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36th Parallel Assessments is a non-partisan, non-governmental geopolitical risk and strategic assessment consultancy. It combines open source intelligence analysis, qualitative studies and discrete fact-finding from a South Pacific perspective.
As a portal on South Pacific geopolitics, 36th Parallel Assessments serves as a window on national and regional trends, including the activities of extra-regional powers and actors.
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Lead Dispatch
Futures Forecast: A "Guarded" Democracy in Fiji.
- 36th Parallel Dispatch - Futures Forecast: A "Guarded" Democracy in Fiji. Paul G. Buchanan Change of Guard Ceremony, Government House, Suva. Republic of Fiji Military Forces hand over guardship to Republic of Fiji Police. Photo: Republic of Fiji Military Forces (http://www.rfmf.mil.fj/news/Change%20of%20Guards.html) . Revelations ... More... Futures Forecast: A "Guarded" Democracy in Fiji.
36th Parallel Assessments & Forecasts

Assessment Brief: Indian-Australian strategic co-operation in the early 21st century.
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Paul G. Buchanan interviewed on The Nation regarding potential Chinese cyber espionage and New Zealand's ability to defend against it.
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Analytic Brief: A Romney Foreign Policy and the Southwestern Pacific.
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Risk Assessment: Selling sovereignty and declining responsibility. Flags of Convenience in the South Pacific.
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Analysis: A different sort of BRIC (Australia in comparative perspective).
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Dispatch: The Weird Twist Underlying the NZSIS Raid on Fiji’s Pro-Democracy Movement
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
TriTV Interview - Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on Foreign Affairs and the Value of Aid
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Continuity, Crisis and the Process of Political Consolidation in Tonga.
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Fiji's Military Regime Deploys More Personnel To UN Ops Than Australia, Canada, New Zealand Combined
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Assessment: Partners But Not Allies - New Zealand and the US Sign The Washington Declaration
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Assessment Brief: Indian-Australian strategic co-operation in the early 21st century.
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Paul G. Buchanan interviewed on The Nation regarding potential Chinese cyber espionage and New Zealand's ability to defend against it.
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Analytic Brief: A Romney Foreign Policy and the Southwestern Pacific.
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Risk Assessment: Selling sovereignty and declining responsibility. Flags of Convenience in the South Pacific.
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Analysis: A different sort of BRIC (Australia in comparative perspective).
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Dispatch: The Weird Twist Underlying the NZSIS Raid on Fiji’s Pro-Democracy Movement
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
TriTV Interview - Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on Foreign Affairs and the Value of Aid
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.
Continuity, Crisis and the Process of Political Consolidation in Tonga.
36th Parallel Assessment/Forecast.36th Parallel Dispatches

RNZ Interview: Paul Buchanan IVed On Radio New Zealand On An Investigation Into The GCSB
- 36th Parallel Dispatch.
Radio Australia Interview: Paul Buchanan On US looks to NZ to help counter China
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Interview: David Cunliffe & Selwyn Manning Examine Labour's Economic Development Plan For New Zealand
- 36th Parallel Dispatch.
Interview: 95bFM's Simon Maude IVs Selwyn Manning On The Washington Declaration
- 36th Parallel Dispatch.
Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Paul Buchanan On Defense Strategy & the Use Of Drones
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Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Paul Buchanan on New Zealand’s Security Council Bid
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Beatson Interview - Selwyn Manning IVs Henry Yamo on Papua New Guinea Instability
- 36th Parallel Dispatch.
Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Paul Buchanan on the South China Sea Territorial Tensions
- 36th Parallel Dispatch.
Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Selwyn Manning On NZ Govt's Pre-Budget Announcements
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