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December 8, 2022
In this, the 24th episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning examine whether there is, in reality, such a thing as foreign policy independence in today's world.
Specifically, Paul and Selwyn examine the following questions:
What does it mean to be foreign policy independent, and what would independence look like?
How is foreign policy independence different from foreign policy autonomy and flexibility?
What factors inhibit or constrain foreign policy independence (domestic and international)?
In an interdependent world can FP independence be a realistic objective?
And finally: is FP independence possible for a small state in this era, if it ever was, and conversely, do great powers really exercise independence in their foreign affairs?
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December 8, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Labour needs Mahutu to go, but she’s too powerful The pressure on Jacinda Ardern to sack Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta is building. But Mahuta is too powerful within the Labour Party to get rid of easily. The Three Waters reforms have become one of the Labour Government’s greatest ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour needs Mahutu to go, but she’s too powerful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labour-needs-mahutu-to-go-but-shes-too-powerful/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour needs Mahutu to go, but she’s too powerful">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock After a wet and unusually cool spring for much of Australia, the start of meteorological summer is bringing a heatwave to the north of the continent. Even in our La Niña summer we can expect ... <a title="Extreme heat in the midst of the Big Wet for northern Australia – what’s going on with the weather?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/extreme-heat-in-the-midst-of-the-big-wet-for-northern-australia-whats-going-on-with-the-weather-196124/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme heat in the midst of the Big Wet for northern Australia – what’s going on with the weather?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Lukas Coch/AAP A federal Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted November 30 to December 4 from a sample of 1,611, gave Labor 42% of the primary vote ... <a title="Resolve poll gives Labor huge lead; US Democrats win Georgia Senate runoff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/resolve-poll-gives-labor-huge-lead-us-democrats-win-georgia-senate-runoff-196047/" aria-label="Read more about Resolve poll gives Labor huge lead; US Democrats win Georgia Senate runoff">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Brooks, Principal Research Fellow – Fluvial Geomorphologist – specialising in catchment erosion research, Griffith University James Daley , Author provided Back-to-back bleaching events have highlighted the critical threat that climate change poses to the Great Barrier Reef. But few people are aware of the network of ... <a title="Repairing gullies: the quickest way to improve Great Barrier Reef water quality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/repairing-gullies-the-quickest-way-to-improve-great-barrier-reef-water-quality-195647/" aria-label="Read more about Repairing gullies: the quickest way to improve Great Barrier Reef water quality">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Horwood, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Deakin University Shutterstock A ping from the pizza company. A couple of pings from your socials. Ping, ping, ping from your family WhatsApp group trying to organise a weekend barbecue. With all those smartphone notifications, it’s no wonder you lose focus ... <a title="Ping, your pizza is on its way. Ping, please rate the driver. Yes, constant notifications really do tax your brain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/ping-your-pizza-is-on-its-way-ping-please-rate-the-driver-yes-constant-notifications-really-do-tax-your-brain-193952/" aria-label="Read more about Ping, your pizza is on its way. Ping, please rate the driver. Yes, constant notifications really do tax your brain">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Instagram/ Showmenoodz On the 4th of December, TikTok user @jongraz announced his beloved pet, a pug named Noodle, had died aged 14. The announcement video received over 19 million views and 4 million likes, a testament to how widely loved ... <a title="The ultimate no bones day: the death of TikTok pug Noodle shows how we can grieve online for animals we’ve never met" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/the-ultimate-no-bones-day-the-death-of-tiktok-pug-noodle-shows-how-we-can-grieve-online-for-animals-weve-never-met-196046/" aria-label="Read more about The ultimate no bones day: the death of TikTok pug Noodle shows how we can grieve online for animals we’ve never met">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato Getty Images The release this week of Sport NZ’s new Guiding Principles for the Inclusion of Transgender People in Community Sport caused a minor and predictable controversy. One former parliamentarian called the guidelines “woke ideology”. ... <a title="Sport NZ’s transgender guidelines are a good start – but can they filter up from grassroots to elite competition?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/sport-nzs-transgender-guidelines-are-a-good-start-but-can-they-filter-up-from-grassroots-to-elite-competition-196123/" aria-label="Read more about Sport NZ’s transgender guidelines are a good start – but can they filter up from grassroots to elite competition?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva People’s Alliance candidate Lynda Tabuya claims her 16-year-old daughter was “harassed” by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) officers last week. Tabuya made this allegation in a video posted on social media. “This is my daughter coming back from school and they asked her where I was,” she said. ... <a title="Fiji elections: Tabuya claims child ‘harassed’ by anti-corruption agency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/fiji-elections-tabuya-claims-child-harassed-by-anti-corruption-agency/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: Tabuya claims child ‘harassed’ by anti-corruption agency">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
SPECIAL REPORT: By Lee Duffield in Brisbane The launch of a New Zealand project to produce more Pacific news and provide a “voice for the voiceless” on the islands has highlighted the neglect of that field by Australia and New Zealand — and also problems in universities. The new development is the non-government, non-university Asia ... <a title="Fate of NZ research centre highlights university ‘blindness’, media freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/fate-of-nz-research-centre-highlights-university-blindness-media-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about Fate of NZ research centre highlights university ‘blindness’, media freedom">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johari Amar, Lecturer in Property, Bond University Australians desperately need more affordable homes, particularly homes for rent. The prospect of home ownership is rapidly receding for many people, especially younger generations (as the chart below shows). More people than ever are being forced into a tight rental ... <a title="Build-to-rent is seen as affordable, but it’s unlikely to help those most in need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/build-to-rent-is-seen-as-affordable-but-its-unlikely-to-help-those-most-in-need-194623/" aria-label="Read more about Build-to-rent is seen as affordable, but it’s unlikely to help those most in need">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
RNZ News The parents of a New Zealand baby at the centre of a legal dispute that has made global headlines will not be appealing against a judge’s decision to hand guardianship of the child to the High Court. The four-month-old — known only as Baby W — requires urgent open heart surgery, with both ... <a title="No appeal against ruling in NZ baby blood case, surgery to go ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/no-appeal-against-ruling-in-nz-baby-blood-case-surgery-to-go-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about No appeal against ruling in NZ baby blood case, surgery to go ahead">Read more</a>
