In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning deep dive into the big picture that hangs over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. That big picture has many aspects to it, and as such any resolution to the atrocities being committed in Ukraine will likely be weighed against what is a challenge to the International law and rules-based order.
https://youtu.be/2KI5b7H6GKc https://eveningreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AVFA_S03_E04.m4a A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss the ongoing…
https://youtu.be/DpRC4uR7rp0 A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss whether sanctions will…
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will deep-dive into the latest events emerging from the Russia/Ukraine crisis, and they will consider: What does Russia’s Vladimir Putin want from NATO and the US in a negotiated diplomatic solution to the Ukraine issue?
https://youtu.be/YGTgSH7JGg8 A View from Afar: In this the first episode for 2022 Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss what…
The Pacific year has closed with growing tensions over sovereignty and self-determination issues and growing stress over the ravages of covid-19 pandemic in a region that was largely virus-free in 2020.
Taxation is the mechanism for redistribution of wealth to combat inequality and for redirecting resources to build a society. But our current tax principles though largely hidden or not understood by ordinary people, lie at the root of all our current inequality and struggling economy. Struggling at least for ordinary people. This article shows our current tax principles are central to our economic problems. Understand and fix tax and we are on a path to greater economic security and wealth for all, a ‘citizens economy’.
After three decades of frustratingly slow progress but with a measure of quiet optimism over the decolonisation process unfolding under the Noumea Accord, Kanaky New Caledonia is again poised on the edge of a precipice.
From Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau in Aotearoa New Zealand to Paris, France, and from Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara to Jayapura and far beyond, thousands of people across the world today raised the Morning Star flag — banned by Indonesian authorities — in simple acts of defiance and solidarity with West Papuans.
https://youtu.be/uzsGLRNnnEE https://eveningreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AVFA_Dec_2_2021.m4a A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning consider and analyse…