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		<title>Military Extortion as Coercive Diplomacy.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Source: Anonymous on X.com. The lethal theatre of the absurd that has been the Trump administration’s sabre rattling performances in the Central American basin over the last few months culminated with the military attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of its president and his wife in the early hours of Saturday morning, Caracas time. The ]]></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>Is NZ foreign policy &#8220;independent?&#8221; (and related issues).</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2022 01:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For many years New Zealand elites have claimed to have an “independent” foreign policy, so much so that it has become a truism of NZ politics that transcends the partisan divide in parliament and is a shibboleth of the NZ foreign policy establishment that is parroted by media and pundits alike. But is it a ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hate crimes are not always terrorism.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2021 22:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Director Paul G. Buchanan has researched and written for over thirty years about terrorism and irregular warfare. He has participated in counter-terrorism analysis and policy development while working in and with US government intelligence and military agencies, including leadership and recruitment profiling. With this background, he offers an assessment of the recent supermarket stabbings ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Research Link: The 42 Group Q1/Q2 2020 Report.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From time to time 36th Parallel features the work of guest analysts. This time we feature the latest offering from The 42 Group, an independent strategic analysis collective based in New Zealand that focuses on military, security and geopolitical analyses. While 36 Parallel is not affiliated with The 42 Group and does not endorse all ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Risk Assessment: Selling sovereignty and declining responsibility. Flags of Convenience in the South Pacific.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/08/28/risk-assessment-selling-sovereignty-and-declining-responsibility-flags-of-convenience-in-the-south-pacific/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Risk Assessment: Selling sovereignty and declining responsibility. Flags of Convenience in the South Pacific. Analysis &#8211; By Dr Paul G. Buchanan. Introduction: One of the solutions to the problem of revenue generation in resource-poor states such as the small island countries of the South Pacific is found in the sale of tokens of sovereignty. Tokens ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Extended Interview: 95bFM&#8217;s Simon Maude IVs Selwyn Manning on ANZ Common Currency + Melanesia Sets Up Security Force</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Extended Interview: 95bFM&#8217;s Simon Maude IVs Selwyn Manning on ANZ Common Currency + Melanesia Sets Up Security Force 95bFM The Wire: Selwyn Manning &#038; Simon On ANZ Common Currency + Melanesia&#8217;s newly established a security force called The Legion. Is it feasible for Australia and New Zealand to create a single common currency? What are ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Paul Buchanan On How Corrupt Is The South/West Pacific</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[36th Parallel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eye On The World: Paul Buchanan &#038; Glenn Williams On How Corrupt Is The South/West Pacific 36th-Parallel&#8217;s Paul Buchanan and Glenn Williams discuss how South/West Pacific nations are largely considered as corrupt by Transparency International. Why is this so? See Also: 36th Parallel Weekly Analysis by Paul G. Buchanan &#8211; Managing Corruption In The South ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dispatch: Is NZ Foreign Affairs Minister McCully On His Way Out?</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/02/29/dispatch-is-nz-foreign-affairs-minister-mccully-on-his-way-out/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[36th Parallel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dispatch: Is NZ Foreign Affairs Minister McCully On His Way Out? 36th-Parallel Assessment/Forecast. -41.278446, 174.776550, Wellington, New Zealand &#8211; New Zealand Prime Minister John Key&#8217;s comment that he has “no idea&#8221; about Foreign Minister  Murray McCully&#8217;s whereabouts suggests distance has developed between the two men – if not a rift.The New Zealand Prime Minister&#8217;s “no idea” ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Assessment: Fiji Country Overview</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/01/13/fiji-country-overview/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Country Overview (January 2012): Fiji. Futures Forecast &#8211; By Dr Paul G. Buchanan. The next six months will seecontinued tensions between the Bainimarama regime and its neighbours, Western powers and with the Fijian opposition abroad and at home. Uncertainty will grow around the issue of constitutional reform and election timetabling. There will be no significant ]]></description>
		
		
		
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