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June 4, 2022
Headline: The PRC’s Two Level Game. – 36th Parallel Assessments, Analysis by Dr Paul G. Buchanan. Coming on the heels of the recently signed Solomon Islands-PRC bilateral economic and security agreement, the whirlwind tour of the Southwestern Pacific undertaken by PRC Foreign Minister Wang Yi has generated much concern in Canberra, Washington DC and Wellington ... <a title="The PRC’s Two Level Game." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/04/the-prcs-two-level-game/" aria-label="Read more about The PRC’s Two Level Game.">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning examine the Implications of the Russia-Ukrainian conflict and how it impacts on regional security architecture.
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March 31, 2022
In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse how New Zealand and other nations are providing intelligence expertise in the defence of Ukraine. But are the SIGINT and TECHINT operations a part of the NATO partnership, or, a part of the Five Eyes intelligence network's operations - where the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand share resources to acquire and coordinate global and targeted intelligence?
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January 9, 2022
Headline: Indigenous socialism, with a Chilean face. – 36th Parallel Assessments Five days before Christmas and 51 years after Salvador Allende was elected as the first socialist president in Chilean history, Gabriel Boric re-made history as the youngest candidate (35) to win that office. A former student activist and Congressman from Punta Arenas in Tierra ... <a title="Indigenous socialism, with a Chilean face." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/09/indigenous-socialism-with-a-chilean-face/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous socialism, with a Chilean face.">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2021
Headline: Hate crimes are not always terrorism. – 36th Parallel Assessments A screen grab shows police officers working outside a shopping mall following a knife attack in Auckland, New Zealand September 3, 2021. TVNZ via Reuters TV Director Paul G. Buchanan has researched and written for over thirty years about terrorism and irregular warfare. He ... <a title="Hate crimes are not always terrorism." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/12/hate-crimes-are-not-always-terrorism/" aria-label="Read more about Hate crimes are not always terrorism.">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar with a deep-dive into cyber-attacks and hybrid warfare - Especially how 2021 has witnessed a Cold War II styled stand-off between global powers.
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July 12, 2021
Headline: Nuclear Strategy in a post-deterrence age. – 36th Parallel Assessments Nuclear weapons are in the news again, this time because recent satellite photos reveal that China is constructing large nuclear missile silo “farms” in its Northwestern desert regions. This has occasioned alarm in Western security circles and re-focused attention on the concept of nuclear ... <a title="Nuclear Strategy in a post-deterrence age." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/12/nuclear-strategy-in-a-post-deterrence-age/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear Strategy in a post-deterrence age.">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2021
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where they will analyse New Zealand’s national security strategy. There has been no defence white paper since the John Key National-led governments and no comprehensive review of New Zealand’s strategic priorities, nor assessment of the region’s threat landscape both ... <a title="SCHEDULED LIVE: Manning and Buchanan on NZ’s National Security Strategy – Also World Watch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/scheduled-live-manning-and-buchanan-on-nzs-national-security-strategy-also-world-watch/" aria-label="Read more about SCHEDULED LIVE: Manning and Buchanan on NZ’s National Security Strategy – Also World Watch">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Headline: New Zealand’s foreign policy alignment. – 36th Parallel Assessments Source: Wikimedia Commons. 36th Parallel offers periodic assessments of matters and issues in the news. In this assessment we look at the fallout to a recent speech on foreign policy by its new Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and explain why the criticism directed at New ... <a title="New Zealand’s foreign policy alignment." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/new-zealands-foreign-policy-alignment/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s foreign policy alignment.">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
A View from Afar - Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan 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 attention and deceive. In this episode Buchanan and Manning show you how to sift through the wheat from the chaff.
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March 31, 2021
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>
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March 25, 2021
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>
