Ben Morgan’s Special Pacific Update: China’s naval activity in the Tasman Sea
The recent arrival of a small Chinese naval task force near Australia is an important event. News services around the…
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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Ben Morgan: Will the US snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Negotiations are starting, and the question in the next few weeks is: Will the Whitehouse let Russia win? Putin is…
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US backing for Pacific disinformation media course casualty of Trump aid ‘freeze’
Pacific Media Watch: A New Zealand-based community education provider, Dark Times Academy, has had a US Embassy grant to deliver a course teaching Pacific Islands journalists about disinformation terminated after the new Trump administration took office.
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: US Secretary of Defence signals Pacific pivot
Last Wednesday, US Secretary of Defence, Peter Hegseth spoke to the European Union’s committee for coordinating support to Ukraine, the…
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The dragon in the room: Cooks v NZ v China
Later today the Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown, will be back in Rarotonga and will reveal the hitherto secret…
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Eugene Doyle: Trump and foolish old men who redraw maps
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle: It generally ends badly. An old tyrant embarks on an ill-considered project that involves redrawing maps. They are heedless to wise counsel and indifferent to indigenous interests or experience. Before they fail, are killed, deposed or otherwise disposed of, these vicious old men can cause immense harm.
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Beware of ACT’s kite flying.
We must be careful with kite flying, as indeed with the whole of Act’s thinking, as what we once dismissed…
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Winston Peters refusal to join 79 countries to protect the International Criminal Court puts New Zealand firmly in Trump’s minority, lawless, hard-right camp
Winston Peters’ refusal to join other 79 countries trying to protect the International Criminal Court after vicious attacks and sanctions…
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Ben Morgan: Russia’s offensive appears to be culminating, can Ukraine punch back?
The situation in Ukraine is developing quickly. At strategic-level, the US is putting unexpected pressure on Putin. President Trump’s desire…
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Ben Morgan’s Strategy Lesson from Antiquity
The first principle of war is ‘Selection and Maintenance of the Aim,’ or in non-military jargon, the key to success…