Ben Morgan: Challenging the myth of inevitable Russian victory
A defining feature of the war in Ukraine is the myth that Russian victory is inevitable. Now, two and a…
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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Biden and that debate: he has become death
Thinking about it retrospectively, three events in my life prepared me for seeing the absolute state of Joe Biden in…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
More violence in New Caledonia On 24 June, violence flared up again in New Caledonia. The violence started after the…
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Will Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters face justice at the International Criminal Court?
Late last week Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa sent the government a “letter of demand” over its complicity with Israel’s genocidal…
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PODCAST: A View from Afar – Post-Pandemic Economics and the Rise of National Populism
Post-pandemic economics and the rise of national populism – Wherever we look today, whether it be through a political, economic, or…
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Review of crippling debts to government now delayed to the Never Never.
I have complained loud and often about how the last government conducted multiple ‘reviews’ of social policy. Typically, an expensive…
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Ben Morgan: Miyamoto Musashi and Ukrainian strategy
Last weekend’s peace conference in Switzerland produced few tangible results. However, the conference dialogue demonstrates subtle shifts in the international…
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The late late news – Goodbye TV Journalism
Mike McRoberts and Duncan Grieve have the same soporific monotone – stripped of emotion, no sense of either urgency or…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
US, Canada and Japan support Philippines in the South China Sea On 16-17 June, warships from the Philippines, US,…
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French repressive policies in New Caledonia have ‘betrayed’ Kanak hopes
Indigenous Kanaks in Kanaky New Caledonia sprang into revolt last month in response to moves by the colonial power France to undermine moves towards independence in the Pacific territory. David Robie background the issues as France gears up for a sudden snap general election in a bid to stave of a far-right government.