Recently added articles from New Zealand International Review:
US foreign policy: a new direction? Terence O'Brien comments on the likely shape of US foreign policy under President Obama.
May 01, 2009; ... It is very rash, in these early times of a new administration, to predict with confidence, anything about the ultimate direction and substance of American foreign policy under President Obama. No leader in recent history has entered office with a greater weight of expectation on his ...
A 2008 letter from America: Rita Ricketts records impressions of American attitudes to the advent of President Obama and considers their perceptions in light of the new president's first weeks in office.
May 01, 2009; ... 'If it should happen that America, in its new period of world power, comes to do what every other world power has done, if Americans should have to govern large numbers of foreigners, you must expect that Americans will be well hated before they are admired for themselves.' (1) ...
China, India and Japan: the greater game: Stuart McMillan and Michael Powles consider relationships that will dominate the Asia-Pacific region's future.
May 01, 2009; ... While the world's attention is focusing on the global financial crisis, its interest in China and India is on whether they are going to avoid the worst impacts of the crisis and on whether they will be in a position to contribute significantly to a recovery of the world economy. Seen ...
The future of US-India nuclear co-operation: Sagarika Dutt suggests that the October 2008 'deal' has strengthened the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On 10 October 2008, India and the United States signed the 123 Agreement for co-operation between the two countries in the field of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, a few days after President Bush had signed the deal into law in the United States. (1) ...
FIJI: dealing with a broken state: John Tonkin-Covell urges a more nuanced approach to the situation in Fiji.
May 01, 2009; ... The enveloping international economic crisis is absorbing the attention of governments around the world. Where matters will head remains unclear. The South Pacific was a region beset with difficulties that predated the global economic turmoil, and the issues surrounding the present ...
New Zealand's defence posture: a new direction? Leighton Luke sees the possibility of at last laying the foundations for a more broadly bipartisan approach to defence policy.
May 01, 2009; ... The commitment to a new Defence white paper made by Prime Minister John Key's National Party-led government in its 2008 election campaign could once more re-ignite discussions regarding the focus and capabilities of the New Zealand Defence Force. Given that, even in the face of the ...
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals.
May 01, 2009; ... THE DARK SIDE: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals Author: Jane Mayer Published by: Scribe Books, Melbourne, 2008, 392pp, A$35. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With the triumphant election of Barack Obama to the ...
Nordy: A Political Biography.
May 01, 2009; ... NORDY A Political Biography Author: Mary Logan Published by: Steele Roberts, Wellington, 2008, 488pp, $52.99. This book is subtitled d Political Biography, but its coverage of political events in New Zealand over much of the 20th century suggests that it ...
Institute notes: National office and branch activities.
May 01, 2009 ... HE David Daly, the head of the European Commission Delegation to Australia and New Zealand, delivered an address on 'The European Union and the World Financial Crisis' on 18 February. On 30 March Professor Rei Shiratori, from Tokyo's Akita International University, gave an ...
Useful websites.
May 01, 2009 ... Australian Institute of International Affairs www.aiia.asn.au Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade www.mfat.govt.nz New Zealand Institute of International Affairs ...
Corrigendum.(Correction notice)
May 01, 2009 ... In the review of Ted Woodfield's Against the Odds: Negotiating for New Zealand's Future, in the March/April issue (vol 34, no 2), ...
Defence policy in the Asian century: Hugh White provides some reflections from the 'West Island' on New Zealand's new defence white paper.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Back in 2000, almost ten years ago now, New Zealand and Australia each took a hard look at their respective defence policies, and made some important changes. Now, on both sides of the Tasman we are doing it again, as new governments in Wellington and Canberra fulfil election promises to ...
The trans-Tasman tie: Colin James comments on the straightforward and paradoxical Australia-New Zealand connection.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Fifteen years ago I spent four weeks as the first New Zealand fellow at Cheryl Saunders's Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at Melbourne University. Professor Saunders's price for this privilege was an address. The topic I chose, to the mystification of her captive audience, ...
The craft of diplomacy: John Wood reflects on the role of New Zealand's overseas representatives in the modern world.
Mar 01, 2009; ... There is something about the concept of diplomacy that makes New Zealanders feel queasy. To them, 'diplomacy' sounds Old World, not New World. As befits members of the world's second oldest profession, diplomats are regarded askance. We expect them to be worldly-wise, if not cynical and ...
Asia faces the financial meltdown: Richard Grant discusses the position of Asia in the financial crisis and the implications for New Zealand.
Mar 01, 2009; ... We all understand something of what has happened in the global economy, starting in the United States and spreading out from there. If at first people were reasonably confident that their own country would escape some of the consequences of the turmoil, it is clear that day by day, week by ...
Bill Sutch: a different perspective: Ted Woodfield provides some observations of this controversial figure based on personal experience.
Mar 01, 2009; ... In 1958 the department [of Industries and Commerce] was at the centre of many policies and programmes of the second Labour government elected in 1957. These included administration of stringent import control policies put in place to deal with a balance of payment crisis; price control ...
Remembering the landing at Mono: John McKinnon describes a visit to Mono Island, the scene of an important New Zealand action during the Second World War in which his father took part.
Mar 01, 2009; ... My visit to Mono took most of Monday, 27 October 2008, the actual date of the 65th anniversary of the landing of the New Zealand 3rd Division's 8th Brigade on Mono. We left Honiara about 8 am. 'We' was me, Dennis Porteous from the New Zealand High Commission (whose father was serving in ...
The universal declaration on human rights sixty years on: Diana Pickard questions whether New Zealanders are fluent in the universal language of human rights.
Mar 01, 2009; ... On l0 December 2008 everyone in Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand wished the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 'Happy Birthday'. For the past 60 years many human hopes have been carried on the back of this United Nations declaration, which was developed in 1948 in the ...
The trans-Tasman world: towards a closer understanding: Brian Lynch reports on the launch of the New Zealand Australia Research Centre at the University of Canterbury on 10 October 2008.(SEMINAR REPORT)
Mar 01, 2009; ... On 10 October 2008 an all-day seminar was held at the Art Gallery, Christchurch, to formally launch the University of Canterbury New Zealand Australia Research Centre. Around 100 attended. It was a collaborative effort between the university and the NZIIA National Office. The main purpose ...
Against the Odds: Negotiating for New Zealand's Future.
Mar 01, 2009; ... AGAINST THE ODDS: Negotiating for New Zealand's Future Author: Ted Woodfield Published by: Dunmore Publishing, Wellington, 2008, 211pp, available by mail order ($33 incl p & p in NZ) from PO Box 25080, Wellington 6146. When I mentioned to a friend that I ...