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May 27, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. People of a certain age will be aware that the 1962 Cuba Missile Crisis was, for the world as a whole, the most dangerous moment of the Cold War. The 1962 ‘Battle of Cuba’ was a ‘cold battle’ in the same sense that the Cold War was a ‘cold war’. (Only ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Using Cuba 1962 to explain Trump’s brinkmanship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/27/keith-rankin-analysis-using-cuba-1962-to-explain-trumps-brinkmanship/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Using Cuba 1962 to explain Trump’s brinkmanship">Read more</a>
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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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August 2, 2023
THE ISSUE: 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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December 15, 2021
Op-Ed by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres GCC GCL. New York, December 2021 – We live in worrying times. The climate crisis, stark inequalities, bloody conflicts and human rights abuses, and the personal and economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have put our world under greater stress than it has faced in my lifetime. ... <a title="OP-ED: UN Secretary General on the Tenth Review Conference on the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/op-ed-un-secretary-general-on-the-tenth-review-conference-on-the-parties-to-the-treaty-on-the-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: UN Secretary General on the Tenth Review Conference on the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia needs to be put on notice by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders over abandoning its commitments under the South Pacific’s nuclear free accord — the Treaty of Rarotonga — by signing up to the controversial security pact, AUKUS, says the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). The deal by the Australian, ... <a title="PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/pang-condemns-australia-policy-for-abandoning-pacific-nuclear-free-pact/" aria-label="Read more about PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2021
Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse the AUKUS Alliance and deep-dive into how the AUKUS Alliance has triggered a geopolitical realignment. Why has this Anglophone AUKUS alliance formed? And what's the fallout?
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September 29, 2021
A View from Afar – LIVE @ MIDDAY Thursday September 30: In this podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse the AUKUS Alliance and will deep-dive into: How the AUKUS Alliance has triggered a geopolitical realignment. Why has this Anglophone AUKUS alliance formed? And what’s the fallout? What does China do now? How ... <a title="SCHEDULED LIVE @ Midday Thurs Sept 30: AUKUS Alliance Triggers Geopolitical Realignment – Buchanan + Manning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/29/scheduled-live-midday-thurs-sept-30-aukus-alliance-triggers-geopolitical-realignment-buchanan-manning/" aria-label="Read more about SCHEDULED LIVE @ Midday Thurs Sept 30: AUKUS Alliance Triggers Geopolitical Realignment – Buchanan + Manning">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. New Zealand was said to have been sidelined when the trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States was announced a week ago. But very quickly the “Aukus” pact has taken on an unpopularity in this country, with a consensus forming that New Zealand is best out ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Australia’s nuclear-sub defence plans are unpopular in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-australias-nuclear-sub-defence-plans-are-unpopular-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Australia’s nuclear-sub defence plans are unpopular in NZ">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board It perhaps wasn’t a remarkable coincidence that last month Samoa’s former Ambassador to the United Nations called on the United States to ratify a treaty declaring the South Pacific a nuclear-free zone. Ali’ioaiga Feturi Elisaia, currently Samoa’s High Commissioner to Fiji, made the comments during a Blue Pacific ... <a title="Samoa Observer: The fallacy of a nuclear submarine deal for peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/samoa-observer-the-fallacy-of-a-nuclear-submarine-deal-for-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: The fallacy of a nuclear submarine deal for peace">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2021
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where they analyse: Revelations that the People's Republic of China has further developed missile silos in its north-west desert. How does this fit with proliferation of nuclear silos in the west? How do great powers enforce their nuclear deterrence dogma and strategy in 2021 compared to when the first Cold War was chilling the world's expectations of longevity?
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July 7, 2021
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, LIVE at midday Thursday where they will analyse: Revelations that the People’s Republic of China has further developed missile silos in its north-west desert. How does this fit with proliferation of nuclear silos in the west?
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June 29, 2021
Otago University News Retired foundation director of Otago’s National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Professor Kevin Clements has been awarded the International Studies Association’s (ISA) 2022 Distinguished Scholar Award in its peace studies section. The ISA said the award was given each year to a scholar who had a substantial record of research, practice ... <a title="Otago conflict studies centre founder awarded global peace prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/29/otago-conflict-studies-centre-founder-awarded-global-peace-prize/" aria-label="Read more about Otago conflict studies centre founder awarded global peace prize">Read more</a>
