On Monday, while delivering the keynote address at the annual China Business Summit held in Auckland, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins weighed in on the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific. New Zealand’s estimation matters because it is a small country in Southern Pacific heavily dependent on trade with China for preserving its prosperity and…
This week, New Zealand’s prime minister, Chris Hipkins, conducted an official state visit to China. It was his first since he took office, replacing Jacinda Ardern, who stepped down at the start of this year. On the trip, numerous economic and trade agreements were signed between the two countries, and most distinctively, Hipkins pushed back…
Secular religions are hard to battle in terms of their misplaced assumptions. In some ways, they are even harder to fight than those based on mythical gods and superstitious foundations, many drawn from desert religions and sandy practice. ANZAC, the name of the Australian New Zealand Army Corps, hardly sounds promising as the basis of…
Ascending the British throne and becoming head of the Commonwealth upon the death of his mother in September 2022, King Charles III is one of the UK’s most controversial monarchs. First, Charles III is the oldest British monarch, having ascended the throne at the age of 73. Second, the new British monarch can hardly be…
The geostrategic pieces are all falling into place one after another to create the compelling impression that the US-led NATO proxy war on Russia through Ukraine has failed to achieve the grand strategic goals that were expected of it, which is why Washington is now willing to speed up the inevitable resumption of its “Pivot…
This South Pacific island nation is practically on the opposite side of the world from that former Soviet Republic and wouldn’t ordinarily be expected to have any interest in training an Eastern European country’s military. The reason why it’s doing so, and on British territory at that, is likely because its leadership has an interest…
