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PODCAST: A New Arms Race: Deterrence and De-Escalation Are They Still Valid Concepts?

August 21, 2024

political scientist and former Pentagon Analyst, Paul G. Buchanan and journalist Selwyn Manning discuss, debate, and assess whether deterrence is still a valid concept in international relations. Paul and Selwyn assess whether deterrence has failed in Syria, Ukraine, the Middle East, and failed to stop an intensification of threat in the South China Sea. And they consider the question: Is nuclear deterrence dead in the water?

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LIVE@12:45pm – A New Arms Race: Deterrence and De-Escalation Are They Still Valid Concepts?

August 21, 2024

The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today at 12:45pm August 21, 2024 (NZST) which is Tuesday evening, 8:45pm (USEDT). In this episode of A View from Afar political scientist and former Pentagon Analyst, Paul G. Buchanan and journalist Selwyn Manning will discuss, debate, and assess whether deterrence is still a ... <a title="LIVE@12:45pm – A New Arms Race: Deterrence and De-Escalation Are They Still Valid Concepts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/21/live1245pm-a-new-arms-race-deterrence-and-de-escalation-are-they-still-valid-concepts/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE@12:45pm – A New Arms Race: Deterrence and De-Escalation Are They Still Valid Concepts?">Read more</a>

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Brown’s ‘backflip’ over Japanese nuclear wastewater dump poses challenge for Forum

August 16, 2024

COMMENTARY: By Brittany Nawaqatabu in Suva Regional leaders will gather later this month in Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Tonga and high on the agenda will be Japan’s dumping oftreated nuclear wastewater in the Pacific Ocean. A week ago on the 6 August 2024, the 79th anniversary of the atomic ... <a title="Brown’s ‘backflip’ over Japanese nuclear wastewater dump poses challenge for Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/browns-backflip-over-japanese-nuclear-wastewater-dump-poses-challenge-for-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Brown’s ‘backflip’ over Japanese nuclear wastewater dump poses challenge for Forum">Read more</a>

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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

August 16, 2024

By Matilda Yates, Queensland University of Technology “From a white perspective it is journalism but for us, it is actually storytelling,” says Fiji student journalist Viliame Tawanakoro. “In the Pacific, we call it talanoa, it hasn’t changed the gist of journalism, but it has actually helped journalism as a whole because we have a way ... <a title="Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/16/fijian-journalists-use-talanoa-and-tradition-to-find-their-voice/" aria-label="Read more about Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice">Read more</a>

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John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world

August 15, 2024

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Of the international intelligence information that comes to Australian agencies from the Five Eyes, 90 percent comes from the CIA and related US intelligence agencies. So in effect we have the colonisation of our intelligence agencies These agencies dominate the advice to ministers, writes John Menadue. ... <a title="John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/john-menadue-america-is-the-most-violent-aggressive-country-in-the-world/" aria-label="Read more about John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world">Read more</a>

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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

August 15, 2024

By Brooklyn Self, Queensland University of Technology Gendered online violence is silencing women journalists in Fiji, says Pacific media scholar Dr Shailendra Singh. The harmful trend involves unwanted private messages, hateful language and threats to reputation, often from anonymous sources. The visibility of women journalists has made them frequent targets, while perpetrators can harness popular ... <a title="Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/15/online-abusers-shaming-silencing-fiji-women-journalists-say-researchers/" aria-label="Read more about Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers">Read more</a>

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From Papua to Gaza, military occupation leads to ‘ecocide’ – climate catastrophe

August 14, 2024

Environmental destruction is not an unintended side effect, but a primary objective in colonial wars of occupation. By David Whyte and Samira Homerang Saunders Many in the international community are finally coming to accept that the earth’s ecosystem can no longer bear the weight of military occupation. Most have reached this inevitable conclusion, clearly articulated in the ... <a title="From Papua to Gaza, military occupation leads to ‘ecocide’ – climate catastrophe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/from-papua-to-gaza-military-occupation-leads-to-ecocide-climate-catastrophe/" aria-label="Read more about From Papua to Gaza, military occupation leads to ‘ecocide’ – climate catastrophe">Read more</a>

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Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?

August 14, 2024

Israel’s zealots are ignoring the pleas of the top brass. They want to widen the circle of war, whatever the consequences. ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye There should be nothing surprising about the revelation that troops at Sde Teiman, a detention camp set up by Israel in the wake of Hamas’s October ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/jonathan-cook-israel-is-in-a-death-spiral-who-will-it-take-down-with-it/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Israel is in a death spiral – who will it take down with it?">Read more</a>

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Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in today’s vote

August 14, 2024

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The I-Kiribati people will go to the polls for the first round of voting today. Ballots are expected to open at 7am NZ time. The Kiribati Electoral Commission is responsible to conduct the election with the support of the Ministry for Culture and Internal Affairs. There is minimal ... <a title="Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in today’s vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/kiribati-elections-2024-whats-at-stake-in-todays-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in today’s vote">Read more</a>

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Media watchdog says Al Jazeera paying ‘devastating price’ in warning on Gaza reporter

August 14, 2024

Pacific Media Watch A global media watchdog has expressed concern for the safety of an Al Jazeera reporter after false claims by the Israeli military. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it was concerned for Anas al-Sharif, Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent in northern Gaza, after an Israel military spokesperson accused him of “presenting a ... <a title="Media watchdog says Al Jazeera paying ‘devastating price’ in warning on Gaza reporter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/media-watchdog-says-al-jazeera-paying-devastating-price-in-warning-on-gaza-reporter/" aria-label="Read more about Media watchdog says Al Jazeera paying ‘devastating price’ in warning on Gaza reporter">Read more</a>

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Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in Wednesday’s vote

August 14, 2024

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The I-Kiribati people will go to the polls for the first round of voting tomorrow. Ballots are expected to open at 7am NZ time. The Kiribati Electoral Commission is responsible to conduct the election with the support of the Ministry for Culture and Internal Affairs. There is minimal ... <a title="Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in Wednesday’s vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/kiribati-elections-2024-whats-at-stake-in-wednesdays-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Kiribati elections 2024 – what’s at stake in Wednesday’s vote">Read more</a>

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Fiji’s Rabuka ‘will apologise’ to Melanesian leaders over failure to visit West Papua

August 14, 2024

By Lice Movono and Stephen Dziedzic of ABC Pacific Beat Fiji’s Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, says he will “apologise” to fellow Melanesian leaders later this month after failing to secure agreement from Indonesia to visit its restive West Papua province. At last year’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders meeting in Cook Islands, the Melanesian Spearhead ... <a title="Fiji’s Rabuka ‘will apologise’ to Melanesian leaders over failure to visit West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/14/fijis-rabuka-will-apologise-to-melanesian-leaders-over-failure-to-visit-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Rabuka ‘will apologise’ to Melanesian leaders over failure to visit West Papua">Read more</a>