China's security pact with the Solomon Islands lends urgency to the call for NZ to highlight the difference between a ‘‘rules-based’’ approach and a ‘‘might is right’’ approach to global politics, Otago University's Prof Robert Patman says.
New Zealand's Russia Sanctions Bill marks the beginning of the end of the United Nations in its existing form, Otago University Professor Robert Patman says.
A belief that Western countries have to engage with China lies behind NZ's position on government officials attending the Winter Olympics, Prof Robert Patman says.
Inequality lies behind a surprise win by populist right-wing candidate Jose Katz in the first round of Chile's presidential elections, held last weekend.
Nanaia Mahuta's first trip as Foreign Minister and Andrew Little's speech on national security reveal important developments in New Zealand's foreign policy, Professor Robert Patman says.
The international community must negotiate with the Taliban to prevent a looming humanitarian crisis within Afghanistan and to prevent Isis-K violence in the region and beyond, Professor Robert Patman says.
In this episode of Global Insight, Professor Robert Patman discusses Greta Thunberg's recent criticism of Jacinda Ardern and New Zealand's apparent lack of efforts to halt climate change.
The resurgence of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan shows NZ cannot depend on the US in the way it has in the past, an international affairs specialist says.