Tag Archives: Foreign relations

A Beijing-based view of the new Chinese leadership

On this podcast I talk to Financial Times’ Beijing bureau chief Jamil Anderlini about the new leadership in China, how ordinary Chinese are reacting, and Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter.

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The US election and what it means for Asia & NZ

In this Asia New Zealand Foundation podcast I discuss the US election and what it means for Asia and New Zealand, with retired Ambassador Terence O’Brien, Massey University’s Professor Paul Spoonley and New Zealand Herald journalist Fran O’Sullivan.

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Benign neglect

In this article in the New Zealand International Review (37, 6), I argue that New Zealand’s relationship with Southeast Asia and ASEAN has suffered from ‘benign neglect’.

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Summary of Vietnam – New Zealand fourth annual Track II dialogue

Here’s my summary of the fourth annual Track II dialogue between Vietnam (led by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam) and New Zealand (led by the Asia New Zealand Foundation), which took place in October 2012.

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Being a good neighbour

My new chapter ‘Being a good neighbour’: New Zealand and Track Two Diplomacy in Southeast Asia‘ has just been published in Public Participation in Foreign Policy, edited by James Headley, Joe Burton and Andreas Reitzig, published by Palgrave Macmllan.

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Demography, Diaspora and Diplomacy: NZ’s Challenges in Asia

My recent article, in the latest issue of New Zealand Population Review (Vol.36, pp.137-157), is now online here.

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Report & Interview: Japan on NZ’s place in Asia

Professor Yoichiro Sato’s report on Japan’s perspective of New Zealand’s place in Asia,  which I commissioned and edited  through the Asia New Zealand Foundation, has just been published online. I interviewed Professor Sato about his paper, and you can listen to the … Continue reading

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Massey University Lecture Series: There goes the neighbourhood: NZ’s new future in Asia

On 11 May at 6pm I am giving the Massey University Albany Asian Hub Lecture on the topic There goes the neighbourhood: New Zealand’s new future in Asia. Further information is available on Eventfinder here or you can respond via Facebook here

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Two different approaches to the Asia Pacific regional dialogue

Read my commentary on the Shangri La Dialogue and Asia Pacific Roundtable, both of which I recently attended in Singapore and Malaysia respectively here

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