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September 3, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Dynamic living processes get into feedback loops. The most common is a negative feedback loop, whereby processes self-regulate; when something happens then something else happens, in response, to offset the initial event. If it gets cold, we put on another layer of clothing. If a consumer good becomes scarce, its price ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Pandemic Feedback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/keith-rankin-essay-pandemic-feedback/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Pandemic Feedback">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Government management of outbreak, expert advice, alert level changes Matthew Hooton (Herald): NZ is united on Covid – why ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 03 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-03-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 03 2021">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2021
With the United States being viewed as responsible for a monumental botch-up in Afghanistan, how should its traditional security partners, including NATO and Australia, regard US-leadership in conflict? And, how should US allies position their own national interest in the future?
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September 2, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Parliament Jane Patterson (RNZ): Judith Collins’ reaction to Covid-19 criticism risks familiar public backlash Jo Moir (RNZ): Opposition plays role ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 02 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-02-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 02 2021">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
A View from Afar - In this week's podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss: with the United States being viewed as responsible for a monumental botch-up in Afghanistan, how should its traditional security partners, including NATO, position for the future?
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September 1, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first two charts show official case numbers and deaths, for all countries, including the little countries that tend to dominate in the peak of the northern summer holiday season. Chart 1 shows the countries with the highest case numbers per person – from French Polynesia (Tahiti) to Greece, plus four ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: State of the World at the end of August 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-state-of-the-world-at-the-end-of-august-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: State of the World at the end of August 2021">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Afghanistan Tim Watkin (Pundit): After 20 Years In Afghanistan, ‘A Little Revenge’ Has Done Immeasurable Damage Kurt Bayer (Herald): Military ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 01 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-01-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 01 2021">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Following the completion of the Taliban reconquest of Afghanistan, I heard Helen Clark on the radio news say, among other things, that the Taliban are a “medieval theocracy”. While she’s literally correct, ‘medieval’ has unfortunately become one of those problem derogatory words of casual historical racism; words like ‘neanderthal’, ‘philistine’, cretin’, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay: Positively Medieval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/31/keith-rankin-essay-positively-medieval/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay: Positively Medieval">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Parliament Audrey Young (Herald): Pressure on Judith Collins to make recall of Parliament worth it (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Ardern calls ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 31 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/31/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-31-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 31 2021">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Government management of outbreak Andrea Vance (Stuff): If the Government is making the right decisions on Covid-19, it will ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 30 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-30-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 30 2021">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Alert levels decision Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Experts warn of sticking points for alert level drops Rachelle Binny, Michael Plank, ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 27 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-27-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 27 2021">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
In the first half of this week's podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan are joined by Dr David Robie to examine instability in the Pacific's Polynesian region - specifically to identify what’s going on in: New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa. In the second half, Buchanan and Manning analyse the latest on Afghanistan and consider whether the USA's humiliating withdrawal suggests an end to liberal internationalism.
