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Germany Votes: Early Results, Early Calls
Turnout is reported to be 84% - the highest since 1990 and the result roughly where opinion polls predicted.
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Chinese Warships in the Tasman Sea: An Unprecedented Pacific Signal
The case for New Zealand to join Pillar Two of AUKUS now appears to be compelling.
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Vance Blasts European Leaders Over Free Speech Stance
Forget Russia and China, US Vice President JD Vance warns that Europe's greatest threat comes from within.
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Trump's Balance Sheet Diplomacy Set to Reshape World Order
Within 3 weeks of assuming office for the second time, Trump's muscular foreign policy agenda promises to reshape the global world order.
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Improving New Zealand's democracy with an Upper House
A second chamber could help solve a number of issues that commentators are currently concerned about.
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Enhancing democracy: The case for a second chamber in New Zealand’s Parliament
New Zealand did once have an upper house known as the Legislative Council. Is there are argument that it should be re-introduced?
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Bearing Witness to October 7
It is close to a year since the terror attacks of October 7 occurred and not a day has passed since then when its effects have not been felt around the…
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Team of Rivals: A CEO Approach to Government Leadership
Today the work begins.
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Coalition Talks: Marry in Haste, Repent at Leisure
The delay has been characterized by several political commentators as ‘humiliating’ for Luxon, but is it?
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Gen Z in Da House
A younger, newer brand of politics is about to become a feature in New Zealand's  Parliament
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New Zealand appoints its Chief Restructuring Officer
Prime Minister or Chief Restructuring Officer - only time will tell.
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The Nature of Political Power
An update on progress and a personal anecdote about an exchange that I had over dinner with the former Lord Chancellor in Tony Blair's government…
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