In this episode, the Lowy Institute’s Research Director Hervé Lemahieu talks with Ryan Neelam, the Institute’s Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program about the findings of the recently launched 2024 Global Diplomacy Index. What do diplomatic networks tell us about superpower rivalry, geopolitical competition, and a more multipolar world order? How do nations use diplomacy to build influence, and where are they targeting their investments? What does Australia’s relative underinvestment in diplomacy mean for its ability to advance its interests? In a broad-ranging discussion, Hervé and Ryan explore the often overlooked role of diplomacy in shaping the modern world.
2024 Global Diplomacy Index: https://globaldiplomacyindex.lowyinstitute.org/
2024 Global Diplomacy Index – Key Findings Report: https://globaldiplomacyindex.lowyinstitute.org/key_findings
America, take heed — China is winning the diplomacy race: Financial Times opinion piece by Ryan Neelam: https://www.ft.com/content/2a63a19b-1fed-4c1a-9f75-e09f5708a8c6
Australia’s ‘diplomatic deficit’ harms our global presence: Canberra Times opinion piece by Ryan Neelam and Hervé Lemahieu: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/australia-s-diplomatic-deficit-harms-our-global-presence
Five surprises from Lowy’s Global Diplomacy Index: Lowy Institute Interpreter article by Jack Sato:https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/five-surprises-lowy-s-global-diplomacy-index
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Julia Gillard on the US and China, Afghanistan, Covid, and leaders she admires
Jeffrey Sachs on global cooperation and sustainable development
In Conversation with Richard Haass
Sophie McNeill on Chinese students and academic freedom in Australia
Dr Kori Schake on Senator John McCain, the Quad and the future of the GOP
Saad Mohseni on running a media company in Afghanistan and Australia's future
Professor Philip Bobbitt on his career, his uncle LBJ, and fatherhood
Michelle Grattan and Katharine Murphy on Australian foreign policy
Matt Pottinger on his career, working for President Trump, China and COVID
The Director’s Chair: Matt Pottinger on his career, working for President Trump, China and COVID.
The Communist Party's big birthday
Aus-PNG Network: In conversation with PNG Pandemic Controller David Manning
In conversation with Stan Grant
In conversation with Lawrence Wright
In conversation with Ted Hui, the Hong Kong legislator-in-exile
Climate change and Australia: The politics, the public and the policy
Lord Adair Turner on climate change diplomacy
In conversation with Raghuram Rajan
Elizabeth Becker on women and war reporting in Vietnam
Dr Constanze Stelzenmüller on Angela Merkel’s life, career and legacy
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Tucker Carlson Show
The Matt Walsh Show
Mark Levin Podcast
The Glenn Beck Program
The Michael Knowles Show