15 Apr 2025
Asia without America? History shows Australia can be confident shaping regional security
The Five Power Defence Arrangements makes for a case in point.
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18 Feb 2025
Why New Zealand should not join AUKUS Pillar II
In joining the Anglosphere, New Zealand jeopardises its point of difference in the Pacific. -
30 Sep 2024
China's missile tests New Zealand's principles
There are three reasons why China’s missile test is a serious challenge to New Zealand’s interests. -
4 Sep 2024
New Zealand's intelligence service warns of growing foreign interference risks
A new security assessment aims to widen the concept of strategic competition beyond the United States and China. -
11 Apr 2024
Pacific Engagement Visas: New developments but quotas unknown
Australia’s highly competitive new visa lottery has much leg work to do to make fair allocations between countries. -
10 Apr 2024
Solomon Islands: Democracy on the ballot
Next week, voters will determine not only political leadership but the future of democratic processes. -
21 Mar 2024
New Zealand and ASEAN: Focusing on what’s right under its nose
As a country at the end of the global supply chain, New Zealand depends on the stability of Southeast Asia. -
19 Mar 2024
Some allies are more equal than others
Trying to make sense of the curious debate about allies' rankings. -
11 Oct 2023
New Zealand elections: Working together or co-governance?
The two main parties have never been so divided on issues from Māori reparations to renaming the island nation. -
29 Sep 2023
Japan risks its reputation in Oceania with Fukushima discharge
A rollcall of Pacific Island nations have very different views on the release of treated radioactive wastewater. -
11 Jul 2023
“We can’t be passive”: New Zealand’s changing tone about a more worrying world
A new foreign policy assessment sees the Pacific as no longer “strategically benign” – but the concern extends well beyond the region. -
18 May 2023
Remembering Australia’s “other” alliance
New Zealand has dropped off the radar in modern strategic discussions despite the long history of trans-Tasman ties. -
1 May 2023
AUKUS + NZ = win-win
New Zealand can make creative contributions to the technology sides of the partnership – and greatly benefit, too. -
24 Feb 2023
The Australia-New Zealand alliance in a war with China
The potential for conflict in the region should have Canberra and Wellington thinking about shared strategic risks. -
2 Feb 2023
Women leaders: not so poles apart
In seemingly different settings, Jacinda Ardern and Nancy Pelosi confronted much the same challenges. -
19 Jan 2023
Jacinda Ardern’s foreign policy legacy
Major shocks set an agenda and catapulted New Zealand’s youngest ever Prime Minister to international attention. -
16 Aug 2022
Wrong balance of power in Pacific
New Zealand can bolster the international rules-based order by working towards Pacific women’s political representation. -
20 Dec 2021
How New Zealand recognises the people there first: 2021 favourites
New Zealand is taking its indigenous identity to the world in a way that will no doubt bolster its reputation. -
30 Nov 2021
New Zealand: No longer Australia’s Pacific security partner?
Wellington has appeared slow to respond to a crisis in Solomon Islands where once it would have been a regional leader. -
23 Jul 2021
Shouldering their fair share? The ANZUS allies in the Pacific Islands
A reported pivot by special forces to the region raises questions about the role expected of Australia and New Zealand. -
18 Mar 2021
Lessons from Christchurch
The findings of a New Zealand inquiry apply broadly: government leadership is needed to combat far-right extremism. -
23 Feb 2021
Terrorism and New Zealand’s dual citizenship conundrum
This is an age in which dual nationality is widespread, and problems related to alleged ISIS members were foreseeable. -
17 Feb 2021
Allies but not friends? New Zealand and Australia
Trans-Tasman tensions have boiled up over a citizenship case, but this latest spat betrays deeper problems. -
12 Feb 2021
Foreign policy’s “Indigenous moment” is here
Australia needs to step up to the challenge. -
28 Jan 2021
How to China, from your friends in New Zealand
A trade minister goes on record going way off script. -
10 Nov 2020
What does a Biden administration herald for New Zealand?
More congenial relations, certainly, but a competitive diplomatic marketplace in Washington should temper expectations. -
19 Oct 2020
New Zealand’s landslide election and the challenges ahead
A resounding endorsement for a popular prime minister’s virus response. Economic rebuilding stands as the next test. -
14 Oct 2020
Kiwis and hawks: Is New Zealand edging closer to Australia on China?
Views on China appear to be hardening in Wellington, and the next government will be pressed to find a policy balance. -
6 Aug 2020
A force to combat climate change?
The summer bushfires put Australia to the test. They also had future implications for the New Zealand Defence Force. -
27 Jul 2020
Five Eyes: Blurring the lines between intelligence and policy
Intelligence sharing is one thing. Aligning policy with the same brand risks making too exclusive a grouping. -
5 Jun 2020
New Zealand and China: Contending with words and actions
Wellington has a strong history in relations with Beijing, a record that will help in adapting to new complications. -
7 May 2020
Economic diplomacy: Lifting the doona on a post-pandemic world
Australia can boast success in containing the virus. But its economy may still shrink more than other G20 nations. -
28 Apr 2020
New Zealand: Running the marathon
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: Life under lockdown and the view of outside
Morale remains good, but the bigger challenge is beyond the borders, seeking a glimpse of international cooperation. -
1 Apr 2020
Covid-19: New Zealand, isolated, yet far from alone
The government acted swiftly to lockdown, leaving the economy reeling. People are supportive – so far. -
11 Sep 2019
Why did the NZ Opposition Leader jump the shark on China?
National is partying like its 2008 and playing domestic politics without a care to the cost. -
30 Jul 2019
The Pacific step up goes to Washington
Finding a voice amid the diplomatic clamour in Washington can sometimes benefit from the help of friends. -
19 Jul 2019
Australia, New Zealand and the “corrosive” character test
Hundreds of Kiwis have had Australian visas cancelled and a new law could see the trans-Tasman dispute yet grow worse. -
22 Mar 2019
Christchurch enters a nightmare peculiar to our times
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-Turkey: Erdogan’s bitter legacy in present-day history
The intemperate outburst over Christchurch is more a product of Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian rule. -
19 Mar 2019
Why Jakarta called in Australia’s ambassador after Christchurch
<p>With an Indonesian among the dead, some local politiking has mixed with sadness following the mosque attacks.</p> -
19 Mar 2019
Christchurch attack: the dark web of terrorism as entertainment
The killer pointedly sought to marry mass killing with fringe online humour, desensitising his “audience” to the horror. -
18 Mar 2019
Five questions about the Christchurch attack
There may not be a direct causal link between the attack and conservative political rhetoric. It is too early to tell. -
6 Mar 2019
In New Zealand, much ado about China
<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
A China chip on New Zealand’s shoulder?
Huawei's proposal for Kiwis to build their own 5G infrastructure can't mask tensions between Wellington and Beijing. -
7 Aug 2018
Kiwi Act marks “new” relationship with US
The first significant pro–New Zealand legislation since the Senate ratified the ANZUS treaty in 1951 has been passed. -
1 Aug 2018
NZ and Australia: Big Brothers or Distant Cousins?
New Zealand needs to stamp an identity on its new Pacific policy. -
31 Jul 2018
When friends disagree: New Zealand and Australia
While New Zealand’s Prime Minister has been on leave, a new chapter in trans-Tasman relations has begun. -
10 Jul 2018
New Zealand’s P-8 purchase: straddling the gap
New Zealand could change to a strategic “front line” if geopolitical competition in the South Pacific hots up. -
9 Jul 2018
The domestic politics of New Zealand’s defence
It’s not China that animates New Zealand’s latest defence policy statement.