PODCAST: Buchanan + Manning on how Taiwan is caught between two clashing giants
A View from Afar: Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse how Taiwan is delicately navigating its way between two clashing global powers. On one side there's China and on the other is the USA. Taiwan has been self-governing for over 70 years. It insists it wants to remain an independently governed economy. Can it navigate a pathway to relative peace through diplomatic means? Yes, and here's how.
PODCAST: How Hindutva rightwing nationalism is concerning Indian communities around the world
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 devotees have migrated to countries all over the world. When confronted by others within their communities, they respond with threats that by degrees… become more sinister.
PODCAST – AUKUS Alliance Triggers Geopolitical Realignment – Buchanan + Manning
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?
PODCAST: USA-Aust Submarine Nukes + China + USA move to occupy each other’s vacuum
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.
LIVE Thurs @ Midday: China and USA move to occupy each other’s vacuum
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.
PODCAST: Could the Sept 3 Terrifying Attacks in Auckland Have Been Prevented – Buchanan...
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.
LIVE Thurs @ Midday: Could the Sept 3 Terrifying Attacks Have Been Prevented –...
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.
PODCAST: After two decades of unnecessary conflict Should US security partners question this Coalition...
With the United States being viewed as responsible for a monumental botch-up in Afghanistan, how should its traditional security partners, including NATO and Australia, regard US-leadership in conflict? And, how should US allies position their own national interest in the future?
Scheduled LIVE: After two decades of unnecessary conflict Should US security partners question this...
A View from Afar - In this week's podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss: with the United States being viewed as responsible for a monumental botch-up in Afghanistan, how should its traditional security partners, including NATO, position for the future?
PODCAST: Pacific Instability and Political Trends + Afghanistan Deadline Looms – Buchanan + Manning...
In the first half of this week's podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan are joined by Dr David Robie to examine instability in the Pacific's Polynesian region - specifically to identify what’s going on in: New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa. In the second half, Buchanan and Manning analyse the latest on Afghanistan and consider whether the USA's humiliating withdrawal suggests an end to liberal internationalism.
Live Recording: Pacific Instability + Afghanistan Deadline Looms – Buchanan + Manning + Robie
https://youtu.be/cvga01tHYRc
A View from Afar: In the first half of this week's podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will be joined by Dr David Robie...
PODCAST: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – Were Intelligence Failures a Prelude to a...
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast where they analyse the crisis, the tragedy, unfolding in Afghanistan, including an apparent intelligence failure. But were former president Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden told of the likelihood of a swift and total takeover by Taliban as soon as the US-led forces began to pull out?
Live@Midday Thursday: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – Intelligence Failures a Prelude to a...
https://youtu.be/GOWAxGVoND0
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...
PODCAST: Covid-19 & Melanesian Instability with Buchanan + Manning + Dr David Robie
A VIEW FROM AFAR: Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning are joined by Melanesian and Pacific affairs expert, Dr David Robie, to discuss how Covid-19 has become a trigger of instability in the wider Pacific Region. In this, the first of a two-part SPECIAL, we deep dive into the complexities of Melanesian west Pacific affairs.
LIVE@MIDDAY: Covid-19 & Melanesian Instability with Buchanan + Manning + Dr David Robie
https://youtu.be/Xck7qIB33Mc
LIVE PODCAST: In this episode of A View from Afar Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning are joined by Dr David Robie to discuss how...
PODCAST: Buchanan + Manning on Cyber-Attacks and the Evolution of Hybrid Warfare
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar with a deep-dive into cyber-attacks and hybrid warfare - Especially how 2021 has witnessed a Cold War II styled stand-off between global powers.
Scheduled LIVE: Buchanan + Manning on Cyber-Attacks and the Evolution of Hybrid Warfare
https://youtu.be/j2ZmyUav3n0
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, LIVE at midday Thursday and will...
PODCAST: Buchanan and Manning on Nuclear Deterrence + Risk + First Strike States
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?
PODCAST – Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – What Will Happen Once the USA...
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where they analyse: How United States President Joe Biden has confirmed that US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan before the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.
VIDEO: Buchanan and Manning on Afghanistan – What Will Happen Once the USA Withdraws
https://youtu.be/S6kjnfoFaWI
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where they analyse: How United States President...
PODCAST: Buchanan and Manning on G7 NATO EU Get Behind US for the Biden-Putin...
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where they analyse how leaders of the G7, NATO and EU juxtapositioned behind the United States to form a consensus-pact immediately prior to the Biden-Putin Summit.
PODCAST – Manning and Buchanan on NZ’s National Security Strategy – Also Peru Voters...
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where they analyse New Zealand's national security strategy. How does NZ best position itself as a progressive independent Pacific Island state? Also, Peru voters go left. What does this mean for Peru, and neoliberalism, as Peru faces a pandemic where Covid-19 has raged causing the highest recorded death rates in the world.