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Robert G. PatmanThe Conversation |
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, many of the forces now shaping NZ foreign policy can be traced back to how the US responded to the terror attacks.
By appealing to international law and a ‘rules-based’ order, but not opposing the US-Israeli action, the government appears caught in the...
The US intervention in Venezuela makes it clear NZ’s ‘softly softly’ foreign policy isn’t a feasible long-term response to a shifting world order.
The new US National Security Strategy marks a historic break – and a problem for the NZ government’s policy of closer strategic alignment with...
By not joining its close allies over the question of Palestinian statehood, NZ risks being ‘on the wrong side of history’.
It’s becoming harder to argue NZ shares common values and interests with the Trump administration, or that the alliance balances Chinese...