In 2021 and 2022, 63% of Australians viewed China more as a security threat than an economic partner — a record high for that ...

Support for cultural diversity has softened among the Australian public. In 2024, the last time the Lowy Institute polled on ...

Confidence in world leaders. Only 21% of Australians say they trust Donald Trump to do the right thing regarding world ...

Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war remains deadlocked. The destruction wrought on both ...

Since its first edition in 2005, the Lowy Institute Poll has sought Australians’ views on a range of possible threats to ‘the ...

Under Australia’s Climate Change Act (2022), the Australian government agreed to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions as ...

Support for Australia’s acquisition of conventionally armed but nuclear-powered submarines through AUKUS held firm in this ...

Against this backdrop, six in ten Australians (59%) say they are pessimistic about Australia’s economic performance over the ...

More than nine in ten Australians (94%) say Australia should come to New Zealand’s defence. Eight in ten (79%) say Australia ...

While this result is within the margin of error of last year’s Poll (53%), it still represents a seven-point increase from ...

The minority of Australians who say ‘in some circumstances, a non-democratic government can be preferable’ (17%) remained ...

The Southeast Asia Aid Map — launched by the Lowy Institute in 2023 — is a comprehensive database tracking official development finance (ODF) flows in Southeast Asia. This 2024 Key Findings report ...