In this exclusive interview, chief editor Nicholas Dynon sits down with academic, columnist and author Richard Heydarian to explore what makes ASEAN a ‘donkey’ and why Philippines connects the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. […]
As the Pacific becomes a locus of geopolitics, the region is seeing unprecedented levels of defence diplomacy, writes Associate Professor Anna Powles from the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University and Associate […]
Trans-Tasman Ministers’ meeting in Melbourne delivers a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to alliance, praising value of AUKUS and Quad, and singling out China. New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston […]
In a rush of hysteria and moral panic, Five Eyes governments are ripping out Chinese branded cameras. Five years ago, they couldn’t install them fast enough. What’s changed? asks chief editor Nicholas Dynon. The realities […]
According to data analysed by Atlas VPN, Ukraine was a victim of 29 state-sponsored attacks in 2022. Behind most of the government-backed attacks stand China and Russia, with 44 and 38 cyberattacks, respectively. The United […]
Uncertain times require defence spending to be maintained at the NATO two percent standard, writes Dr Wayne Mapp. What would be the priorities, and could they be afforded within a two percent of GDP defence […]
As the West laments a global decline in its version of democracy, China suggests its own brand of democracy as a replacement. It’s part of an increasingly contested space, writes Nicholas Dynon, at the discursive […]
With the Afghanistan withdrawal allowing the US to sharpen its focus on the Indo Pacific, former Defence Minister Dr Wayne Mapp considers New Zealand’s position in the context of an energised or expanded Quad grouping. […]
Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp surveys the state of China-US rivalry in East Asia, suggesting that New Zealand can play an important role in diffusing tension in the region – if Wellington chooses to invest. […]
Does New Zealand face a China dilemma? Former New Zealand Ambassador to China John McKinnon CNZM QSO and Beijing-based business leader David Mahon delivered sage perspectives at a recent New Zealand China Friendship Society public […]
It’s one of the big questions of our time: just how powerful is China? Although 40 years of economic reform and growth may have set the country on a course towards achieving superpower status, the […]
Whatever the current state of New Zealand – China relations, writes chief editor Nicholas Dynon, Wellington would do well to stick to sinologists for understanding China and to diplomats for communicating about China. Media coverage of […]
The key foreign policy test for the New Zealand government during the next two years, writes former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp, is whether New Zealand can maintain the balance of its relationships with China and […]
The just-released Defence Strategic Policy Statement, writes editor Nicholas Dynon, is a stark rendering of the strategic environment, a front-footed articulation of where New Zealand stands, and a manifesto for strong investment in Defence. With […]
Dr Reuben Steff, lecturer in International Relations and Global Security at the University of Waikato, writes that thawing relations between the US and North Korea may be dangerous for regional stability if Beijing isn’t seated […]
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