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October 7, 2021
LIVE PODCST: In this episode of A View from Afar political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss how security threats present themselves in a multitude of forms. This week we look at a threat that mixes belief with nationalism. This threat is most obvious in its homeland where the movement was conceived. But its ... <a title="Live Episode: How Hindutva rightwing nationalism is concerning Indian communities around the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/scheduled-live-midday-thurs-sept-30-how-hindutva-rightwing-nationalism-is-concerning-indian-communities-around-the-world/" aria-label="Read more about Live Episode: How Hindutva rightwing nationalism is concerning Indian communities around the world">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya Two Melanesian state leaders addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on West Papua last week. During the 76th UNGA, both Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, James Marape, and Vanuatu’s Prime Minister, Bob Loughman, expressed concern about human rights issues in West Papua. While Marape devoted only 30 seconds of his ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: West Papua’s fate hangs in ‘30 seconds’ and only God knows the outcome" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/yamin-kogoya-west-papuas-fate-hangs-in-30-seconds-and-only-god-knows-the-outcome/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: West Papua’s fate hangs in ‘30 seconds’ and only God knows the outcome">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2021
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura A major national sports event opened in Papua at the weekend, with officials hoping it will showcase the Indonesian government’s commitment to developing the province and reassure the public that the region is safe despite an active and escalating pro-independence insurgency. The National Games, an event held once every four ... <a title="Papua region hosts Indonesia’s national games amid rise in independence struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/04/papua-region-hosts-indonesias-national-games-amid-rise-in-independence-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Papua region hosts Indonesia’s national games amid rise in independence struggle">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
In this week's podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss: Geopolitics and how the global order is changing fast after the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan. This includes; the USA, Australia and the UK announce a trilateral security defence alliance, plus the nuclearisation of Australia's submarine fleet. Also, China shifts strategy to mainland interests and hits the Silk Road running.
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September 15, 2021
A View from Afar: In this week's live podcast Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will examine how the United States’ military arm is now pivoting to the Indo-Pacific region, as the People’s Republic of China pivots westward to a land-based Silk Road orientation.
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September 13, 2021
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea has dispatched a team of government officials to investigate a covid-19 delta variant threat in its two frontline provinces bordering Indonesia’s Papua — Western and West Sepik. Health Minister Jelta Wong has revealed this in Parliament while responding to questions without notice. Admitting the rise of ... <a title="PNG dispatches investigators to check out ‘delta threat’ on Papuan border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/13/png-dispatches-investigators-to-check-out-delta-threat-on-papuan-border/" aria-label="Read more about PNG dispatches investigators to check out ‘delta threat’ on Papuan border">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Jason Brown in Auckland Twenty years ago, I was on a plane from Rarotonga to Auckland. Lovely flight, with a path at the end I had never experienced before. Almost from the tip of the North Island, down to Tamaki Makaurau — the rising sun bathing the hills and coastline in rich, almost ... <a title="Jason Brown: 9/11 and a mango dawn – and here’s to the end of being Pacific pawns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/13/jason-brown-9-11-and-a-mango-dawn-and-heres-to-the-end-of-being-pacific-pawns/" aria-label="Read more about Jason Brown: 9/11 and a mango dawn – and here’s to the end of being Pacific pawns">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2021
Headline: Hate crimes are not always terrorism. – 36th Parallel Assessments A screen grab shows police officers working outside a shopping mall following a knife attack in Auckland, New Zealand September 3, 2021. TVNZ via Reuters TV Director Paul G. Buchanan has researched and written for over thirty years about terrorism and irregular warfare. He ... <a title="Hate crimes are not always terrorism." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/12/hate-crimes-are-not-always-terrorism/" aria-label="Read more about Hate crimes are not always terrorism.">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Clare Corbould, Deakin University Since the September 11 terror attacks, there has been no hiding from the increased militarisation of the United States. Everyday life is suffused with policing and surveillance. This ranges from the inconvenient, such as removing shoes at the airport, to the dystopian, such as local police departments equipped with ... <a title="‘Fortress USA’: How 9/11 produced a military industrial juggernaut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/fortress-usa-how-9-11-produced-a-military-industrial-juggernaut/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fortress USA’: How 9/11 produced a military industrial juggernaut">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2021
Host Selwyn Manning with security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan on this week’s A View From Afar podcast. Video: EveningReport.nz on YouTubeA VIEW FROM AFAR: Podcast with Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan In this week’s security podcast, Dr Paul G. Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning discuss: three areas that have been relied on to protect New Zealanders ... <a title="A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/11/a-view-from-afar-could-aucklands-lynnmall-stabbing-attack-have-been-prevented/" aria-label="Read more about A View From Afar: Could Auckland’s LynnMall stabbing attack have been prevented?">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2021
In this week's podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss: three areas that have been relied on to protect New Zealanders from terror-styled attacks; legal measures designed to protect communities from danger and even protect individuals from themselves and why they failed.
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September 8, 2021
In this week's podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss: three areas that have been relied on to protect New Zealanders from terror-styled attacks; legal measures designed to protect communities from danger and even protect individuals from themselves and why they failed.
