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The Year Ahead: What 2025 holds for Australia in the world (Sydney event)
As 2025 began, the Trump administration kicked off with a mandate for political and economic change. Closer to home, an Australian federal election loomed — with policymakers potentially pursuing measures that could add to volatility rather than stability.
In this panel discussion, Lowy Institute experts examined the key issues likely to dominate the international agenda in 2025.
The panel was chaired by Dr Jessica Collins and featured Hervé Lemahieu, Director of Research; Richard McGregor, Senior Fellow for East Asia; Susannah Patton, Director of the Southeast Asia Program and Project Lead for the Asia Power Index; and Robert Walker, Research Associate at the Institute's Indo-Pacific Development Centre.
Featuring
Jessica Collins
Dr Jessica Collins was Project Director of the Australia-PNG Network and a Research Fellow in the Pacific Islands Program at the Lowy Institute.
Hervé Lemahieu
Hervé Lemahieu was a senior researcher at the Lowy Institute and served as Director of Research from 2021 to 2025.
Richard McGregor
Richard McGregor is Senior Fellow for East Asia at the Lowy Institute, and is a former Beijing and Washington bureau chief for the Financial Times and the author of numerous books on East Asia.
Susannah Patton
Susannah Patton is Director, Asia Engagement at RMIT and a Nonresident fellow at the Lowy Institute.
Robert Walker
Robert Walker is a Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute and works as an economist in the Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre.
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