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Grey Zone

Cyber Security

Protecting New Zealand’s critical infrastructure from attack

June 20, 2023

A recently published Fortinet whitepaper highlights the need to protect New Zealand’s critical infrastructure from “grey zone” threats as global tensions heighten and a new Cold War sets in. Amid conflict in Ukraine and escalating […]

NZDF CIO
Defence

NZDF CIO: Digital, data and decision making in the New Zealand Defence Force

March 29, 2023

NZDF Chief Information Officer Carl Nixon discusses the importance of cultivating a digital ecosystem to ensure the success of NZDF’s strategy, describing what digital really means for the Defence Force. The days of a separate […]

Democracy decline
Beyond Pacific

Is democracy declining or just being redefined?

December 16, 2021

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 […]

HMNZS Te Kaha.
Defence

Sustained Presence: The Royal New Zealand Navy and the Grey Zone

November 10, 2021

Future maritime conflict will be conducted in the grey zone. It’s a reality that New Zealand cannot ignore, and it has implications for the next generation of naval capability, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal […]

Grey zone
Defence

The Grey Zone: A Chance for Defence to Lead

August 22, 2021

Opposition Spokesperson for Defence and Veterans Chris Penk MP writes that the grey zone presents an opportunity to redefine Defence and to orientate our military towards the threats of the future. In summary: Grey zone activities […]

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