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June 24, 2024
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today at 12:45pm June 24, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, 8:45pm (USEDT). Post-pandemic economics and the rise of national populism – Wherever we look today, whether it be through a political, economic, or security lens, we can see the consequences of post-pandemic economic instability. ... <a title="LIVE RECORDING: A View from Afar – Post-Pandemic Economics and the Rise of National Populism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/live-recording-a-view-from-afar-post-pandemic-economics-and-the-rise-of-national-populism/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE RECORDING: A View from Afar – Post-Pandemic Economics and the Rise of National Populism">Read more</a>
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June 10, 2024
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today at 12:45pm June 10, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, 8:30pm (USEST). Today, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will examine: At a micro level, how ‘Post-Colonial Blowback’ has impacted on New Caledonia, Gaza, South Africa, India and even New Zealand. And ... <a title="LIVE RECORDING: A View from Afar – Post-Colonial Blowback and Global Conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/10/live-recording-a-view-from-afar-post-colonial-blowback-and-global-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE RECORDING: A View from Afar – Post-Colonial Blowback and Global Conflict">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2024
In this , the first episode of A View from Afar for 2024, political scientist Paul G Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning focus on an analytical essay titled ‘A moment of friction’ that Paul wrote on how, in 2024, we are living within a decisive moment of world affairs ... a "period where force has become the major arbiter of who rises and who falls in the systemic transitional shuffle.”
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May 6, 2024
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today at 12:45pm May 6, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, 8:30pm (USEST). In an analytical essay titled ‘A moment of friction’ political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan wrote how we are living within a decisive moment of world affairs. A decisive moment of transition ... <a title="LIVE RECORDING: A View from Afar – A Moment of Friction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/06/live-today-a-view-from-afar-a-moment-of-friction/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE RECORDING: A View from Afar – A Moment of Friction">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2024
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. New Zealand is reshaping its foreign policy via the Middle East. A decision to provide intelligence support for future US and UK airstrikes on Yemen is highly symbolic. The Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, announced the deployment of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) troops to support the US-led military response to the attacks ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller Analysis – New Zealand’s huge shift in the Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/25/geoffrey-miller-analysis-new-zealands-huge-shift-in-the-middle-east/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller Analysis – New Zealand’s huge shift in the Middle East">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning note and discuss some of the big world events that have occurred and are occurring in 2023.
And in particular, they discuss the rise of the Global South; evaluate the the wars that continue to rage in Ukraine and Gaza; and tensions in the South China Sea.
Plus Paul and Selwyn note, with particular reference, the trends that will become prominent in 2024, including the decline of Western democracies and a rightward turn in many places (including in Argentina and New Zealand in their respective 2023 elections).
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November 9, 2023
Dr Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse how a massive shift in geopolitic demarcations is forming, relatively quickly, into a world of bipolarity where on one side we have a multipolar constellation of states, and on the other the traditional western liberal democracies. The catalyst behind this rapidly forming bipolarity is conflict. And, most recently, it is clear, that the Israel-Hamas war – and the atrocities committed initially by Hamas and more lately by Israel forces – is driving the world toward a transitional moment.
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October 18, 2023
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin at midday Thurs October 19, 2023 (NZST) and Wednesday October 18, 8pm (USEDST). In this the tenth episode of A View from Afar for 2023 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and journalist/analyst Selwyn Manning will examine the current Israel-Palestine Atrocities. As we prepare for ... <a title="LIVE @MIDDAY THURS: When All the World’s Failings End in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/18/live-midday-thurs-when-all-the-worlds-failings-end-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE @MIDDAY THURS: When All the World’s Failings End in Gaza">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2023
Paul G Buchanan and Selwyn Manning examine why events in North Africa are connected to authoritarian multipolarity, a realignment of global power that favours the Russian Federation’s Putin regime.
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August 16, 2023
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin at midday Thurs August 03, 2023 (NZST) and Wednesday August 02, 8pm (USEDST). In this episode of A View from Afar, political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and journalist Selwyn Manning will examine why there is a trend toward military dictatorships in North Africa.
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August 3, 2023
In this the eighth episode of A View from Afar for 2023, political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning examine the risks of a 21st century nuclear war. The movie Oppenheimer has renewed interest in the dawn of the nuclear era. Almost 80 years later, are we safer from nuclear war than we were in the years immediately after 1945?
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July 26, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller Antony Blinken is heading down under. The US Secretary of State’s visit to New Zealand and Australia this week comes as the two countries jointly host the FIFA Women’s World Cup. New Zealand foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta has highlighted the potential for ‘good old-fashioned sports diplomacy’ – and the Secretary is scheduled to attend ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: Antony Blinken’s endgame for New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/26/geoffrey-millers-political-roundup-antony-blinkens-endgame-for-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: Antony Blinken’s endgame for New Zealand">Read more</a>
