The broken world order - I'll be talking with professor Robert Patman about chaos from the Middle East to German and American elections and are we winning your world order for trying to build a New Wo...

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Last week University of Otago Professor Robert Patman gave the annual Archibald Baxter lecture. This is an abridged version of his speech.

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On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, many of the forces now shaping NZ foreign policy can be traced back to how the US responded to the terror attacks.

Mixed messaging won’t wash with our climate-threatened Pacific Island neighbours

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Otago University International Relations Professor Robert Patman believes China’s message is one of “power projection” following its recent ballistic missile test in the Pacific Ocean. “They are reminding the world they are the second superpower. It’s a message to the [Pacific] region,” Mr Patman told News24. “It’s flexing its muscles.”

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Foreign policy rethink needed to undo reputational damage, Prof Patman urges

Wellington’s four-month diplomatic blitz aims to lock down regional allies as Washington’s commitment wavers.

International relations professor Robert Patman joins The Front Page to unpack the stakes for global shipping, energy markets, and the risk of further escalation in the Middle East

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International relations expert Robert Patman discusses allegations that a Russian man spied for New Zealand. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY

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The reignition of hostilities between the United States and Iran has again closed the Strait of Hormuz and seen Iranian missiles fired at targets throughout the Gulf states. Robert Patman, a professor...

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Anna Fifield and Phil O'Reilly. First up, Kaikoura has been today's victim of ferocious weather, with the river bursting its banks. Motel...

US intel reportedly warned Poland of a possible Russian 'provocation'.

From Otago University - Comment: NZ’s soft approach to Trump’s Iran war is exposing the strategic and economic costs of trying to hedge between principle and pragmatism, writes Robert Patman.

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When a prime minister is accusing his foreign minister of 'putting politics ahead of the national interest', it's way beyond a squabble.

New Zealand has not realised the international rules-based order is over, Robert Patman  writes. The US-led international rules-based order, as we...

Comment from Otago University: Is NZ's Trump-leaning position on the Iran war undermining the country's foreign policy in the eyes of our largest trade partner?

Billions in military aid crosses from the US to Israel but two current conflicts have many younger Americans questioning those ties.

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Canadian PM Mark Carney says middle and small powers mustn't cave in to bullying by great powers, and they should join forces to protect values and...

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Everybody's talking about World War Three, but we're as safe as safe can be… right? We asked some experts.

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The US intervention in Venezuela makes it clear NZ’s ‘softly softly’ foreign policy isn’t a feasible long-term response to a shifting world order.

University of Otago Department of Politics Professor Robert Patman claims US President Donald Trump is moving away from an international “rules-based order”. “That’s been a pattern of Trump’s second term in the White House,” Mr Patman told Sky News Australia. “Mr Trump made it quite clear he has little time for international law or international institutions unless they work in the interest of America first.”

University of Otago Department of Politics Professor Robert Patman claims the territorial “sticking point” in the Ukraine peace deal is a “game breaker”. “President Trump, when he said 95 per cent deal has nearly been done,” Mr Patman told Sky News Australia. “The five per cent, given it’s based on a territorial sticking point, looks like it could be more than a thorny sticking point, but actually a game breaker.”

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The last episode of Global Insight for 2025 reviews the biggest stories of the year.

The new US National Security Strategy marks a historic break – and a problem for the NZ government’s policy of closer strategic alignment with Washington.

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Opinion from Otago University: NZ’s approach to recognising Palestine as a state has been puzzling. How might that change if Trump’s peace plan succeeds?

By not joining its close allies over the question of Palestinian statehood, NZ risks being ‘on the wrong side of history’.