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Live@Midday Thurs – Trumpism’s Election Failures and Trump’s Bid to Win Back the Whitehouse – Buchanan and Manning

Selwyn Manning — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 04:42:07 +0000

LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 6pm USEST – In this, the 22nd episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will deep dive into the consequences of the United States midterm elections.

In particular Paul and Selwyn will examine how an historically strong performance by the Democrats bolsters the reputation and abilities of US President Joe Biden on the world stage and domestically.

Also, they will examine what does the poor performance in the midterm elections mean for Trumpism, Trump, the Republican Party, and the MAGA faction that has, for quite a time now, stifled conservative voices within the Grand Old Party.

And, of course, Paul and Selwyn will examine Donald Trump’s announcement that he will seek to be the GOP’s candidate to take back the presidency in 2024.

INTERACTION WHILE LIVE: Paul and Selwyn invite and encourage you to interact while they are live with questions and comments. They recommend you do so via EveningReport’s YouTube channel, as Facebook is undergoing significant changes. Here’s the link: Youtube (remember to subscribe to the channel).

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RECOGNITION:

The MIL Network’s podcast A View from Afar was Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology – a London-based cyber security news publication.

Threat.Technology placed A View from Afar at 9th in its 20 Best Defence Security Podcasts of 2021 category. You can follow A View from Afar via our affiliate syndicators.

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PODCAST: Buchanan + Manning on Foreign Affairs – What does 2022 hold in store?

Selwyn Manning — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:24:07 +0000

A View from Afar: In this the first episode for 2022 Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss what we all should expect to unfold in 2022 – especially with regard to foreign affairs and global security.

In particular Buchanan and Manning discuss:

– What’s behind this Europe, USA, NATO, Ukraine, Russia diplo-battle?

– What to understand from how authoritarian states are reacting to the USA’s re-emergence as a superpower?

– What does the intensity of US-led military Air-Land-Sea exercises signal?

And for a deep dive into this issue, check out Paul Buchanan’s analysis here on Kiwipolitico.com.

You can comment on this debate by clicking on one of these social media channels and interacting in the social media’s comment area. Here are the links:

If you miss the LIVE Episode, you can see it as video-on-demand, and earlier episodes too, by checking out EveningReport.nz or, subscribe to the Evening Report podcast here.

The MIL Network’s podcast A View from Afar was Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology – a London-based cyber security news publication.

Threat.Technology placed A View from Afar at 9th in its 20 Best Defence Security Podcasts of 2021 category. You can follow A View from Afar via our affiliate syndicators.

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LIVE@12:15pm: Buchanan + Manning on Covid-19 Driven Economic Change

Selwyn Manning — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:10:10 +0000

A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss the Covid-19 driven transition from Neo-liberal to Neo-Keynesian Economics.

In particular, Buchanan and Manning will examine whether we are witnessing a fundamental change to global economics and will consider:

How since the Covid-19 pandemic arrived even neo-liberal state economies have embraced an expansionist government strategy and significant degrees of stimulus.
It would appear that the excesses of small government, market driven economies have, at this time, run their course.
But what will replace the earlier systems?
From a political economy point of view, what can we expect to take shape as the Pandemic grinds on, even while we all have had a glimpse of what a post-Pandemic new normal may mean?

Join Paul and Selwyn for this LIVE recording of this podcast while they consider these big issues, and remember any comments you make while live can be included in this programme.

You can comment on this debate by clicking on one of these social media channels and interacting in the social media’s comment area. Here are the links:

If you miss the LIVE Episode, you can see it as video-on-demand, and earlier episodes too, by checking out EveningReport.nz or, subscribe to the Evening Report podcast here.

The MIL Network’s podcast A View from Afar was Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology – a London-based cyber security news publication.

Threat.Technology placed A View from Afar at 9th in its 20 Best Defence Security Podcasts of 2021 category. You can follow A View from Afar via our affiliate syndicators.

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Scheduled LIVE: After two decades of unnecessary conflict Should US security partners question this Coalition of the Willing – Buchanan + Manning

Selwyn Manning — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:52:03 +0000

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?

For example; why should the United States of America’s global security partners, in both northern and southern hemispheres, view the USA as a reliable security leader?

When we consider the United States-led conflicts in Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, there is a pattern that stands out: these are all wars of opportunity or choice, rather than necessity.

In analysing this, it follows that lessons learnt by NATO and other global security partners may very well be to not follow the USA into such conflicts if existential threats do not exist.

Also of consideration is this:

Are the United States’ failures tied solely to incompetent leadership?
Or is this clearly apparent incompetence caused by those within the star-general-ranks of occupational forces command?
Or is this problem institutionalised within a morphed alliance-of-incompetence from a broad-base of institutions located within the United States security-defence apparatus?

Now, the United States is shifting its global defence strategy to counter the rise of China in the Western Pacific and Indo-Pacific regions.

Should the states and economies of the Asia Pacific fall in behind the USA once again and risk being drawn into another unnecessary and protracted war?
And considering the United States’ domestic situation being insecure and democratically chaotic, should the USA lead from the rear but only after it gets its own house in order?

WE INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE WHILE WE ARE LIVE WITH COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS IN THE RECORDING OF THIS PODCAST:

You can comment on this debate by clicking on one of these social media channels and interacting in the social media’s comment area. Here are the links:

If you miss the LIVE Episode, you can see it as video-on-demand, and earlier episodes too, by checking out EveningReport.nz or, subscribe to the Evening Report podcast here.

The MIL Network’s podcast A View from Afar was Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology – a London-based cyber security news publication.

Threat.Technology placed A View from Afar at 9th in its 20 Best Defence Security Podcasts of 2021 category. You can follow A View from Afar via our affiliate syndicators.

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Podcast: A View from Afar with Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on a Biden-led USA in SOPAC

Selwyn Manning — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 03:36:06 +0000

Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning present A View from Afar and in this episode they discuss:

The US Electoral College Vote confirms Joe Biden as president-elect
What does this mean for the South-Pacific?
China + US are global powers operating in the SOPAC. But how does France fit into this mix?

LIVE: A View from Afar with Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on a Biden-led USA in SOPAC

Selwyn Manning — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:10:50 +0000

Live at 12:05pm (NZ DST or 6pm US EST) Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will present A View from Afar to discuss:

The US Electoral College Vote confirms Joe Biden as president-elect
What does this mean for the South-Pacific?
China + US are global powers operating in the SOPAC. But how does France fit into this mix?

LIVE COMMENTS: If you join us while we are live via Facebook, Twitter or Youtube, do comment as we will be able to bring your comments, questions and views into the live programme.

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Podcast: Tech Now with Sarah Putt + Selwyn Manning Top Tech Moves for 2020

Selwyn Manning — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:17:27 +0000

On https://EveningReport.nz ‘s TECH NOW programme, Sarah Putt and Selwyn Manning discuss the latest news and views emerging from the technology sector including tech-trends in New Zealand and around the world.

Tonight’s topics (tech moves of 2020):

Performance of the telco networks
Working from home – have you thanked your IT department?
Cybersecurity – under DDoS attack
New privacy act passes into law – 27 years to update
Big tech wins in 2020.

LIVE: Tech Now with Sarah Putt + Selwyn Manning at 8pm – Top Tech Moves for 2020

Selwyn Manning — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:04:03 +0000

LIVE TONIGHT on https://EveningReport.nz ‘s TECH NOW programme, Sarah Putt and Selwyn Manning will discuss the latest news and views emerging from the technology sector including tech-trends in New Zealand and around the world.

Tonight’s topics:

Performance of the telco networks
Working from home – have you thanked your IT department?
Cybersecurity – under DDoS attack
New privacy act passes into law – 27 years to update
Big tech wins.

LIVE INTERACTION: If you join us while we are live via Facebook, Twitter or Youtube, do comment as we will be able to bring your comments, questions and views into the live programme.

Here are the interaction accounts: Facebook.com/selwyn.manning and Twitter.com/Selwyn_Manning and Youtube.

Remember, if you missed the live show, you can view it as video-on-demand, and earlier episodes too, by checking out EveningReport.nz

You can also listen via our Podcast syndicators: Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify.

VIDEO: Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning to discuss Commission of Inquiry into Christchurch Terrorist Attack

Selwyn Manning — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 05:00:30 +0000

VIDEO: In what will be a precursor episode to a planned Evening Report panel-series through 2021, Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan discuss and respond to elements of the Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch terrorist attacks of March 15, 2019.

EDITOR’S NOTE: In correspondence after this live episode, government sector law specialist, Graeme Edgeler, wrote:

It’s a shame I missed the live-stream. I could have pointed out in real-time that Paul was inaccurate in claiming that the Royal Commission lacked the power to compel testimony. This is a power literally every government inquiry has in New Zealand. I think it may have previously been the case that the terms of reference of individual inquiries used to have to specify this power, but whether on not that is the case, since the Inquiries Act 2013 entered into force, this has not been true. It is a power all government inquiries have under section 23 of the Inquiries Act.

Paul G. Buchanan responded to Mr Edgeler’s correspondence:

Once again you fail to distinguish between general precepts under the Inquiries Act and the specific terms of reference for this RCI. It specifies that all testimony, statements and documentary provision is voluntary on the part of those who agree to appear before the Commission. The blanket name suppression of all such people below the Director level was in part designed to encourage whistle blowers to come forward when they otherwise would not under the voluntary regime. All classified material was supplied at the various agency’s discretion–the RCI could not compel production of anything that the agencies refused to supply. This is known as a self-limiting or self-binding approach, something that limits the legal exposure of people who otherwise could be held liable for actions that (however indirectly) contributed to mass murder.

Graeme Edgeler further responded:

The Royal Commission’s terms of reference are publicly available (http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2019/0072/latest/whole.html#LMS183988) They do no [sic] specify that all testimony, statements, and documentary provision is voluntary. In fact, the word voluntary does not appear at all. Nor do the words testimony, statement(s), document(s) or documentary. There are requirements in the terms of reference around secrecy, and confidentiality, around holding parts of the inquiry in private, etc, but there is nothing in them covering what you say is in there (feel free to suggest a clause you think has this effect). I do not rule out that as a matter of fact, the inquiry avoided using its power of summons in respect of material held by state agencies, but if it did, it was not because its terms of reference prevented it.

We thank Graeme for contributing to the discussion.

THE EPISODE:

EveningReport.nz Programme: A View from Afar
Live Discussion: Paul G. Buchanan (36th-Parallel.com) and Selwyn Manning (EveningReport.nz)
Interaction: Comments welcomed during the LIVE programme via Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter (via Periscope)
Time: Midday, NZDST (6pm, US EST), Thursday December 10, 2020.
The Report: Officially titled – Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Mosques on March 15 2019.

The Inquiry’s terms of reference contained three areas:

The terrorist’s actions
Actions of public sector agencies
Recommended changes that could prevent future terrorist attacks of this kind.

LIVE DISCUSSION POINTS:

This A View from Afar discussion will explore takeouts from the Inquiry’s report and will include (Ref. https://chchroyalinquiry.cwp.govt.nz/the-report/):

‘The idea that intelligence and security agencies engage in mass surveillance of New Zealanders is a myth.’

In 2014, the intelligence and security agencies were in a fragile state. A rebuilding exercise did not get underway until mid-2016 and was still unfinished when the terrorist attack took place in 2019.

Between 2016 and 15 March 2019, the primary, but not exclusive, focus of the counter-terrorism resources was on what was seen as the presenting threat of Islamist extremist terrorism.

There was an inappropriate concentration of counter-terrorism resources on the threat of Islamist extremist terrorism.

In May 2018, there was one project focused on developing an understanding of right-wing extremism in New Zealand. At that time, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service had only a limited understanding of right-wing extremism in New Zealand and work on this was not complete when the terrorist attack occurred.

The intelligence function of New Zealand Police had degraded and from 2015 was not carrying out strategic terrorism threat assessments.

The SIS had a lack of capacity until mid-2018 both to deal with (its perceived Islamic extremist) threat and, at the same time, to baseline other threats.

Other agencies did not engage in informed discussion about the SIS approach nor consider the implications of this.

COULD THE TERRORIST HAVE BEEN DETECTED AND IDENTIFIED?:

Given the operational security that the individual maintained, the legislative authorising environment in which the counter-terrorism effort operates and the limited capability and capacity of the counter-terrorism agencies, there was no plausible way he could have been detected except by chance.

The fact the individual was not detected was not in itself an intelligence failure.

RECOMMENDATIONS (SECURITY/INTEL REFORM):

The creation of a national intelligence and security agency (NISA). This will deliver a more systematic approach to counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism efforts.

The CEO of a proposed NISA would be the national adviser on intelligence and security.

Full implementation of our recommendations will result in a better organised counter‑terrorism effort with enhanced capacity and capability and a less restrictive legislative framework.

NISA would provide:

Strategic policy advice.
Develop a counter-terrorism strategy.
Administer relevant national security legislation.

POLITICAL, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND STRONGER OVERSIGHT:

The Inquiry expects to see far more political and public engagement and discussion and stronger oversight.

This will result in greater public trust and thus social licence. We wish to see discussion about counter-terrorism normalised. Our recommendations provide mechanisms for this to occur.

PUBLIC DISCOURSE:

The Inquiry stated that should a public facing two-way discourse have been encouraged by governments through: a “see something, say something” policy, it is possible that aspects of the individual’s planning and preparation may have been reported to counter-terrorism agencies.

Such reporting, the Inquiry stated, would have provided the best chance of disrupting the terrorist attack.

RETROSPECTIVE CRITICISM:

If the known risk that a terrorist could take advantage of New Zealand’s lax regulation of semi-automatic firearms had been addressed earlier, it is likely that there would have been no terrorist attack on 15 March 2019.

INQUIRY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

It will take time to enhance public trust and confidence in New Zealand’s counter-terrorism effort, so work to do so should begin urgently.

The agencies within the scope of the Inquiry include: National Security Group of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Government Communications Security Bureau, Immigration New Zealand, New Zealand Customs Service, New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service.

Be informed: Link to Inquiry Report.

COMMENT DURING THE LIVE DISCUSSION:

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VIDEO: China’s Influence Operations – Paul Buchanan & Selwyn Manning

Selwyn Manning — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:22:18 +0000

VIDEO: Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning present A View from Afar.

This week we discuss:

How nations that have a long history of trading with China, are becoming intolerant to the People’s Republic’s covert influence operations. Specifically:

* Why is China pursuing this 21st century-style of covert spying on its supposed trade-allies?

* How damaging are China’s influence operations among its Indo-Pacific trading partners?

* How can independent Asia-Pacific states walk a tight-rope where, on one hand they progress two-way trade with China, while ridding themselves of interference in their respective democracies and security-intelligence engagements?

INTERACTION: Remember, if you are joining us LIVE via social media (SEE LINKS BELOW), you can make comments and include questions. We will be able to see your interaction, and include this in the LIVE show.

You can interact with the LIVE programme by joining these social media channels. Here are the links:

And, you can see video-on-demand of this show, and earlier episodes too, by checking out EveningReport.nz

VIDEO: Indo-Pacific Security and the RCEP Trade Pact – Paul Buchanan & Selwyn Manning discuss

Selwyn Manning — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 04:48:15 +0000

VIDEO: Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will go LIVE at 1pm (NZDST) , that’s 7pm (US EST) to present A View from Afar.

Topics to discuss this week include how security/defence and trade deals don’t always go hand in hand. Specifically:

* On Security, China is alone in the Western Pacific as the USA, India, Australia and other ASEAN states take part in naval security exercises in the Arabian Sea.

* On Trade, China has signed up, as have most ASEAN states plus Japan, Australia and New Zealand into the RCEP (or Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. But India rejected the deal.

* Multilaterally, is the BRICS bloc dead in the water?

Join us LIVE here on Facebook and your comments will be able to be included in the programme.

You can interact with the LIVE programme by joining these social media channels. Here are the links:

And, you can see video-on-demand of this show, and earlier episodes too, by checking out EveningReport.nz

Evening Report’s Tech Now LIVE with Sarah Putt + Selwyn Manning at 8pm

Selwyn Manning — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:02:09 +0000

Tonight’s topics:

The new Labour-led Government has appointed David Clark as New Zealand’s Tech Minister. Sarah will take us through how the tech sector has responded to this controversial, but vitally important, appointment.
Trump’s out. Joe Biden’s in. How tech-friendly will US President-elect Joe Biden be?
And, we have heard about the Internet of Things, but what’s the Internet of Behaviours?

LIVE INTERACTION: If you join us while we are live via Facebook, Twitter or Youtube, do comment as we will be able to bring your comments, questions and views into the live programme.

Here are the interaction accounts: Facebook.com/selwyn.manning and Twitter.com/Selwyn_Manning and Youtube.

Remember, if you missed the live show, you can view it as video-on-demand, and earlier episodes too, by checking out EveningReport.nz

LIVE: Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on US Elections

Selwyn Manning — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 01:42:28 +0000

Hi I’m Selwyn Manning and you are watching A View from Afar. As always, we are joined by political scientist and former Pentagon analyst… Paul Buchanan… and this week we will discuss:

How voting counting continues in the United States with it being so very close but nudging favourably for Democrat candidate, Joe Biden.
But incumbent, US President Donald Trump, has already claimed victory; that the reason why he trails in the electoral college vote is due to voter fraud; that he will ‘not allow them to steal this election’; that he will take this to the US Supreme Court.
Overnight, Trump has filed a law suit to stop vote counting in Michigan.
Meanwhile, the vote counting of votes continues. The totals in key tipping states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania should be more clear by Friday, US time (that’s Saturday here in New Zealand).

You can interact with the LIVE programme by joining these social media channels. Here are the links:

And, you can see video-on-demand of this show, and earlier episodes too, by checking out EveningReport.nz

So let’s cross to Paul who is waiting online, and unpick the complexity of this election outcome….

LIVE: Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on US and ASEAN Move to Contain China

Selwyn Manning — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:59:13 +0000

Hi I’m Selwyn Manning and you are watching A View from Afar.

As always, we are joined by political scientist and former Pentagon analyst… Paul Buchanan… and this week we will discuss:

How United States Secretary of Defense, Mike Pompeo, has this week been traveling around South East Asia. He has signed a new defence deal with India, at a time when India and China relations are digressing.

Also, ASEAN (Association of South East Asia nations), for years has been considered a paper tiger. But now it member states are sharpening their claws with help from the USA.

So what is Pompeo’s plan? What’s the end-game here? Is it simply a new move to contain China’s dominance and growing authoritarianism? Is the Trump Administration being drawn out from its isolationism by China’s expanding presence in the region?

You can interact with the LIVE programme by joining these social media channels. Here are the links:

And, you can see video-on-demand of this show, and earlier episodes too, by checking out EveningReport.nz

Evening Report LIVE: Tech Now with Sarah Putt and Selwyn Manning – Consumer Rights + Google in DoJ’s Sights + iPhone12

Selwyn Manning — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 04:07:23 +0000

Hello I’m Selwyn Manning and you are watching Tech Now.

Tonight, we are joined by technology commentator Sarah Putt to discuss some of the week’s big tech issues, including:

A new Telecommunications Commissioner started in June. And the commissioner has a big focus on telco consumer rights. We’ll talk to Sarah to see what this means for you and me.

Also, the US Government looks intent at reigning in the BIG TECH giants and is positioning to regulate the global giant Google. What is the US Justice Department’s case against Google about? And, will the new Labour-led Government also go after Google, Facebook, and other big tech platforms to capture revenue they siphon out of New Zealand?

And there’s an expensive new gadget on the way that could very easily exhaust your Christmas spending budget. The new Apple iPhone 12 will be available in November. Its selling angle is that iPhone 12 will be 5G ready. But is that just a marketing edge? Sarah has gone through the detail so we don’t have to.

INTERACTION: Remember, if you are joining us LIVE via social media (SEE LINKS BELOW), you can make comments and even put Sarah on the spot with a few questions. We will be able to see your interaction, and include this in the LIVE show.

You can interact with the LIVE programme by joining these social media channels. Here are the links:

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The programme is the latest effort by EveningReport as it rolls out its public service webcasting programmes, produced by ER’s parent company Multimedia Investments Ltd.