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WEBThe second edition of the Southeast Asia Aid Map, encompassing the period from 2015 to 2022, includes comprehensive data on more than 120,000 projects carried out by 107 development partners, totaling $255 billion. By Alexandre Dayant, Grace Stanhope, Jia Deng, Roland Rajah. Lowy Institute Poll 2024. By. 2024 Global Diplomacy Index.
Philippines: diagnosing the infodemic - Lowy Institute
WEBDec 1, 2021 · The Philippines is less than a year away from its national elections in May 2022, and an estimated 5.8 million first-time voters (aged 18–23) are expected to join around 63 million mostly young voters trooping to the polling stations. Given the persistent risks due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the prospect of continued mobility restrictions, it is likely that online campaign platforms will ...
Australian politics should be as diverse as its people
WEBMar 23, 2021 · The lack of diversity in Australian politics has been apparent for years. The 2018 Leading for Change report from the Australian Human Rights Commission showed that only 4% of federal MPs had non-European ancestry, compared to 19% of the Australian population. The underrepresentation of cultural and …
North Korea: Law, but not as we know it - Lowy Institute
WEBNov 25, 2021 · but not as we know it. courts but even a patina of legal function helps cement rule. Rulers reign supreme, in the “interests of the people” (Kim Won Jin/AFP via Getty Images) For years, North Korea’s human rights situation has been in the spotlight of activists who pile voluminous report upon report, while the North Korean government ...
Drug trafficking in the Pacific Islands: The impact of transnational ...
WEBFeb 16, 2022 · Transnational crime — specifically drug production and trafficking — is one of the most serious security issues facing the Pacific Islands region. Methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine trafficking is on the rise. The Pacific Islands have become a production site and trafficking destination as well as trafficking thoroughfare, and indigenous/local crime syndicates now work in partnership ...
About the Lowy Institute
WEBThe Lowy Institute is an independent, nonpartisan international policy think tank located in Sydney, Australia. It is Australia’s leading think tank, providing high-quality research and distinctive perspectives on the international trends shaping Australia and the world. The Lowy Institute hosts speeches by leading national and international ...
De-dollarisation: shifting power between the US and BRICS
WEBAug 3, 2023 · The short answer is yes. The US dollar’s dominance may be coming to an end (Adam Nir/Unsplash) Published 3 Aug 2023. China. India. Russia. There has been increasing talk of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) developing a new currency that will rival the US dollar as the global reserve standard.
Under pressure: the present and future of international order
WEBOct 17, 2022 · present and future of. international order. Richard Fontaine. The order fashioned for the 80 years since the Second. World War has been far better than the 30 years before it. International order is real, it is important and, if it’s not defended, we’re going to miss it when it’s gone (Martin Barraud/Getty Images) Published 17 Oct 2022.
70 years of the Geneva - Lowy Institute
WEBAug 12, 2019 · Follow @becjbarber. Seventy years ago today, following the devastation of the Second World War, the diplomatic conference of the International Committee of the Red Cross adopted the Geneva Conventions – also known as the laws of war. The Conventions describe how, in times of war, nations should treat the wounded and sick, the shipwrecked ...
Instability in the Pacific Islands: A status report - Lowy Institute
WEBJun 4, 2018 · The Pacific Islands are highly diverse in political status, population, development, migration prospects, and potential for instability. Resilience is most under challenge in western Melanesia: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu are states-in-formation characterised by extraordinary linguistic and group diversity giving rise to weak consciousness of nationhood.
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