As the Israel-Gaza crisis worsens and the UN remains impotent, what are NZ’s diplomatic options?
Oct 30, 2023 10:54 am UTC| Insights & Views
Global security involves managing a complex combination of law, ethics and politics. No situation exemplifies this more than what is happening now in Israel and Gaza. When United Nations Secretary General Antonio...
Oct 27, 2023 15:01 pm UTC| Politics
From the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Turkey has performed a delicate balancing act, portraying itself as an ally to the warring sides while reaping economic and political benefits from its relationship with...
Domicide: the destruction of homes in Gaza reminds me of what happened to my city, Homs
Oct 27, 2023 14:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views
This article accompanies an episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast featuring an interview with the author, Ammar Azzouz. The Israeli bombardment of Gaza following the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7 has...
Oct 27, 2023 14:55 pm UTC| Sports
This week, two of the original members of Australias 1971 ping-pong diplomacy team are returning to Beijing to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. Half a century ago, few could...
Despite its inflammatory rhetoric, Iran is unlikely to attack Israel. Here's why
Oct 27, 2023 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Iran has warned Israel of severe consequences from multiple fronts if it does not halt its relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip. This warning is widely interpreted as a declaration of intent for Iran to enter the...
Why the Israel-Gaza conflict is so hard to talk about
Oct 27, 2023 14:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views
With the intensification of war in the Middle East, comes an intense polarization within our institutions. A historian whose family was taken hostage by Hamas, and a geographer with family in the West Bank, get together to...
Oct 27, 2023 14:53 pm UTC| Politics
There was some worrying news for Volodymyr Zelensky this week when the US House of Representatives finally elected a new speaker. Mike Johnson, a Republican congressman from Louisiana, has consistently opposed US funding...
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