diplomacy

Stephen Roach thinks the move towards personalised leadership blurs the distinction between countries' political systems

Stephen Roach thinks the move towards personalised leadership blurs the distinction between countries' political systems

Stephen Roach thinks effective diplomacy will be impossible so long as the current US president is in office

Stephen Roach thinks effective diplomacy will be impossible so long as the current US president is in office

In a new Of Interest podcast, David Mahon suggests PM Christopher Luxon visiting India before China may be viewed in China 'almost as a statement of a diplomatic insult'

In a new Of Interest podcast, David Mahon suggests PM Christopher Luxon visiting India before China may be viewed in China 'almost as a statement of a diplomatic insult'

Brian Easton examines the dangers of delusions of grandeur

Brian Easton examines the dangers of delusions of grandeur

For the democratic process to be meaningful, argues Chris Trotter, it must also be public

For the democratic process to be meaningful, argues Chris Trotter, it must also be public

What message was the devastating arrival of all those nuclear-defanged Russian MIRVs supposed to send? And how should the government of far-away New Zealand respond?

What message was the devastating arrival of all those nuclear-defanged Russian MIRVs supposed to send? And how should the government of far-away New Zealand respond?

New Zealand Defence Force and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will get more money in Budget 2024 due to the 'increasingly unstable world’

New Zealand Defence Force and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will get more money in Budget 2024 due to the 'increasingly unstable world’

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been asked not to make ’unhelpful’ references to New Zealand in his overseas speeches

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been asked not to make ’unhelpful’ references to New Zealand in his overseas speeches

Stephen Roach warns that targeted bilateral actions will not resolve, and could worsen, America's outsize trade deficit

Stephen Roach warns that targeted bilateral actions will not resolve, and could worsen, America's outsize trade deficit

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand should help to avoid polarization between China and the West as he travels to NATO summit in Lithuania

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand should help to avoid polarization between China and the West as he travels to NATO summit in Lithuania

Stephen Roach warns that relying on a personalised approach to diplomacy will undermine efforts at conflict resolution

Stephen Roach warns that relying on a personalised approach to diplomacy will undermine efforts at conflict resolution

Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta will travel to China to reestablish face-to-face relationship with Beijing

Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta will travel to China to reestablish face-to-face relationship with Beijing

Patricia Ranald explains the what and why behind the US geopolitical power play known as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Patricia Ranald explains the what and why behind the US geopolitical power play known as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Upsetting New Zealand’s most significant trading partner seems like a very silly thing to do. So, why, Chris Trotter asks, did Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta do it?

Upsetting New Zealand’s most significant trading partner seems like a very silly thing to do. So, why, Chris Trotter asks, did Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta do it?

Peter Dunne bemoans the current sorry state of politics, which has seen the demise of give-and-take and balanced argument that had previously been the hallmarks of liberal democracy

Peter Dunne bemoans the current sorry state of politics, which has seen the demise of give-and-take and balanced argument that had previously been the hallmarks of liberal democracy