Recently added articles from New Zealand International Review:
Irregular migration: New Zealand's experience and response: Kate McMillan discusses New Zealand's participation in some of the regional initiatives designed to combat irregular migration.
Jul 01, 2008; McMillan, Kate ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Concern about the security implications of irregular migration has led to a range of regional initiatives designed to strengthen member-countries' border control capacities. New Zealand is an active participant in a number of such initiatives despite ...
A seismic change: Winston Peters outlines a major boost for New Zealand's foreign service.
Jul 01, 2008; Peters, Winston ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New Zealand's economic well-being depends upon its foreign services ability to push its cause on the international stage. For too long those responsible for our international relations--our diplomats and staff at head office--have been grossly ...
African soldiers: seven types of ethical emotion: Stephen Chan provides an alternative view of African soldiers to that prevailing outside Africa.
Jul 01, 2008; Chan, Stephen ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Over 26 years I have encountered many soldiers and other fighters in my African work and travels. Some of them are currently serving with the peacekeeping forces in Darfur--where they are outnumbered, outgunned, deployed too thinly over too wide an area ...
Global trade negotiations: a deeply divided house: Badar Alam Iqbal provides an Indian perspective on recent developments in international trade negotiations.
Jul 01, 2008; Iqbal, Badar Alam ... Since its formation on 1 January 1995, the World Trade Organisation has failed adequately to discharge its duties and responsibilities. The result has been growing differences between developed and developing countries on certain vital and strategic issues essential to the survival of the ...
Indonesia: bolstering democracy: Amris Hassan advocates a non-partisan approach to Indonesia's democratic system.
Jul 01, 2008; Hassan, Amris ... Indonesia is now a vibrant democracy. Its leaders must regularly seek a mandate from the people; their conduct is scrutinised by the people through its representatives. But the process of democratisation remains incomplete. There is a tendency towards the emergence of oligarchic elites. A ...
Pitcairn: a call at the end of the world: Mathias Dauchez and Maina Perrot describe a brief visit in June 2007 to one of the world's most isolated communities.
Jul 01, 2008; Dauchez, Mathias ... Some two hundred years ago, as France was struggling under the dark cloud of the Revolution, the now famous vessel HMS Bounty left Tahiti with its holds full of breadfruit that would inexpensively feed the distant British colonies. Even commandant Bligh's strong and implacable rules on ...
Kiwi Keith: Bruce Brown reviews a recent biography of Keith Holyoake.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; Brown, Bruce ... KIWI KEITH A Biography of Keith Holyoake Author: Barry Gustafson Published by: Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2007, 381pp, $59,99. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Barry Gustafson has written an outstanding biography of Keith ...
The rise of Asia: Kishore Mahbubani foresees a crisis in the management of the world order unless the West changes course.
Jul 01, 2008; Mahbubani, Kishore ... The rise of the West transformed the world. The rise of Asia will bring about an equally significant transformation. Hundreds of millions of people will be rescued from the clutches of poverty. China's modernisation has already reduced the number of Chinese living in absolute poverty from ...
The Future of Tokelau: Decolonising Agendas, 1975-2006.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; Walter, Neil ... THE FUTURE OF TOKELAU Decolonising Agendas, 1975-2006 Author: Judith Huntsman with Kelihiano Kalolo Published by: Auckland University Press, Auckland, 2007, 300pp, $49.99. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I must begin this review by entering ...
In Soso's Web.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; Wilson, Tony ... IN SOSO'S WEB Author: 'Tatiana' (T.K.Breus and W.I. Axford) Published by: Copernicus Publishers, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, 2004, 268pp, US$32. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This book, part of a planned trilogy on 'Scenes from Russian Life', is a ...
Globalisation, Citizenship and the War on Terror.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; Smith, Ron ... GLOBALISATION, CITIZENSHIP AND THE WAR ON TERROR Editors: Maurice Mullard and Bankole A. Cole Published by: Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2007, 352pp, 75 [pounds sterling]. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There is a wide recognition that the phenomenon ...
Southeast Asia in Search of an ASEAN Community: Insights from the Former ASEAN Secretary-General.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; Zhang, Yongjin ... SOUTHEAST ASIA IN SEARCH OF AN ASEAN COMMUNITY Insights from the Former ASEAN Secretary-General Author: Rodolfo C. Severino Published by: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Publishing, Singapore, 2006, 489pp, US$54.90 (hb), US$38.90 (pb). ...
Corrigendum.(Correction notice)
Jul 01, 2008 ... In the last issue (vol 33, no 3) we in-advertently referred to Karen ...