In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, recorded in Sydney, Australia on February 13, 2025, APF Canada’s President and CEO Jeff Nankivell engages in a candid conversation with Ryan Neelam, Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute, Australia’s world-renowned independent international policy think-tank.
Jeff and Ryan, who served together as diplomats respectively for Canada and Australia in Hong Kong prior to their current roles, catch up on the hot-button topics defining our two countries’ relations with the Indo-Pacific, beginning with recent national polls by both organizations touching on shifts in public opinion toward China and India.
This broad-ranging conversation also touches on the spectre of U.S. President Donald Trump’s barrage of new policies and tariff threats and their potential impacts on the economies of Canada and Australia as Pacific nations, and the importance of both countries doing impactful work together, particularly over the next four years, in the Asia Pacific.
Please enjoy this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, produced in partnership with the Lowy Institute.
