Global Insight

Covid-19 could be a game-changer for climate change politics, Professor Robert Patman says.

Momentous events in northern Syria show the New Zealand government continues to be irresponsible in its handling of New Zealand jihadist Mark Taylor, Professor Robert Patman says.

Simon Bridges' populist and partisan take on China and online extremism could come back to bite him, warns Professor Robert Patman.

It is important China gets the message that democracies cannot be pressured in to changing their positions on core issues such as democracy and human rights, Prof Robert Patman says. The international relations specialist made the comments during an ODTtv Global Insight interview about the increasingly fraught relationship between New Zealand and China.