As the Taliban's grip on Afghanistan tightens, New Zealand must commit to taking more refugees
Aug 22, 2021 01:05 am UTC| Politics
With a Defence Force Hercules now en route to Afghanistan to assist with rescue and evacuation, New Zealand joins a 60-country response to the unfolding calamity. Yet doubt still surrounds just who is eligible for the...
US-Russia summit: ignoring climate change was a missed opportunity for real cooperation
Jul 18, 2021 10:40 am UTC| Politics
When Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin met in Geneva in June, many expected the new US president to restart a serious dialogue with Moscow and end the downward spiral of the US-Russia relationship. Tensions between the two...
The Biden-Putin summit: no magic reset of relations, but no hitting the snooze button, either
Jun 20, 2021 12:23 pm UTC| Politics
Much speculation surrounded the lead up to the just concluded summit in Geneva between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Coming after a NATO meeting where Biden reaffirmed his...
With new Atlantic Charter, Biden and Johnson reset the special relationship
Jun 14, 2021 04:32 am UTC| Politics
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill first met in the summer of 1941 on HMS Prince of Wales to create the Atlantic Charter, establishing the terms of their countries relationship in war, and, as it was to prove, in...
G7 summit: what to expect from Boris Johnson as Joe Biden visits the UK
Jun 07, 2021 23:42 pm UTC| Politics
Joe Bidens first trip to the UK as US President this week is bound to produce hundreds of hot takes on the state of the so-called special relationship, most looking for signs either of its continuing strength or its more...
TikTok and geopolitics: how 'digital nationalism' threatens to entrench big tech
May 23, 2021 03:28 am UTC| Technology
The massive digital platform market has until recently been dominated by a handful of US-based companies such as Facebook and Google. However, as foreign governments and competing platforms try to erode this domination,...
China does not want war, at least not yet. It's playing the long game
May 09, 2021 09:03 am UTC| Politics
Talk of war has become louder in recent days, but the drumbeat has been heard for some time now as Chinas military capabilities have grown. China does not want war, at least not yet. Its playing the long game and its...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects