New Zealand International Review articles from April - June 2005

New Zealand International Review archives from April - June 2005

A 2008 letter from America: Rita Ricketts records impressions of American attitudes to the advent of President Obama and considers their perceptions in light of the new president's first weeks in office.
May 1, 2009... 'If it should happen that America, in its new period of world power, comes to do what every other world power has done, if Americans should have to govern large numbers of foreigners, you must expect that Americans will be well hated before...

China, India and Japan: the greater game: Stuart McMillan and Michael Powles consider relationships that will dominate the Asia-Pacific region's future.
May 1, 2009... While the world's attention is focusing on the global financial crisis, its interest in China and India is on whether they are going to avoid the worst impacts of the crisis and on whether they will be in a position to contribute significantly...

The future of US-India nuclear co-operation: Sagarika Dutt suggests that the October 2008 'deal' has strengthened the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
May 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On 10 October 2008, India and the United States signed the 123 Agreement for co-operation between the two countries in the field of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, a few days after President Bush had signed the...

FIJI: dealing with a broken state: John Tonkin-Covell urges a more nuanced approach to the situation in Fiji.
May 1, 2009... The enveloping international economic crisis is absorbing the attention of governments around the world. Where matters will head remains unclear. The South Pacific was a region beset with difficulties that predated the global economic turmoil,...

New Zealand's defence posture: a new direction? Leighton Luke sees the possibility of at last laying the foundations for a more broadly bipartisan approach to defence policy.
May 1, 2009... The commitment to a new Defence white paper made by Prime Minister John Key's National Party-led government in its 2008 election campaign could once more re-ignite discussions regarding the focus and capabilities of the New Zealand Defence...