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What should Australia's role in the world be? Here you will find the IPA's work on foreign policy and trade, and how Australia can use the international free market to improve the lives of its citizens and people around the world.

PUBLICATIONS

Poll – Victorians Oppose Belt & Road Scheme

Daniel Wild 2 September 2020 Foreign affairs and trade, Ipa today,

A new poll of 1,040 Victorians commissioned by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs shows a majority of Victorians want the Andrews Government to withdraw from the Belt and Road...

Ideas and Liberty

Prosperity is the Best Protection

Wolfgang Kasper Started 13 August 2020 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by UNSW Professor Emeritus of Economics, Wolfgang Kasper. The unprecedented Corona slump of 2020 confronts Australians with...

Western Civilisation

Freedom’s Narrow Corridor

Paul Monk Started 13 August 2020 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Winter 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by author and former intelligence analyst, Paul Monk. The national security law imposed by the Chinese Communist Party on...

Foreign Affairs and Trade

Force for Freedom

Richard Allsop Started 22 May 2020 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Autumn 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Senior Fellow Richard Allsop. Charles Moore’s magisterial authorised biography of Margaret Thatcher reaches new...

Foreign Affairs and Trade

Not Quite Right

Matthew Lesh Started 15 May 2020 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the Autumn 2020 edition of the IPA Review is written by IPA Adjunct Fellow, Matthew Lesh. A friend warned me I wasn’t going to like what’s up there: “It’s two bad words.” The...

PUBLICATIONS

University Of Queensland Takes Action Against Its Own To Curry Favour With China

Bella d'Abrera 12 May 2020 Education and skills, Foreign affairs and trade,

We should all care about the case of 20-year-old Drew Pavlou, not only because of the injustice of a university intimidating its own student but also because it is symptomatic of the crisis of...

Originally appeared in The Australian

PUBLICATIONS

Economic Zone Can Be Boost For North

Daniel Wild 31 January 2020 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

Making Northern Australia a special economic zone with low taxes and less red tape, and devolving governance away from Canberra to regional hubs such the Kimberly, will deliver an economic boom...

Originally appeared in The West Australian

PUBLICATIONS

Movement Of The People

Patrick Hannaford 19 December 2019 Foreign affairs and trade, Ipa today,

Boris Johnson’s landslide election victory provides Australia with a unique opportunity to strengthen ties with our oldest and one of our closest allies. To take full advantage of this once in a...

Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph

Foreign Affairs and Trade

Los Ignorantes

IPA Review Started 17 October 2019 Foreign affairs and trade, Government services,

Diego Ilan Méndez is an actuary employed as an economic risk analyst based in the Buenos Aires office of an international banking group. He has an actuary in economics degree from Universidad de...

Finance and Economics

Brexit is Our Battle Too

Scott Hargreaves Started 17 October 2019 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

This Editorial from the Spring 2019 edition of the IPA Review is by IPA Executive General Manager and Editor of the IPA Review, Scott Hargreaves Boris Johnson is fighting not just for a United...

Foreign Affairs and Trade

Nobody Wins in Global Trade War

Matthew Lesh Started 1 August 2018 Foreign affairs and trade,

Australia has much to lose in the looming global trade war, writes Matthew Lesh. Protectionist rhetoric by United States President Donald Trump threatens a new global trade war on a scale not seen...

Development Done Right: The Atlas Foundation’s Anti-Poverty Program

Peter Gregory Started 17 July 2018 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

This article was first published in the December 2017 IPA Review. As Harvard development expert Lant Pritchett says, ‘There are no poor people. There are people living in poor places’. This is...

The Politics of Curtin’s War

Richard Allsop Started 11 May 2018 Book reviews, Foreign affairs and trade,

A new book by John Edwards explores the political life and relationships of Australia’s 14th Prime Minister, John Curtin (John Curtin’s War, Volume 1: The Coming of War in the Pacific...

PUBLICATIONS

UK Is Right To Take A Stand Against Putin’s Aggression

Georgina Downer 20 March 2018 Foreign affairs and trade, Ipa today,

Britain’s reaction to Russia’s aggression on its soil is tough and right. This is the type of response we should expect from a post-Brexit Britain, which is not bound by the lowest...

Originally appeared in The Herald Sun

PUBLICATIONS

The Choice Between Hard Or Soft Brexit

Georgina Downer 8 March 2018 Foreign affairs and trade, Ipa today,

It’s been almost a year since the United Kingdom formally notified the European Union of its intention to leave the EU. Since then, the UK and EU have been engaged in intense negotiations about...

Originally appeared in Lowy Interpreter

PUBLICATIONS

Paths To Democracy

Georgina Downer Started 22 December 2017 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the...

PUBLICATIONS

Doing Development Differently

Peter Gregory Started 22 November 2017 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

As Harvard development expert Lant Pritchett says, ‘There are no poor people. There are people living in poor places’. This is demonstrated by the fact that when poor people relocate to countries...

Opinion

West Will Have Sympathy For Catalan Anger

Georgina Downer 8 November 2017 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

Catalonia. For most Australians, the name of its capital, Barcelona, will resonate more. The city conjures up images of the grand boulevard Las Ramblas, the architecture of Antoni Gaudí...

Originally appeared in The Herald Sun

Foreign Affairs and Trade

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