This report highlights the many problems involved in efforts to achieve effective governance and security in Uruzgan, a crucial issue in light of the continuing deployment of Australian soldiers in this province of Afghanistan. After the expulsion of the Taliban in 2001 Afghanistan was presented with an opportunity to rebuild the state and its governance...

This paper seeks to explain the reasons for the failure of the war against Al Qaeda so far, but looks at this debate from the perspective of the British rather than the American experience of the war on terror.

This paper explores what the outcomes of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri) will mean for both key domestic actors in Lebanese politics such as Hizbullah, and regional players like Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States. Popular uprisings have swept across the Arab world promising...

The Middle East uprisings reflect long-terms trends and crises common to most countries of the region and their impact will be felt for many years to come. In a new Lowy Institute Perspective, West Asia Program Director Anthony Bubalo examines the consequences for the Middle East of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. This paper...

Against the background of increasingly strained relations between Turkey and the West, a new Lowy Institute Perspective examines the reasons for the recent, dramatic shifts in Turkey's foreign policy. 'Losing Turkey? Why Turkey’s Foreign Policy is Changing and What it Means for the West' by Gwenyth Todd looks at a range of factors behind these...