In this article I shall address a phenomenon that has actually been around for a while, but one that has in recent years come to be called 'anti-Americanism'. I am referring to empty, inaccurate criticism of US ideals or actions that offers no constructive...
There is no internationally agreed definition of 'terrorism'. Over the nearly 35 years this very issue has been inscribed on the UN's agenda, professional diplomats and international lawyers have completely failed to settle on a definition. There has...
New Zealand external policy is grounded in a small country tradition. As a country without hard power, New Zealand tends in practice to favour a balance of interests as distinct from a balance of power as an operating principle for international affairs....
Sidney Jones served as the Indonesia Project Director for the International Crisis Group from May 2002 to May 2004, and was based in Indonesia for virtually the whole of this period. The New Zealand Centre for Strategic Studies invited her to Wellington...
Demob happy, and concentrating on his university chancellorship role, Chris Patten outlined the success of the European Union: 'its single market and currency, its ability to act cohesively in the international trade arena, and vastly improved management...
In almost tropical conditions, the Otago Foreign Policy School made a welcome return in 2004 to focusing on the Pacific. This year, rather than try and embrace the entire region, as in previous schools, (1) it was decided to focus on the question of...
The Standing Committee met with the United States Ambassador, HE Charles J. Swindells, and members of the embassy diplomatic staff, on 30 November. This was a follow-up to the Ambassador's presentation to the NZIIA on 23 August on the theme of anti-Americanism...