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		<title>Preventive versus pre-emptive strikes.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 04:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Photo credit: Reuters. Conceptual clarity is important in any context but especially when it comes to international relations, foreign policy and the initiation of conflict. Recent events in the Middle East have shown once again how clarity in the use of words is often deliberately obfuscated in pursuit of political agendas. Unlike what is being ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The moment of friction.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In strategic studies &#8220;friction&#8221; is a term that it is used to describe the moment when military action encounters adversary resistance. &#8220;Friction&#8221; is one of four (along with an unofficial fifth) &#8220;F&#8217;s&#8221; in military strategy, which includes force (kinetic mass), fluidity (of manoeuvre), fog (of battle) as well as uncertainty (of outcomes, which is usually ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>About the Houthi Red Sea Blockage.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 02:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Announcement that NZ has joined with 13 other maritime trade-dependent states in warning Houthis in Yemen to cease their attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea (particularly in the Bad-el-Mandeb Strait) raises some finer points embedded in the confrontation. First, there is the question of who is not participating. Even though they are also ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>South America’s Strategic Paradox.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2024/01/05/south-americas-strategic-paradox/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Summary Conventional wisdom believes that increased prosperity brings with it increased security. As individual, group and national material fortunes rise, domestic crime decreases and tensions ease between States. Yet, in South America improved macroeconomic indicators derived from increased trade within and from without the region have not followed convention. Not only has domestic insecurity increased, ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Authoritarian Realism.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 02:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In International relations, realism refers to the view that States have interests and use relative power capabilities to pursue those interests in an anarchic world order lacking a superordinate power or Leviathan (that is, a condition that Hobbes referred to as the “state of nature’). Conversely, idealism refers to the better angels and perfectibility of ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The PRC&#8217;s Two Level Game.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Coming on the heels of the recently signed Solomon Islands-PRC bilateral economic and security agreement, the whirlwind tour of the Southwestern Pacific undertaken by PRC Foreign Minister Wang Yi has generated much concern in Canberra, Washington DC and Wellington as well as in other Western capitals. Wang and the PRC delegation came to the Southwestern ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nuclear Strategy in a post-deterrence age.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 03:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nuclear weapons are in the news again, this time because recent satellite photos reveal that China is constructing large nuclear missile silo &#8220;farms&#8221; in its Northwestern desert regions. This has occasioned alarm in Western security circles and re-focused attention on the concept of nuclear deterrence. This essay will address some of the basic concepts involved ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Zealand&#8217;s foreign policy alignment.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2021/04/29/new-zealands-foreign-policy-alignment/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2021 03:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th Parallel offers periodic assessments of matters and issues in the news. In this assessment we look at the fallout to a recent speech on foreign policy by its new Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and explain why the criticism directed at New Zealand over the content of the speech is unwarranted and misguided. &#160; A ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Chinese List.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2020/09/19/the-chinese-list/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2020 02:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; News that Zhenhua Data, an arm of China Zhenhua Electronics Group, a subsidiary of the military-connected China Electronic Information Industry Group (CETC), maintains a list of 800 New Zealanders on a “Overseas Key Information Database” that contains personal information on more than 2.4 million foreign individuals, has caused some consternation in Kiwi political circles. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran as a Strategic Actor, Part Two.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2020/02/05/iran-as-a-strategic-actor-part-two/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Director Paul G. Buchanan has written a two part series on Iran as a strategic actor for the Australian Institute of International Affairs. The analysis is designed to offer an alternative interpretation to views prevalent in the West that see Iran as a rogue and unpredictable player on the world scene. Click here to read ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran as a strategic actor (part one)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 03:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Director Paul G. Buchanan has written a two part series on Iran as a strategic actor for the Australian Institute of International Affairs. The analysis is designed to offer an alternative interpretation to views prevalent in the West that see Iran as a rogue and unpredictable player on the world scene. Click here to read ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A bridge too far.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2018/11/21/a-bridge-too-far/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Labour-led government in New Zealand has settled on a new mantra when it comes to addressing the US-China rivalry. It claims that New Zealand is ideally situated to become a bridge between the two great powers and an honest broker when it comes to their interaction with the Southwest Pacific. This follows the long-held ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analytic Brief: Influence Operations, Targeted Interventions and Intelligence Gathering: A Primer.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2017/09/23/analytic-brief-influence-operations-targeted-interventions-and-intelligence-gathering-a-primer/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Revelations of Chinese influence operations in Australia and New Zealand, and the ongoing sequels to the Russian &#8220;interference&#8221; in the 2016 US election, have caused outcry and concern amongst policy-makers and public alike. Beyond the xenophobic aspects to fears of the spectre of a &#8220;Yellow Peril&#8221; emerging in the Antipodes (a fear that we do ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From failure, opportunity beckons.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2017/01/25/from-failure-opportunity-beckons/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2017 21:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration&#8217;s decision to withdraw the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, a multinational trade and investment accord involving eleven Pacific Rim countries other than the US, is seen as a blow to hopes for a freer flow of goods and services in the Asia-Pacific Region. In this analytic brief we look at the potential opportunities presented ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analytic Brief: Foreign Policy Realignment, Issue Linkage and Institutional Lag.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2015/07/15/analytic-brief-foreign-policy-realignment-issue-linkage-and-institutional-lag/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 23:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Forward. This analytic brief is derived from an ongoing study of South Pacific intelligence communities. There are numerous facets to the study, one of which is intelligence alliances and networks. The brief highlights three undervalued concepts in foreign policy practice and offers some general observations about why Western intelligence agencies reacted belatedly to the changing ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Analytic Brief: Cyber warfare comes to the South Pacific.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2015/06/12/analytic-brief-cyber-warfare-comes-to-the-south-pacific/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; News that Chinese hackers obtained personal details of 4 million US federal employees dating to 1985, following on the heels of similar attacks on the customer records of private insurance companies and retirement funds as well as the internal email networks of the US State Department and White House, demonstrate that a guerrilla cyber-war ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Assessment Brief: Indian-Australian strategic co-operation in the early 21st century.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/10/31/assessment-brief-indian-australian-strategic-co-operation-in-the-early-21st-century/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Assessment Brief: Indian-Australian strategic co-operation in the early 21st century. Balaji Chandramohan and Paul G. Buchanan Introduction. In recent years Australia and India have assumed a greater role in international affairs, emerging as regional powers with great power potential. Changes in the international environment, particularly the rise of China as a common source of concern ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Paul G. Buchanan interviewed on The Nation regarding potential Chinese cyber espionage and New Zealand&#8217;s ability to defend against it.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Paul G. Buchanan interviewed on The Nation regarding potential Chinese cyber espionage and New Zealand&#8217;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 ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analysis: A different sort of BRIC (Australia in comparative perspective).</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Analysis: A different type of BRIC (Australia in comparative perspective). In this installment of the 36th Parallel series of analytic briefs, the focus is on Australia compared to other rising middle powers, including three of the BRICs: Brazil, Russia, India. Analysis &#8211; By Dr. Paul G. Buchanan. Although it may irk the okkers, Australia can ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Pacific Fibre Issue &#8211; Has The US Gone Too Far?</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/08/02/the-pacific-fibre-issue-has-the-us-gone-too-far/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 03:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Pacific Fibre Issue &#8211; Has The US Gone Too Far? Analysis &#8211; By Selwyn Manning. On Thursday morning Interest.co.nz&#8216;s Alex Tarrant reported that the Kiwi Pacific Fibre cable project was sunk by US fears about Chinese investment, and espionage. Interest.co.nz&#8216;s main contact was New Zealand-based invester Rod Drury who said: “It was made clear ]]></description>
		
		
		
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