Disarming doubt: the future of extended nuclear deterrence in East Asia
Strategic uncertainty in East Asia is leaving nations look to their defences. At the same time, the United States is leading a push to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in international security. In...
View ArticleLowy Lecture Series: Iran's nuclear quest: can it be stopped? - Dr Emanuele...
Wednesday, 14 March 2012 - 12:30pm to 1:45pmThis week’s Wednesday Lowy Lecture will explore the policy challenges posed by Iran’s nuclear program with Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi. Dr Ottolenghi is a Senior...
View ArticleNo good options to curb Pyongyang
In this opinion piece in The Australian, Lowy Institute International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf argues that the failure of North Korea’s Friday-the-13th missile test raise the risks of a...
View ArticleCan we eliminate nuclear weapons?
Friday, 17 September 2010The 2010 Dr John Gee Memorial Lecture, 'Can we eliminate nuclear weapons?', was presented by Joseph Cirincione, who has devoted a long career to the study of nuclear...
View ArticlePreparing for the second nuclear age
Thursday, 1 October 2009At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 30 September, Deputy Director Martine Letts explored prospects for partnership between government and industry on nuclear non-proliferation and...
View ArticleA China US nuclear arms race
Wednesday, 23 May 2007On 23 May at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Visiting Fellow Hugh White spoke on the topic 'A nuclear arms race between China and the United States: what Australia can do to stop...
View ArticleAustralia and nuclear power: the road ahead
Wednesday, 21 March 2007On 21 March, at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Dr Ziggy Switkowski spoke on the topic 'Australia and nuclear power: the road ahead'.Read...
View ArticleNuclear power in Southeast Asia
Friday, 20 April 2012On 9 April at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Singapore-based analyst and journalist Andrew Symon spoke about the increasing interest in nuclear energy in Southeast Asia, to coincide...
View ArticleNuclear arms control and disarmament
Thursday, 13 March 2008At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 12 March 2008, International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf proposed a new type of arms control initiative for the Rudd Government, one...
View ArticleDisarming doubt: book launch
19 April 2012Disarming Doubt, a new book-length report produced by the Lowy Institute in partnership with the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Japan Institute of...
View ArticleDisarming doubt launch: panel discussion
Thursday, 19 April 2012Panel discussion at launch of Disarming doubtRead morehttp://soundcloud.com/lowyinstitute/disarming-doubt
View ArticleWicked weapons
Wednesday, 24 June 2009At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 24 June, Rory Medcalf, Program Director International Security, drew upon recent consultations in the region to warn that efforts to reduce...
View ArticleDealing with a powerful India
Wednesday, 20 June 2007At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 20 June, Rory Medcalf, Program Director International Security, assessed the likely impacts of a powerful India on Australia's future strategic...
View ArticlePotential security consequences of the nuclear energy revival
Tuesday, 22 June 2010On 21 June 2010, the Lowy Institute held a lecture by the President of the Federation of American Scientists, Dr Charles Ferguson, as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series. Dr...
View ArticleAsia's nuclear future after Fukushima: the role of nuclear industry
Tuesday, 12 April 2011The Fukushima crisis has provoked a furious debate about the future of nuclear energy. Polling in Australia shows a return to a solid majority opposing nuclear power for Australia...
View ArticleWhere to now on Iran?
Wednesday, 30 August 2006On 30th August at Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Research Fellow Anthony Bubalo explored the likely trajectory of the international community's on-going dispute with Iran over its...
View ArticleNorth Korea
Wednesday, 1 November 2006On 1 November at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Professor Alan Dupont, the Michael Hintze Chair of International Security at the University of Sydney, explored the implications...
View ArticleDistinguished Speaker Series: Address by International Atomic Energy Agency...
Thursday, 4 October 2012 - 5:15pm to 6:30pmWhen Yukiya Amano became Director General of the IAEA three years ago, the talk was of a nuclear renaissance. The Fukushima Daiichi accident in March 2011 put...
View ArticleIn conversation: IAEA Executive Director Yukiya Amano - Nuclear energy...
4 October 2012Prior to his only public address at the Lowy Institute whilst visiting Australia, IAEA Executive Director Yukiya Amano discussed with Martine Letts the challenges facing the IAEA, the...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Aggressive Rhetoric Builds
Wednesday, 13 February 2013On the 30th of March 2013, North Korea formally declared that it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea. These tensions have continued to heighten with the North...
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