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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>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>Balancing civil liberties and intelligence operations in New Zealand.</title>
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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>Country Risk Assessment: New Caledonia.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Political risk assessments are an under appreciated aspect of the due diligence undertaken as part of the process of engaging in cultural, diplomatic or economic exchanges in foreign locations. Most political risk analysis, including country risk assessments, are done by large credit rating agencies and insurance underwriters. Some nations provide country risk assessments for citizens ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analytic Brief: Some advice about travel advisories.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2014 19:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Travel advisories are used by tourists and businesses to judge the risks involved in traveling to and investing in foreign countries and regions. Issued by governments and private entities, travel advisories are useful as a starting point for ascertaining risks abroad but should not be relied on exclusively for determination of them. In this brief ]]></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>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>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>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>The Pacific Fibre Issue &#8211; Has The US Gone Too Far?</title>
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		<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>Alleged Canadian Spy Breached Five Eyes Echelon Intelligence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alleged Canadian Spy Breached Five Eyes Echelon Intelligence http://arntrnassets.mediaspanonline.com/radio/n00/396484/A673_20120725062601268_0.mp3 Major Intelligence Breach: News reports have revealed that a Canadian naval officer has been arrested on security charges where it is alleged he sold military-related signals intelligence to Russian spies. The intelligence is believed to include information circulated between the US, Britain, Canada, Australia and New ]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Dispatch: The Weird Twist Underlying the NZSIS Raid on Fiji’s Pro-Democracy Movement</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Weird Twist Underlying the NZSIS Raid on Fiji’s Pro-Democracy Movement Dispatch &#8211; By Selwyn Manning. Yesterday veteran Pacific journalist Mike Field broke this story where New Zealand’s Security Intelligence Service raided a Mt Albert dairy (grocery) owned by former Fiji Cabinet minister Rejesh Singh. A SIS officer, accompanied by three police officers – presumably ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analysis: New Zealand&#8217;s United Nations Security Council Bid</title>
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		<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: Radio New Zealand&#8217;s Chris Laidlaw IVs Paul Buchanan on Drones</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 21:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interview: Radio New Zealand&#8217;s Chris Laidlaw IVs Paul Buchanan on Drones Radio New Zealand intro: This week we hear from professor Noel Sharkey about the development of fully autonomous drones, blogger Yousef Aljamal about life under the drones in the Gaza strip, and defence analyst Paul Buchanan will talk us through the strategic implications of ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Arms Smuggling Into PNG From Indonesia As Elections Draw Close</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 04:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Arms Smuggling Into PNG From Indonesia As Elections Draw Close First published in the Post-Courier and Pacific Scoop (Pacific Media Centre) Report – By Frank Rai in Port Moresby. Police in Vanimo have confirmed a gun running syndicate operating between the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia is smuggling high-powered firearms into the ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Weekly Assessment: Intelligence Analytics</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 22:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Weekly Assessment: Intelligence Analytics Assessment &#8211; By Dr. Paul G. Buchanan. From time to time 36th Parallel Assessments will offer intelligence analytic briefs. These are quick, short-hand tools that give a rapid grasp on a given subject. The analytic brief is not meant to be a substitute for a full intelligence assessment. Instead, it serves ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th Parallel Assessment Series: Status of Forces Report</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/17/36th-parallel-assessment-series-status-of-forces-report/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Levels of Military Professionalism in the South Pacific 36th Parallel Assessment Series &#8211; By Paul G. Buchanan Introduction: 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 military professionalism in the South Pacific.  Designed to respond to internal ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Paul Buchanan on the War on Terror&#8217;s Shift of Theatre</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/17/interview-glenn-williams-ivs-paul-buchanan-on-the-war-on-terrors-shift-of-theatre/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[36th Parallel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Paul Buchanan on Terrorism&#8217;s Evolution and the War on Terror&#8217;s Shift of Theatre There are two aspects to this evolution. First, the central front in the war on terrorism has moved from Central Asia to Saharan and Sub-Saharan Africa. The reason is not only that anti-terrorism efforts have largely been successful ]]></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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