Independent Analysis and Reportage
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss how numerous countries have committed aid, intelligence expertise, military hardware and weapons to a multilateral effort in support of Ukraine.
A View from Afar – 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 – ... <a title="LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Signals+Tech Intel Ops and the Defence of Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/30/live-thursmidday-buchanan-manning-signalstech-intel-ops-and-the-defence-of-ukraine/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Signals+Tech Intel Ops and the Defence of Ukraine">Read more</a>
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning raise the question: If escalation of the Russian war against Ukraine will occur should NATO or European Union nations intervene to protect Ukraine, who or what can assist in bringing this war to a close?
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning raise the question: If escalation of the Russian war against Ukraine will occur should NATO or European Union nations intervene to protect Ukraine, who or what can assist in bringing this war to a close? For many of us around ... <a title="LIVE Today @ 1pm Buchanan + Manning: What can bring the Russian war against Ukraine to a close?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/live-today-1pm-buchanan-manning-what-can-bring-the-russian-war-against-ukraine-to-a-close/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE Today @ 1pm Buchanan + Manning: What can bring the Russian war against Ukraine to a close?">Read more</a>
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor The Green Party says New Zealand has put its relationship with the NATO security alliance ahead of saving lives in Ukraine. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday announced $5 million would go to a NATO fund for the purchase of “non-lethal military assistance” such as fuel, rations and ... <a title="Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving lives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/ukraine-war-green-party-says-nzs-5m-funding-better-for-saving-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving lives’">Read more</a>
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning unpack why the west has been losing a strategic deterrence advantage against Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin, but equally how this may be about to change.
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will unpack why the west is losing a strategic deterrence advantage against Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin. In this episode Buchanan and Manning will analyse whether deterrence, in its various forms, is an effective tool against aggressive authoritarian opponents and ... <a title="LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Can Deterrence be an effective tool against Putin’s offensive in Ukraine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/16/live-thursmidday-buchanan-manning-can-deterrence-be-an-effective-tool-against-putins-offensive-in-ukraine/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Can Deterrence be an effective tool against Putin’s offensive in Ukraine?">Read more</a>
In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning deep dive into the big picture that hangs over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. That big picture has many aspects to it, and as such any resolution to the atrocities being committed in Ukraine will likely be weighed against what is a challenge to the International law and rules-based order.
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The war in Ukraine possibly represents the most dangerous episode in the history of humanity in historical times; especially but not only because it comes on top of two other overt global crises – climate change and pandemic – and another less overt global crisis, the slow implosion of the international ... <a title="Keith Rankin on Russia and Ukraine – Fighting an Unclear War" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/09/keith-rankin-on-russia-and-ukraine-fighting-an-unclear-war/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on Russia and Ukraine – Fighting an Unclear War">Read more</a>
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss the ongoing Russian attacks against Ukraine, including: Whether the Russian Federation’s president Vladimir Putin has lost the support of significant leaders of allied nations, and if so what does this mean for Russia as a global power?
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss the ongoing Russian attacks against Ukraine, including: Whether the Russian Federation’s president Vladimir Putin has lost the support of significant leaders of allied nations, and if so what does this mean for Russia as a global power? We ... <a title="LIVE Thurs@Midday: Buchanan + Manning on why Putin has exhausted the support of his natural allies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/live-thursmidday-buchanan-manning-on-why-putin-has-exhausted-the-support-of-his-natural-allies/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE Thurs@Midday: Buchanan + Manning on why Putin has exhausted the support of his natural allies">Read more</a>
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss whether sanctions will be effective in deterring Russian president Vladimir Putin from a full invasion of Ukraine and indeed cause Russian military to return to the Russian side of the Ukraine border.