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It was a pleasure to participate in a fascinating discussion with Antony Loewenstein, Jonathan Lyons, Peter Bale and Bernard Hickey on Israel, Gaza, Iran and the Trump administration. The Hoon for Thursday 19th June 2025 youtube.com/live/cIRBCX4A3… via YouTube

This is a text-book example of how not to wage a counter-terrorist campaign.

Orbán looks reluctant to shake the hand of a leader of a country that is bravely resisting Putin's faltering imperial attempt to build a Greater Russia at Ukraine's expense...

Luxon's trips to China and NATO summit were generally positive but NZ should not agree with Rutte, NATO's chief, that Trump's bombing of Iran was consistent with international law. It clearly was not: thepost.co.nz/politics/36073…

Peter Bale, Treasa Dunworth, Jonathan Lyons and I discuss the geopolitics of Israel's preemptive attack on Iran and the fallout from Trump's willingness to join the Israeli attacks on The Hoon, 26 June 2025: youtube.com/watch?v=yN1ZXO…

If this video is genuine, it is truly shocking...

Appeasing Trump in the Middle East is not cost-free for New Zealand thespinoff.co.nz/politics/07-07…

Peter Bale, Bernard Hickey and I discuss, amongst other things, the filing of a referral by The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) to the International Criminal Court. The Hoon for Thursday 3rd July 2025 youtube.com/live/7lmFhQ41a… via YouTube

Global Insight: What mysterious death may mean for Putin and NZ | Otago Daily Times Online News odt.co.nz/news/world/glo…

Zlatti71 One thing is clear. Lavrov's "new approach" does not include ending Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine and withdrawing its occupying forces back to the internationally recognised borders of Russia...

It is now established that President Kennedy's alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had links with the CIA before the assassination...

Well said Jessica. It is astonishing that so many decision-makers in liberal democracies have such a poor grasp of history that they are unwilling or unable to absorb this essential point.

Trump says that a nomination from Netanyahu for the Noble Peace Prize is particularly "meaningful"...

Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal? Unpacking the Peace Talks youtu.be/q83XCbQ0iNs?fe… via YouTube

As is often the case, Carole Cadwalladr nails it. All these connections are not, as the Russian like to say, "a coincidence."

There is a clear strategic linkage between Putin's Ukraine invasion, backed by China, and NZ's security interests in Indo-Pacific youtu.be/HHKS_S_iLKM?fe… via YouTube

50 Years of Vietnam-New Zealand relations: vietnamplus.vn/50-nam-quan-he…

Russia-Ukraine war: Has Trump given Putin too much time in ceasefire ultimatum? newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-ho…

Sara Mckoy and I discuss the implications of a recent report entitled ‘From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide’ by UN Special Rapporteur, Ms Francesca Albanese on The Wire, 95bfm: 95bfm.com/bcast/economy-…

Igor Sushko With Trump it is not what he says, but what he actually does that counts. All this talk about advising Zelenskyy to hit Moscow is merely performative unless Trump provides the weapons that enables Zelenskyy to do that. He does not seem to have broken with Putin yet.