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Review of Wesley’s ‘There goes the neighbourhood’

drandrewbutcher — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:42:17 +0000

In the latest New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, 13 (2), December 2011, I review Lowy Institute’s Michael Wesley’s recent book There goes the neighbourhood: Australia and the rise of Asia.

Tagged: Asia, Australia

US-Sino relations a recurring theme at talks in China and Vietnam

drandrewbutcher — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:29:52 +0000

I have recently returned from Track II dialogues in China and Vietnam, where US-Sino relations were a common thread of conversation. My summary of the dialogues is online here.

Tagged: ASEAN, Asia, China, Foreign Affairs., New Zealand, Vietnam

ASEAN-NZ relations commentary in Korean MOFAT publication

drandrewbutcher — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:15:44 +0000

My commentary on ASEAN-NZ relations, published in the October issue of the ASEAN Monthly Commentary, has just been translated into Korean and is now online.

Tagged: ASEAN, Korea, New Zealand

Why President Obama was wrong in Australia

drandrewbutcher — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:37:49 +0000

There has been much said about Obama’s speech in Darwin last week, including a fair amount of criticism about the substance and symbolism of his comments. I put in my two-cents worth here on a matter that, as far as I’m aware, no one else has yet picked up on.

Tagged: Australia, Obama

ASEAN – New Zealand relations

drandrewbutcher — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:32:52 +0000

A brief article I wrote on ASEAN – New Zealand relations has just been published in the October issue of ASEAN Monthly Commentary, (pp.3-4).

Tagged: ASEAN, New Zealand

What New Zealanders think of India and Indians

drandrewbutcher — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:53:32 +0000

I analyse New Zealanders’ attitudes to India and Indians in an article published in the Communication Journal of New Zealand, 12 (1), 2011, called “They do not lead sanitary lives”, now online.

Tagged: Asia, Commonwealth Games, India, International relations; foreign affairs; Asia; international students, Perceptions of Asians

Who exactly is ‘Kiwi’ in Kiwi-made?

drandrewbutcher — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:46:03 +0000

That’s the question I asked and discussed at the Kiwimade Preaching Forum, held at Waikanae, on October 27, 2011.

Tagged: Christian migrants., churches, New Zealand, New Zealand population., Paul Windsor, preaching

In Asia, is New Zealand better with Australia?

drandrewbutcher — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:13:56 +0000

Read my latest post on the Lowy Institute’s blog as I tease out the notion, held by many thinkers in the region, that, in Asia, New Zealand is better with Australia.

Tagged: ASEAN, Asia, Australia

Interview with Daljit Singh on ASEAN’s view of NZ in Asia

drandrewbutcher — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:08:59 +0000

Listen here to an interview I had with Daljit Singh, Senior Fellow at ISEAS, on his report on ASEAN’s perspective of New Zealand’s place in Asia.

Tagged: ASEAN, Asia, Perceptions of Asians

Interview with Rod Oram: Getting to know the neighbours

drandrewbutcher — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:58:03 +0000

Listen here for my interview with New Zealand business commentator on his new Asia:NZ-commissioned report Getting to know the neighbours: Building New Zealand’s Asia business relations.

Tagged: Asian business