Tag Archives: United States of America

The secretive power elite that runs the world

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

Later today I leave for a month in the USA. So it is timely that I have come across this blog which claims that 28% of registered voters in America believe the world is run by a “secretive power elite“. … Continue reading →

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The US election and what it means for Asia & NZ

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

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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ASEAN update

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

Here are my prepared remarks on ASEAN for the fourth annual Track II dialogue between Vietnam and New Zealand, held in Wellington in October 2012. Also online are papers presented by others at the dialogue: Adrien Macey on climate change, … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

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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Time for a re-think

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

America will remain dominant, China will turn democractic and the Asia Pacific will be stable? Gideon Rachman doesn’t think so. Bonhoeffer was a forerunner of American evangelicalism, a pastor, martyr, prophet, spy? Of the latest populist Bonhoeffer biography , one reviewer disagrees … Continue reading →

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The Eagle and the Panda

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

With President Hu’s imminent visit to Washington, there is much speculation and commentary about how the relationship between the two great powers of China and the US will proceed into the second decade of the 21st century. Undoubtedly, there are … Continue reading →

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