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		<title>Interview: Opposition Grows Against New Zealand Government&#8217;s Anti-Boat People/Asylum-Seeker Deterrent Legislation</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/09/11/interview-opposition-grows-against-new-zealand-governments-anti-boat-peopleasylum-seeker-deterrent-legislation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Opposition Grows Against New Zealand Government&#8217;s Anti-Boat People/Asylum-Seeker Deterrent Legislation TriangleTV Interview: Selwyn Manning With Tracey Barnett &#8211; Asylum Seeker Laws &#8211; 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&#8217;s borders in groups of ]]></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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		<title>Analytic Brief: Managing Policy Fade</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/07/19/analytic-brief-managing-policy-fade/</link>
		
		<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>Fiji&#8217;s Military Regime Deploys More Personnel To UN Ops Than Australia, Canada, New Zealand Combined</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/07/13/fijis-military-regime-deploys-more-personnel-to-un-ops-than-australia-canada-new-zealand-combined/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<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>Interview: Selwyn Manning IVs Labour&#8217;s Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Phil Goff On NZ&#8217;s UN Security Council Bid</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/06/12/interview-selwyn-manning-ivs-labours-foreign-affairs-spokesperson-phil-goff-on-nzs-un-security-council-bid/</link>
		
		<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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		<title>Interview: Why Australia &#038; NZ Have Taken A Softly Approach Over Papua New Guinea&#8217;s Crisis</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/05/04/interview-why-australia-nz-have-taken-a-softly-approach-over-papua-new-guineas-crisis/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 23:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Selwyn Manning on Why Australia &#038; NZ Have Taken A Softly Approach Over Papua New Guinea&#8217;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 ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – May 03 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 06:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – May 03 2012 36th Parallel Assessments [RSSjb feed=&#8221;feed://36th-parallel.com/feed/&#8221; num=&#8221;5&#8243; pubdate=&#8221;true&#8221; excerpt=&#8221;false&#8221; charex=&#8221;250&#8243; list=&#8221;ul&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; pubauthor=&#8221;false&#8221;] Australia/New Zealand/Papua New Guinea: &#8211; Analysis by Selwyn Manning &#8211; 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 ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Papua New Guinea Crisis – Australia and New Zealand&#8217;s Challenge</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/05/03/the-papua-new-guinea-crisis-australia-and-new-zealands-challenge/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 01:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Papua New Guinea Crisis – Australia and New Zealand&#8217;s Challenge Weekly Analysis &#8211; 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 ]]></description>
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 27 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 27 2012 36th Parallel Assessments [RSSjb feed=&#8221;feed://36th-parallel.com/feed/&#8221; num=&#8221;5&#8243; pubdate=&#8221;true&#8221; excerpt=&#8221;false&#8221; charex=&#8221;250&#8243; list=&#8221;ul&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; pubauthor=&#8221;false&#8221;] Pacific Region: Analysis &#8211; By economist Professor Wadan Narsey &#8211; 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 ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 26 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 26 2012 36th Parallel Assessments [RSSjb feed=&#8221;feed://36th-parallel.com/feed/&#8221; num=&#8221;5&#8243; pubdate=&#8221;true&#8221; excerpt=&#8221;false&#8221; charex=&#8221;250&#8243; list=&#8221;ul&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; pubauthor=&#8221;false&#8221;] Australia/Solomon Islands/RAMSI: Australia&#8217;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 ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 17 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 17 2012 36th Parallel Assessments [RSSjb feed=&#8221;feed://36th-parallel.com/feed/&#8221; num=&#8221;5&#8243; pubdate=&#8221;true&#8221; excerpt=&#8221;false&#8221; charex=&#8221;250&#8243; list=&#8221;ul&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; pubauthor=&#8221;false&#8221;] 36th Parallel Security Assessment &#8211; 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 ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Pacific Geopolitics Reshapes As Melanesians Assert Security Autonomy</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/13/interview-pacific-geopolitics-reshapes-as-melanesians-assert-security-autonomy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interview: Pacific Geopolitics Reshapes As Melanesians Assert Security Autonomy Glenn Williams interviews 36th-Parallel.com&#8217;s Selwyn Manning on why Melanesian leaders have asserted from a security sense an independence and autonomy that renders Australia and New Zealand almost redundant in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu. Melanesia’s solidarity-move counters what can be perceived as a weak ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Weekly Analysis: Managing Corruption in the South Pacific</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Weekly Analysis: Managing Corruption in the South Pacific Analysis and Forecast &#8211; By Dr. Paul G. Buchanan. Although it is unfortunate to say so, corruption is a major feature of South Pacific life. It is pervasive, endemic, often culturally rooted but now aggravated by the presence of external actors intent on securing material or political ]]></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>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/10/extended-interview-95bfms-simon-maude-ivs-selwyn-manning-on-anz-common-currency-melanesia-sets-up-security-force/</link>
		
		<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>Melanesia&#8217;s Leaders Approve Security Force &#038; Position MSG Bloc To Interact With Global Bodies</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/02/melanesias-leaders-approve-security-force-position-msg-bloc-to-interact-directly-with-global-bodies/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Melanesia&#8217;s Leaders Approve Security Force &#38; Position MSG Bloc To Interact Directly With Global Bodies 36th Parallel Analysis and Forecast &#8211; By Selwyn Manning. Late on Friday March 30 Melanesia&#8217;s leaders emerged from their annual summit resolute that security and progress will best be achieved by forming a stronger and secure regional bloc. Melanesia&#8217;s solidarity-move ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weekly Analysis: Bob Carr&#8217;s Ascension As Australia Minister of Foreign Affairs (updated)</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/09/weekly-analysis-bob-carrs-ascension-as-australia-minister-of-foreign-affairs/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Weekly Analysis: Bob Carr&#8217;s Ascension As Australia Minister of Foreign Affairs (updated) 36th-Parallel Analysis. Former New South Wales Premiere Bob Carr&#8217;s appointment as the Australia Federal Government&#8217;s foreign minister is controversial but does not detract from his ability to tackle the portfolio and progress a foreign policy that returns Australia to a state of significance ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Video Dispatch: Selwyn Manning and Glenn Williams on Australia&#8217;s New Foreign Minister</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/09/video-dispatch-selwyn-manning-and-glenn-williams-on-australias-new-foreign-minister/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Video Dispatch: Selwyn Manning and Glenn Williams on Australia&#8217;s New Foreign Minister Selwyn Manning is interviewed by KiwiFM’s Glenn Williams and analyses former NSW Premiere Bob Carr&#8217;s appointment as the Australia Federal Government&#8217;s foreign minister. The appointment is controversial but this does not detract from Carr&#8217;s ability to tackle the portfolio and progress a foreign ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Pacific Region News Round-Up &#8211; March 07 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[36th Parallel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Pacific Region News Round-Up In Melanesia, significant instability is evident inside Papua New Guinea with Malum Nalu reporting the Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia having been arrested by PNG Police after alleged mishandling of court funds. The arrest is the latest symptom of institutional instability that has flared since former PNG prime minister Sir ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Video Dispatch: Australia Prime Ministership Challenge Exposes Fractured ALP</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/02/24/video-dispatch-australia-prime-ministership-challenge-exposes-fractured-alp/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Video Dispatch: Video Dispatch: Australia Prime Ministership Challenge Exposes Fractured ALP &#8211; Selwyn Manning is interviewed by KiwiFM&#8217;s Glenn Williams and analyses the factional warfare currently consuming the Australia Labor Party and what lies behind this Australia Prime Ministership challenge between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. Points To Note: Gillard accuses Rudd of orchestrating a ]]></description>
		
		
		
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