Independent Analysis and Reportage
A View from Afar: In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan discuss: The latest information on the Israel/Palestine conflict and consider; is the ceasefire likely to hold? What are the underlying causes of the most recent hostilities?
Live Postponed – New Time-Date To Be Announced A View from Afar: In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan discuss: The latest information on the Israel/Palestine conflict. Also, they will discuss the underlying causes of hostilities: What caused the most recent hostilities to flare? Is Israel guilty of an indiscriminate and disproportionate military operations ... <a title="Live Postponed – New Time-Date To Be Announced – Buchanan and Manning on the Israel-Palestine Conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/scheduled-live-buchanan-and-manning-on-the-israel-palestine-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about Live Postponed – New Time-Date To Be Announced – Buchanan and Manning on the Israel-Palestine Conflict">Read more</a>
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan debate: How recently New Zealand Government confirmed its intention to be defined as an independent Pacific Island state, where its foreign policy should be considered against the collective values that its peoples share, and its diplomacy (if you consider human rights issues) will now be expressed multilaterally with likeminded countries. But how does this work in practice?
A View from Afar (@ midday, Thursdays NZST): In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan debate: Recently New Zealand Government confirmed its intention to be defined as an independent Pacific Island state, where its foreign policy should be considered against the collective values that its peoples share, and its diplomacy (if you consider ... <a title="VIDEO: Buchanan and Manning on Microlateralism – Is This How New Zealand Becomes Relevant on the World Stage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/05/scheduled-live-buchanan-and-manning-on-microlateralism-is-this-how-new-zealand-becomes-relevant-on-the-world-stage/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Buchanan and Manning on Microlateralism – Is This How New Zealand Becomes Relevant on the World Stage?">Read more</a>
This week, New Zealand's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, anchored New Zealand within the Asia Pacific region as an independent Pacific Island state, with independence being the foundation of how it will engage with the outside world, and with multilateralism being the thread that knits this foreign policy together. How is this rekindled statement of independence being received by global and regional powers?
A View from Afar: In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan debate: How this week, New Zealand’s minister of foreign affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, delivered a significant speech detailing how this Labour-led Government defines its foreign policy. BACKGROUND: In short, Mahuta anchored New Zealand within the Asia Pacific region as an independent Pacific Island state, ... <a title="Video: Buchanan and Manning on NZ Govt’s Commitment to Foreign Policy Independence – Is it an Achievable Quest?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/scheduled-video-buchanan-and-manning-on-nz-govts-commitment-to-foreign-policy-independence-is-it-an-achievable-quest/" aria-label="Read more about Video: Buchanan and Manning on NZ Govt’s Commitment to Foreign Policy Independence – Is it an Achievable Quest?">Read more</a>
In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan debate: Why regional powers including Russia, Israel, Iran are willing to provoke flash-points that risk triggering a wider war. Why are these states risking regional conflict that could trigger a wider global war?
A View from Afar: Midday Thursday (NZST, Wednesday 7pm US EDST) – Join this LIVE recording of this week’s podcast where Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will debate: Why regional powers including Russia, Israel, Iran are willing to provoke flash-points that risk triggering a wider war. In recent weeks, Israel is suspected of espionage destroying an ... <a title="Video: Buchanan and Manning on Why Regional Powers are Provoking Flash-Points to War" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/scheduled-video-buchanan-and-manning-on-why-regional-powers-are-provoking-flash-points-to-war/" aria-label="Read more about Video: Buchanan and Manning on Why Regional Powers are Provoking Flash-Points to War">Read more</a>
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan debate: how in the last two weeks, China and the United States have been advancing distinct and separate defence alliances – positioning that is akin to the old Cold War. So what makes the last two weeks different from the last four years?
A View from Afar – Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan debate: how in the last two weeks, China and the United States have been advancing distinct and separate defence alliances – positioning that is akin to the old Cold War. On one hand, the US has been building up a coalition of allies that is ... <a title="VIDEO: Buchanan and Manning on China + USA Construct Cold War-Styled Coalitions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/07/scheduled-live-buchanan-and-manning-on-china-usa-construct-cold-war-styled-coalitions/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Buchanan and Manning on China + USA Construct Cold War-Styled Coalitions">Read more</a>
A View from Afar – Join Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan in this LIVE recording of this podcast on Thursday, midday (NZDST), to debate political symbolism and discuss: How governments use symbolism to accentuate intent and identity. Some of it is fact, and some of it is fiction, some of it is designed to divert ... <a title="VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning on Political Symbolism and How to Spot It" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/31/scheduled-live-stream-buchanan-manning-on-political-symbolism-and-how-to-spot-it/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning on Political Symbolism and How to Spot It">Read more</a>
A View from Afar: Join Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning debate: Whether the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service has accepted its failure to identify and detect terrorist planning activity in the lead up to the tragedy that occurred in Christchurch against Muslim people on March 15, 2019. ALSO, since the Christchurch terror attacks, after ... <a title="Video: Buchanan + Manning: After all the intel reports on the 2019 Terror Attacks are Kiwis safer in 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/scheduled-video-buchanan-manning-after-all-the-intel-reports-on-the-2018-terror-attacks-are-kiwis-safer-in-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Video: Buchanan + Manning: After all the intel reports on the 2019 Terror Attacks are Kiwis safer in 2021">Read more</a>