Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove reflects on the Trump administration, the effect of the midterms on US foreign policy and what this means for Australia and the world order. This speech was delivered at the Lowy Institute on 13 November 2018
At first the world laughed at Australia's political instability, but more serious consequences are emerging as international summit season comes to an end.
This article was originally published in Sydney Morning Herald on 3 December 2018. 
Susan Glasser, Washington columnist for The New Yorker, delivered the 2018 Media Lecture on Saturday 24 November at the 2018 Media Award Dinner at NSW Parliament House
Dr David Gruen the Deputy Secretary, Economic, at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and G20 Sherpa addressed the Lowy Institute and spoke about the global economic order and the role of the G20. 
A maritime realignment of Australia–Indonesia defence relations could shape the broader Indo-Pacific security architecture and provide an additional strategic hedge for both countries
Lowy Institute Non-resident Fellow Matthew Busch contributed a chapter on the political economy of Indonesia’s natural resource wealth to this Perth US Asia Centre Report
On the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the establishment of the Lowy Institute, the Institute’s board has invited Sir Frank Lowy AC to deliver this year’s Lowy Lecture and Dinner