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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>A bridge too far.</title>
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		<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>Confronting Sharp Power.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[International relations is about exercising power to achieve objectives on the global stage. The actors that do so are states, companies, non-governmental organizations or criminal and non-state political actors acting directly or as proxies. The tools they employ have traditionally included hard power, which is the threat and use of diplomatic, economic and military coercion; ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Radio Australia Interview: Paul Buchanan On US looks to NZ to help counter China</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/09/24/radio-australia-interview-paul-buchanan-on-us-looks-to-nz-to-help-counter-china/</link>
		
		<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>Analytic Brief: A Romney Foreign Policy and the Southwestern Pacific.</title>
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		<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>Afghanistan: Beefing Up In Order To Leave</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan: Beefing Up In Order To Leave Analysis &#8211; By Dr Paul G. Buchanan. In the wake of the most recent NZDF deaths in Bamiyan Province, the New Zealand Prime Minister has decided to accelerate the timetable for withdrawal of NZDF from the Bamiyan Provincial Reconstruction Team to April 2013. After that the PRT will ]]></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>Selwyn Manning Interviews Coalition For Democracy In Fiji&#8217;s Nik Naidu on Fiji&#8217;s Slow Walk Back To Democracy</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/08/07/selwyn-manning-interviews-coalition-for-democracy-in-fijis-nik-naidu-on-fijis-slow-walk-back-to-democracy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fiji: Selwyn Manning Interviews Coalition For Democracy In Fiji&#8217;s Nik Naidu on Fiji&#8217;s Slow Walk Back To Democracy This Week: Selwyn Manning interviews Nik Naidu on Fiji&#8217;s Slow Walk Back To Democracy &#8211; Beatson Interview, Triangle TV, August 6 2012. Nothing is ever very predictable about the political situation in Fiji – except its unpredictability. ]]></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>Parliamentary Network on Nuclear Disarmament Visit to North Korea &#8211; Post Visit Speech</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/07/25/parliamentary-network-on-nuclear-disarmament-visit-to-north-korea-post-visit-report/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[36th Parallel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Parliamentary Network on Nuclear Disarmament (PNND) Visit to North Korea (DPRK) &#8211; Post Visit Speech Speech by and courtesy of Matt Robson. See Also: Post North Korea Visit Report. ******* HON MATTHEW ROBSON, FORMER MINISTER OF DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL OF NEW ZEALAND SPEECH TO KOREAN ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND FAIRWAY LODGE TAKAPUNA AUCKLAND 05 ]]></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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		<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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		<title>Fiji&#8217;s Military Regime Deploys More Personnel To UN Ops Than Australia, Canada, New Zealand Combined</title>
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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>Assessment: Partners But Not Allies &#8211; New Zealand and the US Sign The Washington Declaration</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Assessment: Partners But Not Allies &#8211; New Zealand and the US Sign The Washington Declaration Assessment/Analysis &#8211; By Dr Paul G. Buchanan. On June 20 New Zealand Defense Minister Jonathan Coleman and US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta signed the Washington Declaration, which specifies priority areas of cooperation between the militaries of both countries.The Washington Declaration ]]></description>
		
		
		
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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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		<title>Interview: 95bFM&#8217;s Simon Maude IVs Selwyn Manning On The Implications Of New Zealand Signing A NATO Security Pact</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 02:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interview: 95bFM&#8217;s Simon Maude IVs Selwyn Manning On The Implications Of New Zealand Signing A NATO Security Pact 95bFM’s The Wire – Recorded live on 7/06/12: Selwyn Manning &#038; Simon Maude discuss the implications of New Zealand signing a NATO security pact titled Individual Partnership Cooperation Programme (IPCP). Background: This week New Zealand Prime Minister ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analysis: New Zealand&#8217;s United Nations Security Council Bid</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/05/31/analysis-new-zealands-united-nations-security-council-bid/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 00:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Analysis: New Zealand&#8217;s United Nations Security Council Bid. 36th Parallel Assessments &#8211; Analysis By Dr Paul G. Buchanan Introduction:On May 24, 2012the foreign ministers of the United States of America and New Zealand met for bilateral meetings after the conclusion of the NATO Summit in Chicago. Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar were topics of discussion, but ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Selwyn Manning On NZ Govt&#8217;s Pre-Budget Announcements</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/05/18/14957/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Selwyn Manning On NZ Govt&#8217;s Pre-Budget Announcements In the lead up to New Zealand&#8217;s budget 2012, Selwyn Manning and Glenn Williams discuss a shift in the New Zealand Government&#8217;s ideological agenda. The Government&#8217;s recent announcement that it will roll out its performance pay for teachers policy is analysed. Also discussed, is ]]></description>
		
		
		
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