Russia's ranking rises in the 2025 Lowy Institute Asia Power Index @LowyInstitute

Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

Susannah Patton, Deputy Research Director and Southeast Asia Program Director at the Lowy Institute and lead author of the Asia Power Index, discusses Russia's return to 5th place in the 2025 report.

Watch the full live stream of the Melbourne event here: events.lowyinstitute.org/Launch_of_the_Asia_Power_Index_2025

Russias ranking rises in the 2025 Lowy Institute Asia Power Index

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