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		<title>On intelligence oversight, a broader perspective.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 01:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Introduction. Director Paul G. Buchanan has been named as a member of the New Zealand Inspector General of Intelligence and Security&#8217;s Reference Group, an external interest intermediation panel. The backdrop to his appointment is that historically the IGIS has been a hollow agency posing as an institutional check on the agencies it is statutorily charged ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Balancing civil liberties and intelligence operations in New Zealand.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2015/03/18/balancing-civil-liberties-and-intelligence-operations-in-new-zealand/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 01:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In recent days there have been claims that there has been both more and less spying by New Zealand intelligence agencies. Proponents and opponents of the intelligence community have seized on one or the other claim to argue in favour or against NZ&#8217;s involvement in the 5 Eyes signals intelligence network and the expansion of ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Analytic Brief: Could Fiji emulate Singapore?</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2014/09/26/could-fiji-emulate-singapore/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 03:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fiji represents the latest iteration of a &#8220;top-down&#8221; transition from authoritarian to elected civilian rule. &#8220;Top down&#8221; regime transitions are those where the outgoing authoritarian regime controls the process by which elected government is installed, including the timing and terms of elections. The process is usually marked by two things: limitations on the ability of ]]></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>RNZ Interview: Paul Buchanan IVed On Radio New Zealand On An Investigation Into The GCSB</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/09/25/rnz-interview-paul-buchanan-ived-on-radio-new-zealand-on-an-investigation-into-the-gcsb/</link>
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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>Interview: Opposition Grows Against New Zealand Government&#8217;s Anti-Boat People/Asylum-Seeker Deterrent Legislation</title>
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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>Afghanistan: Beefing Up In Order To Leave</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/08/23/afghanistan-beefing-up-in-order-to-leave/</link>
		
		<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>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>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>State of the Nation Brief: Samoa at 50</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[State of the Nation Brief: Samoa at 50 Analysis &#8211; By Dr Paul G. Buchanan. Samoa (also known as Western Samoa) celebrated 50 years of independence from New Zealand last month. Located between 13.35 degrees and 14.9 degrees South and 169.35 and 172.20 degrees West and consisting of nine islands, it is the oldest of ]]></description>
		
		
		
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