While relations between Australia and India have advanced impressively over the past decade, the ties between these two democracies have continued to fall short of their great potential. This state of affairs provided the background for a major dialogue held in Sydney in late 2011. The Lowy Institute for International Policy and the Public Diplomacy...

In this major new report launched on 4 November, scholars from the Lowy Institute, the Heritage Foundation and the Observer Research Foundation identify common challenges and opportunities facing Australia, India and the United States in the Indo-Pacific region. The report notes that Australia-India security relations are underdeveloped and calls for the establishment of a new...

Risks are growing that China-centric maritime incidents could lead to war in Asia. Authors Rory Medcalf and Raoul Heinrichs, with maritime adviser Justin Jones, examine the drivers of Asia’s growing maritime ‘crisis of confidence’, including clashes of sovereignty, national pride and military strategy. They examine the prospects for confidence-building measures to reduce those dangers, and...

In this paper, global experts and emerging scholars share their core assessments on the future of the so-called nuclear umbrella. For decades, extended nuclear deterrence (END) has supported stability and non-proliferation. But questions need to be asked about whether and how it might effectively endure in a changing world. Is END somehow coming to an...

A long-insular nation and society is expanding the definition of what constitutes foreign relations. Twenty years after it began to deregulate its economy, India is a more externally engaged country than ever. Much of this change is driven by three new sources of pressure on India’s diplomatic establishment: an ambitious business community, a vocal diaspora...