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  • 4 Sep 2024
    • Intelligence and security
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand's intelligence service warns of growing foreign interference risks

    David Capie
    A new security assessment aims to widen the concept of strategic competition beyond the United States and China.
  • 11 Apr 2024
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Pacific Islands
    • China and the Pacific
    • Fiji
    • Nauru
    • New Zealand
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Solomon Islands
    • Tonga
    • Tuvalu
    • Vanuatu

    Pacific Engagement Visas: New developments but quotas unknown

    Natasha Turia , Akka Rimon
    Australia’s highly competitive new visa lottery has much leg work to do to make fair allocations between countries.
  • 10 Apr 2024
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Pacific Islands
    • China and the Pacific
    • Fiji
    • New Zealand
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Solomon Islands

    Solomon Islands: Democracy on the ballot

    Meg Keen , Oliver Nobetau
    Next week, voters will determine not only political leadership but the future of democratic processes.
  • 21 Mar 2024
    • Asean
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Malaysia
    • Singapore
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand and ASEAN: Focusing on what’s right under its nose

    Orson Tan
    As a country at the end of the global supply chain, New Zealand depends on the stability of Southeast Asia.
  • 19 Mar 2024
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
    • United States

    Some allies are more equal than others

    Daniel Flitton
    Trying to make sense of the curious debate about allies' rankings.
  • 11 Oct 2023
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand elections: Working together or co-governance?

    Selwyn Parker
    The two main parties have never been so divided on issues from Māori reparations to renaming the island nation.
  • 29 Sep 2023
    • Japan
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Pacific Islands
    • China and the Pacific
    • Fiji
    • Nauru
    • New Zealand
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Solomon Islands
    • Tonga
    • Vanuatu

    Japan risks its reputation in Oceania with Fukushima discharge

    Derek Grossman
    A rollcall of Pacific Island nations have very different views on the release of treated radioactive wastewater.
  • 11 Jul 2023
    • New Zealand

    “We can’t be passive”: New Zealand’s changing tone about a more worrying world

    David Capie
    A new foreign policy assessment sees the Pacific as no longer “strategically benign” – but the concern extends well beyond the region.
  • 18 May 2023
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • New Zealand

    Remembering Australia’s “other” alliance

    Joanne Wallis , Anna Powles
    New Zealand has dropped off the radar in modern strategic discussions despite the long history of trans-Tasman ties.
  • 1 May 2023
    • Defence & Security
    • New Zealand

    AUKUS + NZ = win-win

    Reuben Steff
    New Zealand can make creative contributions to the technology sides of the partnership – and greatly benefit, too.
  • 24 Feb 2023
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • Australia–New Zealand
    • China-Australia Relations
    • New Zealand

    The Australia-New Zealand alliance in a war with China

    Robert Ayson
    The potential for conflict in the region should have Canberra and Wellington thinking about shared strategic risks.
  • 2 Feb 2023
    • New Zealand
    • United States
    • Sex and Gender

    Women leaders: not so poles apart

    Erin Hurley
    In seemingly different settings, Jacinda Ardern and Nancy Pelosi confronted much the same challenges.
  • 19 Jan 2023
    • New Zealand

    Jacinda Ardern’s foreign policy legacy

    Robert Ayson
    Major shocks set an agenda and catapulted New Zealand’s youngest ever Prime Minister to international attention.
  • 16 Aug 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • New Zealand
    • Sex and Gender

    Wrong balance of power in Pacific

    Elzanne Bester
    New Zealand can bolster the international rules-based order by working towards Pacific women’s political representation.
  • 20 Dec 2021
    • New Zealand
    • Review

    How New Zealand recognises the people there first: 2021 favourites

    Jessica Collins
    New Zealand is taking its indigenous identity to the world in a way that will no doubt bolster its reputation.
  • 30 Nov 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand: No longer Australia’s Pacific security partner?

    Robert Ayson
    Wellington has appeared slow to respond to a crisis in Solomon Islands where once it would have been a regional leader.
  • 23 Jul 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    Shouldering their fair share? The ANZUS allies in the Pacific Islands

    Anna Powles , Joanne Wallis
    A reported pivot by special forces to the region raises questions about the role expected of Australia and New Zealand.
  • 18 Mar 2021
    • Terrorism
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    Lessons from Christchurch

    Hannah Léser
    The findings of a New Zealand inquiry apply broadly: government leadership is needed to combat far-right extremism.
  • 23 Feb 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Islamic State
    • Terrorism
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    Terrorism and New Zealand’s dual citizenship conundrum

    Rodger Shanahan
    This is an age in which dual nationality is widespread, and problems related to alleged ISIS members were foreseeable.
  • 17 Feb 2021
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    Allies but not friends? New Zealand and Australia

    Robert Ayson
    Trans-Tasman tensions have boiled up over a citizenship case, but this latest spat betrays deeper problems.
  • 12 Feb 2021
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    Foreign policy’s “Indigenous moment” is here

    James Blackwell
    Australia needs to step up to the challenge.
  • 28 Jan 2021
    • Australia
    • China
    • New Zealand

    How to China, from your friends in New Zealand

    Robert Ayson
    A trade minister goes on record going way off script.
  • 10 Nov 2020
    • United States
    • New Zealand
    • The 2020 US Presidential Election

    What does a Biden administration herald for New Zealand?

    Ian Hill
    More congenial relations, certainly, but a competitive diplomatic marketplace in Washington should temper expectations.
  • 19 Oct 2020
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand’s landslide election and the challenges ahead

    Dick Grant
    A resounding endorsement for a popular prime minister’s virus response. Economic rebuilding stands as the next test.
  • 14 Oct 2020
    • Australia
    • China
    • New Zealand

    Kiwis and hawks: Is New Zealand edging closer to Australia on China?

    Anna Powles , Joanne Wallis
    Views on China appear to be hardening in Wellington, and the next government will be pressed to find a policy balance.
  • 6 Aug 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • New Zealand
    • Climate change

    A force to combat climate change?

    Steven Paget
    The summer bushfires put Australia to the test. They also had future implications for the New Zealand Defence Force.
  • 27 Jul 2020
    • Diplomacy
    • United States
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
    • United Kingdom
    • Canada

    Five Eyes: Blurring the lines between intelligence and policy

    Ben Scott
    Intelligence sharing is one thing. Aligning policy with the same brand risks making too exclusive a grouping.
  • 5 Jun 2020
    • China
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand and China: Contending with words and actions

    Dick Grant
    Wellington has a strong history in relations with Beijing, a record that will help in adapting to new complications.
  • 7 May 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
    • Coronavirus

    Economic diplomacy: Lifting the doona on a post-pandemic world

    Greg Earl
    Australia can boast success in containing the virus. But its economy may still shrink more than other G20 nations.
  • 28 Apr 2020
    • Global Economy
    • IMF
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand: Running the marathon

    Dick Grant
    Having started well, there’s a lot to happen yet. And so far this race is not a team event, internationally.
  • 17 Apr 2020
    • New Zealand
    • Coronavirus

    New Zealand: Life under lockdown and the view of outside

    Dick Grant
    Morale remains good, but the bigger challenge is beyond the borders, seeking a glimpse of international cooperation.
  • 1 Apr 2020
    • Coronavirus
    • New Zealand

    Covid-19: New Zealand, isolated, yet far from alone

    Dick Grant
    The government acted swiftly to lockdown, leaving the economy reeling. People are supportive – so far.
  • 11 Sep 2019
    • China
    • New Zealand

    Why did the NZ Opposition Leader jump the shark on China?

    Robert Ayson
    National is partying like its 2008 and playing domestic politics without a care to the cost.
  • 30 Jul 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    The Pacific step up goes to Washington

    Alan C. Tidwell
    Finding a voice amid the diplomatic clamour in Washington can sometimes benefit from the help of friends.
  • 19 Jul 2019
    • Australia
    • Migration
    • New Zealand

    Australia, New Zealand and the “corrosive” character test

    Henry Sherrell
    Hundreds of Kiwis have had Australian visas cancelled and a new law could see the trans-Tasman dispute yet grow worse.
  • 22 Mar 2019
    • Terrorism
    • New Zealand

    Christchurch enters a nightmare peculiar to our times

    Martin Gurri
    A different kind of monster stalks our age, but the public still has a choice whether to submit to his wickedness.
  • 21 Mar 2019
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
    • Türkiye

    Australia-Turkey: Erdogan’s bitter legacy in present-day history

    Daniel Flitton
    The intemperate outburst over Christchurch is more a product of Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian rule.
  • 19 Mar 2019
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • New Zealand

    Why Jakarta called in Australia’s ambassador after Christchurch

    Ben Bland
    <p>With an Indonesian among the dead, some local politiking has mixed with sadness following the mosque attacks.</p>
  • 19 Mar 2019
    • Terrorism
    • New Zealand

    Christchurch attack: the dark web of terrorism as entertainment

    Nicolas Johnston
    The killer pointedly sought to marry mass killing with fringe online humour, desensitising his “audience” to the horror.
  • 18 Mar 2019
    • Terrorism
    • New Zealand

    Five questions about the Christchurch attack

    Rodger Shanahan
    There may not be a direct causal link between the attack and conservative political rhetoric. It is too early to tell.
  • 6 Mar 2019
    • New Zealand

    In New Zealand, much ado about China

    Liam Finnigan , Stephen Noakes
    <p>There is talk of a downturn in NZ-China relations. But in reality, the two have never had a perfect relationship.</p>
  • 16 Jan 2019
    • New Zealand

    A China chip on New Zealand’s shoulder?

    Robert Ayson
    Huawei's proposal for Kiwis to build their own 5G infrastructure can't mask tensions between Wellington and Beijing.
  • 7 Aug 2018
    • United States
    • New Zealand

    Kiwi Act marks “new” relationship with US

    Alan C. Tidwell
    The first significant pro–New Zealand legislation since the Senate ratified the ANZUS treaty in 1951 has been passed.
  • 1 Aug 2018
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    NZ and Australia: Big Brothers or Distant Cousins?

    Jon Fraenkel , Katharine Woolrych
    New Zealand needs to stamp an identity on its new Pacific policy.
  • 31 Jul 2018
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    When friends disagree: New Zealand and Australia

    Robert Ayson
    While New Zealand’s Prime Minister has been on leave, a new chapter in trans-Tasman relations has begun.
  • 10 Jul 2018
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand’s P-8 purchase: straddling the gap

    Euan Graham
    New Zealand could change to a strategic “front line” if geopolitical competition in the South Pacific hots up.
  • 9 Jul 2018
    • New Zealand

    The domestic politics of New Zealand’s defence

    Robert Ayson
    It’s not China that animates New Zealand’s latest defence policy statement.
  • 13 Apr 2018
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    New trans-Tasman vision needed

    Allan Gyngell
    In a world of significant change, Australia and New Zealand will need each other more than ever.
  • 7 Mar 2018
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand’s Pacific sea change

    Anna Powles , Michael Powles
    The Pacific Islands region is the focus of the most significant shift in New Zealand foreign policy in decades.
  • 1 Mar 2018
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand’s new idealism

    David Capie
    In her first major foreign policy speech, Jacinda Ardern successfully juggled the diverse interests of her three-party government.
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