New Zealand Centre for Global Studies
Mission Statement
The New Zealand Centre for Global Studies is a non-profit organisation. We conduct research and policy analysis on global affairs and New Zealand’s role within that realm.
Recent Blog Posts
Trump’s Exit
Dilemmas of Social Media, Free Speech and Democracy
What might future historians note as the epoch-making aspects of Donald Trump’s exit? Perhaps it will include something that is attracting less academic attention at present – social media companies closing down Trump’s accounts. Twitter and later Snapchat permanently...
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Unhinged Leaders and Nuclear Weapons
It’s Time To Act
I’ve spent my life studying the risks posed by nuclear weapons. I’ve always worried that one day an unhinged leader would emerge in a nuclear-armed country, with the authority to launch a nuclear attack. To...
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The United States in 2021
National, international, global implications
The US presidential election has now concluded with the Electoral College confirming Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the winners (by 306 to 232 votes). It remains for Congress to certify the Electoral College votes...
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War crimes, international law, and the global community
Australia, the US, and the rest of us
How is the emerging global community to deal with alleged war crimes, within the context of contemporary international law and national political integrity? This is one of the more critical questions of the early 21st...
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