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August 23, 2020
Headline: Research Link: The 42 Group Q1/Q2 2020 Report. – 36th Parallel Assessments From time to time 36th Parallel features the work of guest analysts. This time we feature the latest offering from The 42 Group, an independent strategic analysis collective based in New Zealand that focuses on military, security and geopolitical analyses. While 36 ... <a title="Research Link: The 42 Group Q1/Q2 2020 Report." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/23/research-link-the-42-group-q1-q2-2020-report/" aria-label="Read more about Research Link: The 42 Group Q1/Q2 2020 Report.">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2020
Headline: A crisis of governance. – 36th Parallel Assessments [embedded content] The Port of Beirut warehouse explosion, involving 2.7 kilotons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate negligently stored in an unsecured area, crystalizes in one national tragedy a much wider trend: the crisis and decline of democratic governance world-wide. For a decade Lebanon has been gripped ... <a title="Video + Analysis: A crisis of governance – Paul G Buchanan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/08/a-crisis-of-governance/" aria-label="Read more about Video + Analysis: A crisis of governance – Paul G Buchanan">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2020
EveningReport LIVE: In this week’s A View from Afar programme with political scientist and security intelligence expert, Paul G. Buchanan, we examine what’s going on in the latest rise in tensions between China and the USA. The Economist headlined this week’s antics as the US-China Cold War. Can nations like Australia and New Zealand escape ... <a title="VIDEO: Evening Report – Tensions Rise Between China and USA, IS This Cold War 2.0?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/30/coming-up-on-evening-report-tensions-rise-between-china-and-usa-is-this-cold-war-2-0/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Evening Report – Tensions Rise Between China and USA, IS This Cold War 2.0?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Headline: Media Link: Director Paul G. Buchanan Standing Places Interview. – 36th Parallel Assessments 36th Parallel’s principal, Dr Paul G. Buchanan. Director Paul G. Buchanan is interviewed on the London-based Standing Places podcast on the politics of pandemics and related issues. Most of the world is now in some form of pandemic lockdown. Everything around ... <a title="Media Link: Director Paul G. Buchanan Standing Places Interview." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/media-link-director-paul-g-buchanan-standing-places-interview/" aria-label="Read more about Media Link: Director Paul G. Buchanan Standing Places Interview.">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2020
Headline: Iran as a Strategic Actor, Part Two. – 36th Parallel Assessments Given the demographics of each state, the Iowa and New Hampshire Democratic primaries seem to best serve as an early test of how Democrats will fare with the MAGA base and who is best suited to make a play for “soft” MAGA voters. ... <a title="Iran as a Strategic Actor, Part Two." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/05/iran-as-a-strategic-actor-part-two/" aria-label="Read more about Iran as a Strategic Actor, Part Two.">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2020
Headline: Iran as a strategic actor. – 36th Parallel Assessments Director Paul G. Buchanan has written a two part series on Iran as a strategic actor for the Australian Institute of International Affairs. The analysis is designed to offer an alternative interpretation to views prevalent in the West that see Iran as a rogue and ... <a title="Iran as a strategic actor." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/31/iran-as-a-strategic-actor/" aria-label="Read more about Iran as a strategic actor.">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2019
The recent surge in social protests world-wide is quantitatively and qualitatively different than in previous ages. The advent of individualised mass communications technologies and the heterogenous range of demands presented in countries governed by political regimes of different ideological persuasions makes the moment unique from an analytic standpoint and challenging for policy-makers, interested observers and ... <a title="Dr Paul G. Buchanan Analysis – An age of protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/15/an-age-of-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Dr Paul G. Buchanan Analysis – An age of protest">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Headline: Paul Buchanan – Radio NZ Dispatch: Beware the false narrative linking Christchurch to Sri Lanka bombings – 36th Parallel Assessments A woman grieves for the loss of a family member in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Planning for the Easter Sunday bombings would have started well before last month’s terrorism attacks in Christchurch, Paul Buchanan believes. Photo: RNZ. ... <a title="Paul Buchanan – Radio NZ Dispatch: Beware the false narrative linking Christchurch to Sri Lanka bombings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/paul-buchanan-radio-nz-dispatch-beware-the-false-narrative-linking-christchurch-to-sri-lanka-bombings/" aria-label="Read more about Paul Buchanan – Radio NZ Dispatch: Beware the false narrative linking Christchurch to Sri Lanka bombings">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Headline: Was Sri Lanka attack retaliation? – Analysis – 36th Parallel Assessments 36th Parallel’s principal, Dr Paul Buchanan. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made a statement responding to the suggestion that the Sri Lanka bombings were retaliation for the Christchurch attacks. “We have seen reports of the statement from the Sri Lankan Minister of state ... <a title="Was Sri Lanka attack retaliation? – Analysis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/was-sri-lanka-attack-retaliation-analysis/" aria-label="Read more about Was Sri Lanka attack retaliation? – Analysis">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2019
OPINION: By Dr Paul G Buchanan The terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques this month is a watershed moment in New Zealand history. In the days, months and years ahead much soul-searching will be conducted about the social and political factors that contributed to the massacre of 50 people. Here we shall focus on two: ... <a title="Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/24/paul-buchanan-soul-searching-nz-must-own-this-terrorist-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Paul Buchanan: Soul-searching NZ must ‘own’ this terrorist attack">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2018
Headline: A bridge too far. – 36th Parallel Assessments by Dr Paul G. Buchanan Jiaozhou Bay/Qingdao-Haiwan Bridge, China. Photo: Feel the Planet (feel-planet.com). The Labour-led government in New Zealand has settled on a new mantra when it comes to addressing the US-China rivalry. It claims that New Zealand is ideally situated to become a bridge ... <a title="Geopolitics Analysis: A bridge too far – Dr Paul Buchanan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/22/a-bridge-too-far/" aria-label="Read more about Geopolitics Analysis: A bridge too far – Dr Paul Buchanan">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2018
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