 03, 2025
Conversations: Missile diplomacy in the Middle East
Jun 24, 2025
Conversations: Russia's interests in Southeast Asia
Jun 04, 2025
Conversations: Pakistani spies, Australian ‘mercenaries’ and the future of Asian trade — This week in The Interpreter
May 30, 2025
Conversations: The future of warfare 
May 23, 2025
Conversations: Australia’s Asia-Pacific policy after the Labor landslide
May 09, 2025
Conversations: The future of the Five Eyes
May 01, 2025
Conversations: The Trump effect and the Australian election — 2025 Lowy Institute Poll preview
Apr 24, 2025
Conversations: Myanmar earthquake and its political aftershocks
Apr 14, 2025
Conversations: Global developments you may have missed
Mar 27, 2025
China’s naval flotilla and Australia’s response
Mar 11, 2025
Conversations: Trump 2.0 and the world after Munich
Mar 03, 2025
Russia, Trump, and the Ukraine war, with Mick Ryan
Feb 21, 2025
Conversations: Many One-Chinas and the contest to define Taiwan
Jan 29, 2025
Conversations: First Nations Foreign Policy with Megan Davis
Jan 22, 2025
Lowy Institute Re-Cast: Conversations: Hostage diplomacy with Sean Turnell
Jan 15, 2025
Lowy Institute Re-Cast: Conversations: Michel Barnier on the world after Brexit
Jan 13, 2025
Lowy Institute Re-Cast: Conversations: Regulating Big Tech Is global coordination possible
Jan 08, 2025
Conversations: Transition to Trump
Dec 18, 2024
Conversations: Ream Naval Base – China’s foothold in Cambodia?
Dec 10, 2024
Conversations: Chris Bowen on climate action in the shadow of Trump
Nov 18, 2024
Conversations: Trump returns — what now?
Nov 08, 2024
Conversations: Hostage diplomacy with Sean Turnell
Oct 15, 2024
Conversations: The global impact of a Harris or Trump victory
Oct 08, 2024
2024 Asia Power Index Results
Sep 24, 2024
Debating the inevitability of US confrontation with China - Part two
Sep 19, 2024
Debating the inevitability of US confrontation with China - Part one
Sep 16, 2024
Regulating Big Tech: Is global coordination possible?
Aug 26, 2024
Ross Babbage on why the AUKUS submarines matter
Aug 20, 2024
South China Sea: Politics, alliances and regional dynamics
Aug 08, 2024
Conversations: What can the US do about the South China Sea?
Jul 31, 2024
Conversations: Biden out, Kamala in – will it change anything?
Jul 22, 2024
Conversations: Beijing’s South China Sea gambit
Jul 18, 2024
Conversations: Sweden’s Defence Minister, Pål Jonson
Jul 12, 2024
Conversations: Manila charts its course
Jul 09, 2024
Stabilisation vs Confrontation: The US, China and Australia
Jul 05, 2024
Conversations: Michel Barnier on the world after Brexit
May 09, 2024
Conversations: The Stakes of Diplomacy - 2024 Global Diplomacy Index
Apr 16, 2024
Conversations: Digital threats to democracy, with Lydia Khalil
Mar 12, 2024
Conversations: The comeback general — Prabowo’s thumping victory and what it means for Indonesia
Feb 15, 2024
Conversations: Tamir Hayman on Ukraine, Iran, and the future of intelligence
Sep 05, 2023
Conversations: Thailand’s murky election aftermath
Aug 11, 2023
Is Southeast Asia a multipolar region?
Jul 10, 2023
Bobo Lo on Russia, Wagner and the Ukraine War
Jun 29, 2023
Max Grömping and Jessica Teets on Lobbying the Autocrat
Jun 23, 2023
Conversations: Vietnam’s foreign policy outlook
May 25, 2023
The future of the World Bank: In conversation with Vice President for East Asia and Pacific, Manuela V. Ferro
May 15, 2023
Military Strategist Mick Ryan on Australia’s Defence Strategic Review
Apr 28, 2023
Conversations: Nuclear threats, non-proliferation and Australia
Dec 18, 2022
Conversations: Malaysian politics after the election - what to expect from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim?
Dec 07, 2022
Conversations: Xueyin Zha on WeChat’s role in Australian democracy as seen from the grassroots.
Oct 26, 2022
Conversations: Nixi Cura on Chinese soft power ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Oct 13, 2022
Conversations: Sarah Tong on the Chinese economy and economic policies ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Oct 13, 2022
Zhiqun Zhu on Chinese foreign policy ahead of the 20th National Congress of the CCP
Aug 18, 2022
The South China Sea - Has the United States lost to China?
Aug 16, 2022
Think local, act central - innovation in local level policymaking in China
Jul 21, 2022
The future of Taiwan-Australia relations
Jul 15, 2022
Australian Attitudes To The World
Jul 05, 2022