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		<title>The Chinese List.</title>
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		<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>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>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: Transitional Dilemmas.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2014/03/16/analytic-brief-transitional-dilemmas/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2014 22:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Transitions from military-bureaucratic rule have been a salient characteristic of contemporary political dynamics. The desire to return to the barracks and seek legitimation push military-bureaucratic authoritarians towards holding elections as a means of devolving power to civilian authorities. They do so only under conditions that they largely control in order to pursue specific outcomes with ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Futures Forecast: A &#8220;Guarded&#8221; Democracy in Fiji.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2013/01/17/futures-forecast-a-guarded-democracy-in-fiji/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Futures Forecast: A &#8220;Guarded&#8221; 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) . &#160; Revelations that the Fijian military-bureaucratic regime has rejected important aspects of the draft constitution submitted by ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analytic Brief: Issue Linkage in Foreign Policy.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/12/19/analytic-brief-issue-linkage-in-foreign-policy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Negotiations to establish the Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Program (RCEP), both multinational trade agreements involving Asia-Pacific countries but with the former led by the US and the latter led by China (with each excluding the other from their respective negotiating blocs), brings attention to an important concept in foreign affairs: ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analytic Brief: Political Fratricide.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/11/26/analytic-brief-political-fratricide/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Analytic Brief: Political Fratricide. Paul G. Buchanan &#8220;Fratricide.&#8221; Reza Karimi. (Source: www.iranianpainting.com/fratricide.htm) Analytic Brief: Political Fratricide. Paul G. Buchanan Introduction: In light of recent events involving the New Zealand Labour Party, this brief explores the phenomenon known as political fratricide and its sub-set, party fratricide. Political fratricide is the tearing apart of a political movement or ]]></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>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/10/14/paul-g-buchanan-interviewed-on-the-nation-regarding-potential-chinese-cyber-espionage-and-new-zealands-ability-to-defend-against-it/</link>
		
		<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>Analytic Brief: A Romney Foreign Policy and the Southwestern Pacific.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/09/21/analytic-brief-a-romney-foreign-policy-and-the-southwestern-pacific/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Analytic Brief: A Romney Foreign Policy in the Southwestern Pacific. Analysis – By Dr. Paul G. Buchanan. Introduction: 36th Parallel Assessments Founding Partner Dr. Paul G. Buchanan has been traveling in the US for a month. He has had an opportunity to observe the US election campaign from both coasts, and in this brief discusses the ]]></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>Analysis: A different sort of BRIC (Australia in comparative perspective).</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/08/14/analysis-a-different-sort-of-bric-australia-in-comparative-perspective/</link>
		
		<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>Deconstructing New Zealand Foreign Policy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deconstructing New Zealand Foreign Policy. Analysis &#8211; By Dr. Paul G. Buchanan. Introduction: New Zealand&#8217;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 &#8220;principled but pragmatic&#8221; foreign policy has come into question, as has ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analytic Brief: Managing Policy Fade</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; By Paul G. Buchanan. Deployment of Fijian soldiers and police as UN peacekeepers after the 2006 military coup in that country is a good ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Continuity, Crisis and the Process of Political Consolidation in Tonga.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/07/13/continuity-crisis-and-the-process-of-political-consolidation-in-tonga/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Continuity, Crisis and the Process of Political Consolidation in Tonga. Weekly Analysis &#8211; By Paul G. Buchanan. This week the Tongan Crown Prince Tupouto&#8217;a Ulukalala is marrying his cousin. Although there is concern about potential inbreeding, the wedding demonstrates commitment to the royal lineage on the part of recently installed King Tupou VI. The nuptials reaffirm ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fiji&#8217;s Military Regime Deploys More Personnel To UN Ops Than Australia, Canada, New Zealand Combined</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fiji&#8217;s Military Regime Deploys More Personnel To UN Ops Than Australia, Canada, New Zealand Combined Dispatch/Forecast &#8211; by Selwyn Manning. Since the 2006 Fiji coup Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama&#8217;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 ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Analytic Brief: Political Learning and the PNG Elections.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Analytic Brief: Political Learning and the PNG Elections. From time to time 36th Parallel Assessments publishes broadly conceptual or theoretical essays as in-house background that can be used to guide assessments. These are not meant to be detailed or comprehensive. Instead, they are designed to frame analysis of the subjects under discussion.In this analytic brief the ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Intelligence Analytics: Conceptualizing Foreign Aid as an Instrument of Policy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Intelligence Analytics: Conceptualizing Foreign Aid as an Instrument of Policy Analysis &#8211; By Dr Paul G. Buchanan. Announcement that the European Union will direct  another 19 million Euros on top of the 785 million Euros (NZ$ 1.3 billion) already allocated to climate change adaptation in the Pacific serves as a good reference point for discussion ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: 95bFM&#8217;s Simon Maude IVs Selwyn Manning On The Washington Declaration</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interview: 95bFM&#8217;s Simon Maude IVs Selwyn Manning On New Zealand Signing the USA&#8217;s Washington Declaration Military Pact 95bFM The Wire Counter-Clockwise Bulletin &#8211; Recorded live on 21/06/12: Main Points &#8211; On Wednesday June 20, New Zealand&#8217;s Minister of Defence Jonathan Coleman met with the United States&#8217; secretary of defense Leon Panetta at the Pentagon in ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Selwyn Manning IVs Labour&#8217;s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Phil Goff On NZ&#8217;s UN Security Council Bid</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interview: Selwyn Manning IVs Labour&#8217;s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Phil Goff On NZ&#8217;s UN Security Council Bid Triangle TV, LiveNews.co.nz: Important Points &#8211; New Zealand&#8217;s former Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff reveals that Australia&#8217;s former PM Kevin Rudd, abandoned a pledge agreed in 2004 between Canada, New Zealand and Australia, that New Zealand would be next ]]></description>
		
		
		
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