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Defence White Paper

Defence Policy Review
Defence

Defence Policy Review: Kicking the can down the road or fundamental reset?

July 12, 2022

With the release last week of the Defence Policy Review Terms of Reference, writes Dr Peter Greener, will we see a Defence White Paper or Capability Plan prior to the next election? In my article […]

RNZAF Hercules
Defence

What direction now for New Zealand Defence Policy and Capability?

June 17, 2022

With no new defence white paper in sight, in a world marked by Russian aggression in Europe and Chinese influence in the Pacific, Dr Peter Greener asks what is the direction for New Zealand defence […]

Defence Estate Regeneration
Defence

Terms of Reference for Defence Estate Review Released

July 11, 2019

Minister of Defence Ron Mark has today released the Terms of Reference for a review of the Defence estate footprint. “The 81,000 hectare Defence estate is at a crossroads; much of it is run down, […]

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Defence

Defence Capability Plan 2019 – Climate change, concurrency and complementarity

July 9, 2019

The just-released Defence Capability Plan is the most comprehensive argument for investment in Defence in modern times, writes Editor-at-large Dr Peter Greener, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies (VUW). When the last Defence […]

Internationalist - UN Peacekeeping
Beyond Pacific

Not quite the internationalist: Foreign and defence policy in need of new thinking

November 12, 2018

With low representation in UN deployments and a lack of investment in policy think-tank firepower, former Defence Minister Dr Wayne Mapp writes that New Zealand’s foreign policy independence is starting to look a little hollow. […]

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