May 2, 2024 | Featured, Politics & Society, Referee
By Marco de Jong, Auckland University of Technology and Emma Shortis, RMIT University Photo by U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC by 2.0 Deed Details released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet under the Official Information Act reveal New Zealand...
Oct 3, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Photo by Filip Andrejevic on Unsplash Ksenia Babich A year ago today (21 September), the Russian authorities announced the start of “partial mobilisation” – calling up reserve soldiers to fight in the war against Ukraine. Not everyone liable for military...
Nov 22, 2022 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
IAEA Imagebank Matt McDonald, The University of Queensland For 30 years, developing nations have fought to establish an international fund to pay for the “loss and damage” they suffer as a result of climate change. As the COP27 climate summit in Egypt wrapped up over...
Nov 10, 2022 | Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
An aerial view of Pakistani flood survivors isolated on a road surrounded by water. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jason Bushong – https://www.dvidshub.net/image/319323 Lisa Vanhala, UCL Payments from high-emitting countries to mitigate the harm that climate...
Nov 9, 2022 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
Sharm El-Sheikh on the Red Sea coast is best known for tourism and conferences. By Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Jen Allan, Cardiff University The world’s leaders are gathering for another global climate meeting, this time in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt....
Feb 22, 2022 | Politics & Society
Military coups have increased over the last year and a half. What is driving this challenge to democracy? How concerned should we be? Regional organisations and powerful states have sometimes played important roles in averting takeovers by military coups. How...
Oct 27, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Shelley Inglis Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit. Over two weeks in November, world leaders and national negotiators will meet in Scotland to discuss what to do about climate change. It’s a complex process that...
Oct 13, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Stephen Hoadley This ‘evidence’ of US unreliability, weakness and failure is partial, out of context, and lacking in historical perspective. Fifty years ago, as I began my teaching career at the University of Auckland, the United States began withdrawing its forces...
Mar 29, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Francesc Badia i Dalmases This year’s election cycle will tell us whether political systems in the region can deal with social tensions made worse by the pandemic. Aseries of elections in Latin America this year, either held already or scheduled to take place, are...
Mar 8, 2021 | Business & Economics
By Stefano Riela Stefano Riela asks how big the economies are of authoritarian regimes. The economy of authoritarian regimes comprises 30% of the World economy (see the red line in the figure). This percentage is on the rise, in contrast to what Francis Fukuyama...