n 2015 Australia will host the Asian Football Confederation’s Asian Cup, bringing together the top 16 national teams in Asia. The tournament will provide opportunities for government, business and community groups to strengthen their engagement with Asia. In order to understand and leverage those opportunities, the Lowy Institute and the Asian Cup Local Organising Committee...

This presentation explains a new complexity in the Asia-Pacific region which portends a greater range of strategic choices, and suggests measures Australia could take to respond to future challenges. Outline: Strategic outlook for the region in the framework of the assessments made in Strong and Secure: A Strategy for Australia’s National Security Australian dominance in...

This paper contains a summary of recent G20 developments and four 'rebuttal' articles that counter ­common misconceptions about the forum. Key findings: Russia has announced a busy and ambitious agenda for its G20 Presidency in 2013 – they plan to prioritise growth by focusing on eight policy areas that will ‘ignite a new cycle of...

This paper argues that foreign policy will not be a top priority of China's new leaders because they must focus on immense domestic problems. Therefore Chinese foreign policy can be expected to be reactive. This may have serious consequences because of the potentially explosive nature of two of China's most pressing foreign policy challenges: how...

Australia and the world needs a focused and effective G20. But the forum is in danger of losing its way. This Analysis identifies nine key lessons from the G20’s history that can help relaunch it. This should be Australia’s goal when it chairs the G20 in 2014. Key findings: Drawing on nine lessons from previous...