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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>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>Brazil enters the military airlift market, with New Zealand as a target.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 02:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Military aviation has become a global business that transcends strike forces and combat-only platforms. Flexibility in non-military missions such as search and rescue, firefighting and medical evacuation are now added to traditional military airlift missions like troop and weapons transport, airdrop and long-range patrol, surveillance and intelligence gathering. In this analytic brief 36th Parallel Assessments ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A hard rain is a&#8217;gonna fall.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2015 06:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although 36th Parallel Assessments is loathe to prognosticate on fluid situations and current events,we have been thinking about how the conflict in Iraq has been going. Althoughwe do not believe that the Islamic State (IS) is anywhere close to being the global threat that it is portrayed to be in the West, we do believe ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Balancing civil liberties and intelligence operations in New Zealand.</title>
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		<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>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>Interview: David Cunliffe &#038; Selwyn Manning Examine Labour&#8217;s Economic Development Plan For New Zealand</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/09/04/interview-david-cunliffe-selwyn-manning-examine-labours-economic-development-plan-for-new-zealand/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[David Cunliffe &#038; Selwyn Manning Examine Labour&#8217;s Economic Development Plan For New Zealand David-Cunliffe Interview With Selwyn Manning &#8211; TriTV &#8211; Beatson Interview &#8211; September 03 2012. In this interview between Selwyn Manning and Labour&#8217;s spokesperson for Economic Development, David Cunliffe, Labour&#8217;s economic plan for New Zealand is examined. What would a Labour-led government do ]]></description>
		
		
		
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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>Selwyn Manning Interviews Coalition For Democracy In Fiji&#8217;s Nik Naidu on Fiji&#8217;s Slow Walk Back To Democracy</title>
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		<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>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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		<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>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>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>TriTV Interview &#8211; Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on Foreign Affairs and the Value of Aid</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/07/17/tritv-interview-selwyn-manning-ivs-matt-robson-on-foreign-affairs-and-the-value-of-aid/</link>
		
		<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>
		<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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