In this latest The Lowy Institute Conversations podcast, Hervé Lemahieu and I examine how diplomacy reflects and shapes the modern world. US-China competition, a more multipolar world, blowback of Russia's war, Australia's diplomatic deficit, and more:
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Nice to have a piece (en français) on Australia’s approach to the #IndoPacific in Les grands dossiers de Diplomatie Magazine N°78, alongside other analysts from IFRI IRIS FRS The Lowy Institute , among others bit.ly/3UVrREQ

´China’s fiscal system is decentralized on the spending side but centralized in revenue collection, giving local gvts many spending obligations but not enough resources to support their spending. To fill the gap, local officials resort to land sales and off-budget borrowing’

What happens when a rich nation 🇦🇺faces an emerging economy problem: How to move up the value chain?
👉 lithium, of which Australia exports about 1/2 world’s supply, but 🇦🇺only captures 0.5% of the value chain
👉lots of coal & iron ore but little steel
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Industrial policies can skew global trade, leaving developing nations on the sidelines. The Lowy Institute Rob Walker & Hilman Palaon delve into the potential consequences, from heightened economic competition to challenges in cooperative efforts (climate c) lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

A strong replenishment of the Asian Development Bank’s grant financing arm — the Asian Development Fund — would serve the #Pacific well, write Roland Rajah and Alexandre Dayant.
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New funding commitments for the grant-financing window of the Asian Development Bank are anticipated in May. Roland Rajah and I advocate for a strong replenishment for its role in promoting development effectiveness, fostering multilateralism and aligning w/ key #Pacific development priorities

New analysis of 24 BRI infrastructure mega projects in SE Asia.

Alexandre Dayant & Grace Stanhope find a $50B gap in what China promises & what it has delivered.

Explore the new The Lowy Institute analysis ‘Mind the Gap’👇

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New The Lowy Institute Podcast! Richard Baldwin joins us to explore the intersection of globalisation & robotics, and its effects on developing economies. Dive into the disruptive world of 'globotics' in the labor market & the public policies needed to adapt lowyinstitute.org/publications/d…

JOB ALERT! Join us at The Lowy Institute as a Research Assistant focusing on development issues in the #Pacific , including the Pacific Aid Map. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on interesting topics and have a real impact. Please share widely! lowyinstitute.org/about/careers

Great idea by The Lowy Institute Chell Lyons Roland Rajah Grace Stanhope to achieve supply chain diversification/ resilience in the #IndoPacific while pursuing more ambitious climate action & reinvigorating progress on international development: an IPEF Bank lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

How can we enhance economic security in the Indo-Pacific while pursuing climate and development goals? Roland Rajah, Grace Stanhope and I think the answer is creating a modern multilateral bank under IPEF. Read more: lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete… Summary 🧵⬇️

It was great to chat to friend and Lowy Institute colleague Sam Roggeveen on all things digital and democracy- and more importantly what we can do about it the challenges digital tech poses to open societies. Some key takeaways 1/ #democracy #Digital #ArtificialInteligence #tech

What is economic security? How can policymakers ‘achieve’ it? My new ⁦United States Studies Centre⁩ report offers ideas: a pioneering definition, strategic playbook and policymaking ecosystem. Based on my ⁦SRW Foundation economic statecraft research⁩ ⁦ANU Crawford School of Public Policy⁩. ussc.edu.au/unlocking-econ…

US Congress just approved Cofa funding for north #Pacific nations! The Lowy Institute @megkeen & @mihaiSora emphasise the importance for the US to build genuine, lasting relationships to enhance partnerships and address the Pacific's needs theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…