One of New Zealand’s best strategic analysts, Dr David Skilling, recently set out the risks we need to prepare for should Donald Trump win the U.S. Presidency again. As he sets out the obvious reduced United States willingness to provide security guarantees to Taiwan, Japan,…
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But the ones that run US foreign policy are. Matthew Hooton in a typical smear wants to label Helen Clark as anti-American because she warned that involving us in attacking Houthis was a ''slippery slope." She's not and he's wrong. And the downward run has…
An expanding Middle East war that puts the Red Sea and Suez tanker route at risk is a major risk to us because it could hit the global price of oil. Since the attacks by the United States and United Kingdom on Houthi bases in…
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I'm not a particular fan of Golriz Ghahraman, at times she's a bit of a loose unit in ways that tend to get excused by the left. But she brings useful experience to the Green caucus and parliament and is an experienced MP. She is…
There are still groups of people in New Zealand who can and do organise to resist the damage of the right. My previous post invited gentle readers to identify where they might put their activist energy. If you want to do more than complain about…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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