Paul G. Buchanan interviewed on The Nation regarding potential Chinese cyber espionage and New Zealand’s ability to defend against it. This week the US launched a fresh attack on Chinese telecommunication companies. A congressional committee issued a warning to companies in the US, saying Huawei and ZTE may be a front for Chinese spying, and [...]
Paul G. Buchanan interviewed on The Nation regarding potential Chinese cyber espionage and New Zealand’s ability to defend against it.
Written by Paul Buchanan on Sunday, October 14th, 2012
RNZ Interview: Paul Buchanan IVed On Radio New Zealand On An Investigation Into The GCSB
Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
RNZ Interview: Paul Buchanan IVed On Radio New Zealand On An Investigation Into The GCSB RNZ Report: With Paul Buchanan – Security and Intelligence Analyst, and Nicky Hager – Investigative Journalist and Author, whose 1996 book “Secret Power – New Zealand’s role in the international spy network” detailed the surveillance system, ECHELON, used at the [...]
Radio Australia Interview: Paul Buchanan On US looks to NZ to help counter China
Written by Selwyn Manning on Monday, September 24th, 2012
This week the United States’ Defence Secretary Leon Panetta visited New Zealand after holding bilateral meetings with the People’s Republic of China and Japan. Panetta met with New Zealand’s Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman and announced how the US and NZ are progressing their military and defence ties. Panetta also raised how the US is willing [...]
Interview: Opposition Grows Against New Zealand Government’s Anti-Boat People/Asylum-Seeker Deterrent Legislation
Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
Opposition Grows Against New Zealand Government’s Anti-Boat People/Asylum-Seeker Deterrent Legislation TriangleTV Interview: Selwyn Manning With Tracey Barnett – Asylum Seeker Laws – September 10, 2012. The New Zealand National-led Government has initiated legislation that, if passed through its final stages of Parliament, will detain asylum-seekers should they arrive at the nation’s borders in groups of [...]
Interview: David Cunliffe & Selwyn Manning Examine Labour’s Economic Development Plan For New Zealand
Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
David Cunliffe & Selwyn Manning Examine Labour’s Economic Development Plan For New Zealand David-Cunliffe Interview With Selwyn Manning – TriTV – Beatson Interview – September 03 2012. In this interview between Selwyn Manning and Labour’s spokesperson for Economic Development, David Cunliffe, Labour’s economic plan for New Zealand is examined. What would a Labour-led government do [...]
Afghanistan: Beefing Up In Order To Leave
Written by Paul Buchanan on Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
Afghanistan: Beefing Up In Order To Leave Analysis – By Dr Paul G. Buchanan. In the wake of the most recent NZDF deaths in Bamiyan Province, the New Zealand Prime Minister has decided to accelerate the timetable for withdrawal of NZDF from the Bamiyan Provincial Reconstruction Team to April 2013. After that the PRT will [...]
Selwyn Manning Interviews Coalition For Democracy In Fiji’s Nik Naidu on Fiji’s Slow Walk Back To Democracy
Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Fiji: Selwyn Manning Interviews Coalition For Democracy In Fiji’s Nik Naidu on Fiji’s Slow Walk Back To Democracy This Week: Selwyn Manning interviews Nik Naidu on Fiji’s Slow Walk Back To Democracy – Beatson Interview, Triangle TV, August 6 2012. Nothing is ever very predictable about the political situation in Fiji – except its unpredictability. [...]
The Pacific Fibre Issue – Has The US Gone Too Far?
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
The Pacific Fibre Issue – Has The US Gone Too Far? Analysis – By Selwyn Manning. On Thursday morning Interest.co.nz‘s Alex Tarrant reported that the Kiwi Pacific Fibre cable project was sunk by US fears about Chinese investment, and espionage. Interest.co.nz‘s main contact was New Zealand-based invester Rod Drury who said: “It was made clear [...]
Deconstructing New Zealand Foreign Policy
Written by Paul Buchanan on Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Deconstructing New Zealand Foreign Policy. Analysis – By Dr. Paul G. Buchanan. Introduction: New Zealand’s post-Cold War foreign policy has been characterized by a pragmatic orientation in which matters of principle are balanced against objective assessments of interest. In recent years the commitment to the “principled but pragmatic” foreign policy has come into question, as has [...]
Dispatch: The Weird Twist Underlying the NZSIS Raid on Fiji’s Pro-Democracy Movement
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, July 19th, 2012
The Weird Twist Underlying the NZSIS Raid on Fiji’s Pro-Democracy Movement Dispatch – By Selwyn Manning. Yesterday veteran Pacific journalist Mike Field broke this story where New Zealand’s Security Intelligence Service raided a Mt Albert dairy (grocery) owned by former Fiji Cabinet minister Rejesh Singh. A SIS officer, accompanied by three police officers – presumably [...]
Analytic Brief: Managing Policy Fade
Written by Paul Buchanan on Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Analytic Brief: Managing Policy Fade* From time to time 36th Parallel Assessments offers analytic briefs on subjects of diplomatic, geopolitical and strategic interest. This week’s topic is policy fade. Analysis – By Paul G. Buchanan. Deployment of Fijian soldiers and police as UN peacekeepers after the 2006 military coup in that country is a good [...]
TriTV Interview – Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on Foreign Affairs and the Value of Aid
Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
TriTV Interview – Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on Foreign Affairs and the Value of Aid Beatson Interview – Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on foreign affairs, New Zealand’s independent brand, and the value of development aid. Matt Robson is a former New Zealand Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a minister responsible for NZAid [...]
Fiji’s Military Regime Deploys More Personnel To UN Ops Than Australia, Canada, New Zealand Combined
Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, July 13th, 2012
Fiji’s Military Regime Deploys More Personnel To UN Ops Than Australia, Canada, New Zealand Combined Dispatch/Forecast – by Selwyn Manning. Since the 2006 Fiji coup Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama’s military-led government has remained fully engaged with the United Nations while incrementally increasing the number of troops and police it contributes to UN peacekeeping operations to [...]
Assessment: Partners But Not Allies – New Zealand and the US Sign The Washington Declaration
Written by Paul Buchanan on Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Assessment: Partners But Not Allies – New Zealand and the US Sign The Washington Declaration Assessment/Analysis – By Dr Paul G. Buchanan. On June 20 New Zealand Defense Minister Jonathan Coleman and US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta signed the Washington Declaration, which specifies priority areas of cooperation between the militaries of both countries.The Washington Declaration [...]
Interview: 95bFM’s Simon Maude IVs Selwyn Manning On The Washington Declaration
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Interview: 95bFM’s Simon Maude IVs Selwyn Manning On New Zealand Signing the USA’s Washington Declaration Military Pact 95bFM The Wire Counter-Clockwise Bulletin – Recorded live on 21/06/12: Main Points – On Wednesday June 20, New Zealand’s Minister of Defence Jonathan Coleman met with the United States’ secretary of defense Leon Panetta at the Pentagon in [...]
Interview: Selwyn Manning IVs Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Phil Goff On NZ’s UN Security Council Bid
Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
Interview: Selwyn Manning IVs Labour’s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Phil Goff On NZ’s UN Security Council Bid Triangle TV, LiveNews.co.nz: Important Points – New Zealand’s former Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff reveals that Australia’s former PM Kevin Rudd, abandoned a pledge agreed in 2004 between Canada, New Zealand and Australia, that New Zealand would be next [...]
Interview: 95bFM’s Simon Maude IVs Selwyn Manning On The Implications Of New Zealand Signing A NATO Security Pact
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, June 7th, 2012
Interview: 95bFM’s Simon Maude IVs Selwyn Manning On The Implications Of New Zealand Signing A NATO Security Pact 95bFM’s The Wire – Recorded live on 7/06/12: Selwyn Manning & Simon Maude discuss the implications of New Zealand signing a NATO security pact titled Individual Partnership Cooperation Programme (IPCP). Background: This week New Zealand Prime Minister [...]
Analysis: New Zealand’s United Nations Security Council Bid
Written by Paul Buchanan on Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Analysis: New Zealand’s United Nations Security Council Bid. 36th Parallel Assessments – Analysis By Dr Paul G. Buchanan Introduction:On May 24, 2012the foreign ministers of the United States of America and New Zealand met for bilateral meetings after the conclusion of the NATO Summit in Chicago. Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar were topics of discussion, but [...]
Status of Forces Report Part 2: Military Professionalism in the South Pacific.
Written by Paul Buchanan on Friday, May 25th, 2012
Status of Forces Report Part 2: Military Professionalism in the South Pacific. 36th Parallel Assessment Series – By Paul G. Buchanan Introduction: In Part One of the the Status of Forces series, 36th Parallel Assessments offered an overview of typologies of military forces and civil-military relations. Designed as an introduction to the subject for readers [...]
Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Selwyn Manning On NZ Govt’s Pre-Budget Announcements
Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, May 18th, 2012
Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Selwyn Manning On NZ Govt’s Pre-Budget Announcements In the lead up to New Zealand’s budget 2012, Selwyn Manning and Glenn Williams discuss a shift in the New Zealand Government’s ideological agenda. The Government’s recent announcement that it will roll out its performance pay for teachers policy is analysed. Also discussed, is [...]
NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Announce Final Decision on its Change Programme
Written by 36th Parallel on Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced today the final decision on its change programme. Chief Executive John Allen says the decision will enable flexibility and focus in New Zealand’s representation overseas. It will also modernise administration processes and help to develop deeper expertise and specialist knowledge. “The Ministry will be better placed to [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – May 07 2012
Written by Selwyn Manning on Monday, May 7th, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – May 07 2012 36th Parallel Assessments France/French Polynesia: Left-wing candidate François Hollande has defeated incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday’s runoff, exit polls say, becoming the first Socialist to win a presidential election since François Mitterrand in 1988. According to Ipsos polling institute, the left-wing candidate took 51.7 percent of the [...]
Interview: Why Australia & NZ Have Taken A Softly Approach Over Papua New Guinea’s Crisis
Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, May 4th, 2012
Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Selwyn Manning on Why Australia & NZ Have Taken A Softly Approach Over Papua New Guinea’s Crisis Introduction: As Papua New Guinea struggles to maintain order in the face of two clashing political factions, its two southern neighbors Australia and New Zealand are compelled to tread a soft diplomatic line rather [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – May 03 2012
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – May 03 2012 36th Parallel Assessments Australia/New Zealand/Papua New Guinea: – Analysis by Selwyn Manning – As Papua New Guinea struggles to maintain order in the face of two clashing political factions, its two southern neighbors Australia and New Zealand are compelled to tread a soft diplomatic line rather than [...]
The Papua New Guinea Crisis – Australia and New Zealand’s Challenge
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
The Papua New Guinea Crisis – Australia and New Zealand’s Challenge Weekly Analysis – By Selwyn Manning. As Papua New Guinea struggles to maintain order in the face of two clashing political factions, its two southern neighbors Australia and New Zealand are compelled to tread a soft diplomatic line rather than risk destroying progressive rapprochement with [...]
Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Paul Buchanan on the Problems of Pulling Out of Afghanistan
Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Eye on the World: Paul Buchanan & Glenn Williams on Afghanistan and the Problems Of Pulling Out 36th-Parallel.com‘s Paul Buchanan joins Glenn Williams to discuss the problems New Zealand and Australia faces while preparing to pull soldiers out of Afghanistan. Paul Buchanan discusses how a recent visit to Afghanistan’s Bamiyan province by New Zealand’s Minister [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 30 2012
Written by Selwyn Manning on Monday, April 30th, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 30 2012 36th Parallel Assessments Fiji: Fiji’s Acting Prime Minister and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has asked the Pacific Islands Forum Ministerial Contact Group to support the Bainimarama Government’s efforts to take the country to the 2014 general election. He made the comment in a statement as two foreign [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 27 2012
Written by Selwyn Manning on Friday, April 27th, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 27 2012 36th Parallel Assessments Pacific Region: Analysis – By economist Professor Wadan Narsey – If this was a news release by a geologist, alarm bells would be ringing around the Pacific and international scientific community. But retitle it “Pacific politics tilting to PNG” and the alarm bells would [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 26 2012
Written by 36th Parallel on Thursday, April 26th, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 26 2012 36th Parallel Assessments Australia/Solomon Islands/RAMSI: Australia’s Defence Minister Stephen Smith says an exit plan is being developed for the defence contingent of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands. Smith is in Honiara and met the Solomons Prime Minister, Gordon Darcy Lilo, where the issue was discussed. [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 18 2012
Written by Selwyn Manning on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 18 2012 36th Parallel Assessments Timor Leste: Report – By Michael Bachelard in Dili – A military man recommended by the United Nations for criminal prosecution six years ago seems almost certain to become the new president of East Timor. Former commander of the armed forces Jose Maria de [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 17 2012
Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 17 2012 36th Parallel Assessments 36th Parallel Security Assessment – by Paul Buchanan: Announcement that the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has approved a Fijian proposal to create an armed Legion as a regional rapid response unit raises the issue of military professionalism in the South Pacific. Designed to respond [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 11 2012
Written by 36th Parallel on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 11 2012 36th Parallel Assessments Pacific Region: 36th Parallel’s Paul G Buchanan writes that corruption can be defined in a number of ways, but whichever way you approach it the Pacific Region is suffering from its effects. Although it is unfortunate to say so, corruption is a major feature [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 02 2012
Written by Selwyn Manning on Monday, April 2nd, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 02 2012 36th Parallel Assessments French Polynesia: 36th Parallel Analysis and Futures Forecast – By Paul Buchanan writes that in another post-colonial legacy, France’s budgetary cutbacks within the context of European Union crisis and austerity have had a repercussive effect on French Polynesia. This will be seen in the [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 29 2012
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, March 29th, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 29 2012 36th Parallel Assessments Audio Interview: 36th Parallel’s Paul Buchanan on Radio New Zealand discussing whether the New Zealand Public was misinformed over the real reasons NZ SAS troopers were deployed to Afghanistan. Click here to listen. + Audio Interview: 36th Parallel’s Selwyn Manning on 5AA Australia + [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 27 2012
Written by Selwyn Manning on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 27 2012 36th Parallel Assessments Audio Outlink: 36th Parallel’s Paul Buchanan on NewstalkZB with Mike Hosking on tension over North Korea rocket launch. Click here to listen. Tonga: Sombre scenes as Tonga’s late king comes home – Thousands of sombre Tongans, swathed in black, lined the Pacific island nation’s [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 24 2012
Written by Selwyn Manning on Saturday, March 24th, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 24 2012 36th Parallel Assessments Samoa/Fiji: APIA (Samoa Observer / Pacific Media Watch): Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has taken another jab at Fiji’s military leader Frank Bainimarama. This time, Tuilaepa claims to have seen photos of soldiers killed during Bainimarama’s regime, which he described as “gruesome. The photos [...]
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 22 2012
Written by Selwyn Manning on Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 22 2012 New Zealand: 36th Parallel Weekly Analysis: Nuclear Iran – New Zealand’s Silence Is A Foreign Policy Shift – As one of the most conspicuous non-nuclear states in the world, New Zealand has a long history of involvement with non-proliferation and disarmament issues. It is a long-standing member [...]
36th-Parallel Pacific Region News Round-Up – March 13 2012
Written by 36th Parallel on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
36th-Parallel Pacific Region News Round-Up Fiji: Ousted Fiji prime minister Laisenia Qarase has spoken out against Fiji’s current constitution reform plan, stating the next general election should be carried out under the 1997 Constitution. Qarase said if Fiji followed that path it could then pursue constitutional reform under an elected government rather than a military-led [...]
Interview: Paul Buchanan & Glenn Williams On China, Pacific & New Zealand’s Challenge
Written by Paul Buchanan on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Interview: Paul Buchanan & Glenn Williams On China, Pacific & New Zealand’s Challenge Eye on the World 36th-Parallel’s Paul Buchanan is interviewed by KiwiFM’s Glenn Williams over China’s expansion and influence in the wider Pacific and how lax communications and loose talk between New Zealand’s National Party Member of Parliament John Hayes and New Zealand [...]
New Zealand’s Coming Melian Dilemma
Written by Paul Buchanan on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
36th Parallel External Report, 14 September 2010 – Paul Buchanan writes that New Zealand’s contemporary foreign policy approach is to straddle the fence between East and West. Economically, New Zealand sees its future rooted in Asia, with China being its primary partner. A dilemma is developing… Analysis – By Paul G. Buchanan. First published at [...]