Think-tank at Victoria University putting a New Zealand angle on strategic change in the Asia Pacific, global security and defence policy. [email protected]

Wellington, NZ
Joined January 2013
How should countries like NZ prepare for a post-Trump America? Our iv with Zack Cooper from this morning’s Q+A. youtu.be/ORUnHLg8Ofk?si=YZhF…
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I am delighted to announce that the @CSS_VUW Centre for Strategic Studies Sir Howard Kippenberger Visiting Prof in Strategic Studies for 2026 is @ZackCooper from the American Enterprise Institute. His lecture will explore what American foreign policy might look like after Trump.
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“For the first time in a decade, New Zealanders see the United States as more of a threat than China, a survey by ​the Asia New Zealand Foundation found, as concerns over trade disruption ‌and global instability weigh on public sentiment.” reuters.com/world/china/new-…
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Thrilled with the interest in the Centre for Strategic Studies conference yesterday. Grateful to @JudithCollinsKC for her opening remarks & to a terrific range of international & NZ speakers for sharing their insights. Full house & certainly no shortage of things to talk about!
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Speaking in Wellington next week at the CSS conference on 'Connected Theatre or Fractured World'? I’ll examine how undersea infrastructure, grey-zone coercion and conventional risk are converging in the maritime domain. @DefenceUwa @LowyInstitute @NSC_ANU @davidcapie
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To launch the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic Hub for Shared Security Challenges, join us online tonight for a keynote address by @NATO ASG @RugeBoris, followed by a panel discussion on NATO-IP4 cooperation. The event begins at 745pm NZT. Link here: youtube.com/@yonseigsis1868
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Looking forward to hosting the @LowyInstitute's @SamRoggeveen in Wellington next week. Sam will be speaking on "Australia, New Zealand and a post-American Asia" next Wednesday 19 November at 530pm. All welcome, but please RSVP at the link below. wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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Terrific talk tonight at @CSS_VUW by Manjeet Pardesi @manjeetsp on his alternative history of the Liberal International Order as a core-periphery order. Great questions and discussion that followed.
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2025 Sir Howard Kippenberger Visiting Professor in Strategic Studies. Victoria University of Wellington. Happy to be back in NZ after more than two decades. Look forward to all the talks, catching up with friends and former students... @research_sis @AU_SIS @davidcapie @manjeetsp @CSS_VUW
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Great to have a big crowd of students here at the Centre for Strategic Studies @CSS_VUW for the big debate today. Thanks to the @NZIIA_Wgtn student committee for partnering with us.
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My recent interview with Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski is now up on @nziia_live: apc01.safelinks.protection.o…
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Great to launch this new strand of 🇪🇺🤝🇳🇿 cooperation 🚢 🌊 with @motnz and @CrimarioII at the excellent Martime Security Symposium organised by @CSS_VUW @davidcapie
New Zealand 🇳🇿 has partnered with the EU 🇪🇺 to join the Indo-Pacific Regional Information Sharing (IORIS) platform, a secure, web-based maritime coordination and information sharing tool used by 45 countries to facilitate coordination at sea. Read more➡️ transport.govt.nz/about-us/n…
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It's official: John #Kerry has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next Secretary of State, by a vote of 94-3.
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RT @d_brautigam: China in Africa: The Real Story: Eastern Promise (and Eastern Errors) in Little Afr... chinaafricarealstory.com/201…
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Vic Uni VC Pat Walsh announces resignation: bit.ly/1253cNh