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		<title>Preventive versus pre-emptive strikes.</title>
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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>Director Paul G. Buchanan on the al-Shabaab attack in Nairobi.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 06:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Broadcast on 26 Sep 2013: Nzone Now looks at the four-day siege by Islamist terrorists which has left more than 60 dead and nearly 200 wounded in a Nairobi shopping mall. A former US government intelligence consultant, Dr Paul G Buchanan, talks to Allan Lee about al Shabaab, al Qaeda and the potential for terrorism ]]></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>RNZ Interview: Paul Buchanan IVed On Radio New Zealand On An Investigation Into The GCSB</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[RNZ Interview: Paul Buchanan IVed On Radio New Zealand On An Investigation Into The GCSB RNZ Report: With Paul Buchanan &#8211; Security and Intelligence Analyst, and Nicky Hager &#8211; Investigative Journalist and Author, whose 1996 book &#8220;Secret Power &#8211; New Zealand&#8217;s role in the international spy network&#8221; detailed the surveillance system, ECHELON, used at the ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Radio Australia Interview: Paul Buchanan On US looks to NZ to help counter China</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week the United States&#8217; Defence Secretary Leon Panetta visited New Zealand after holding bilateral meetings with the People&#8217;s Republic of China and Japan. Panetta met with New Zealand&#8217;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 ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>TriTV Interview &#8211; Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on Foreign Affairs and the Value of Aid</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TriTV Interview &#8211; Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on Foreign Affairs and the Value of Aid Beatson Interview &#8211; Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on foreign affairs, New Zealand&#8217;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 ]]></description>
		
		
		
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