Incline

15/06/2018

TPP is in the bag. But is Asia's other mega-regional trade deal about to get smaller in order to make progress?

Author Malcolm Cook Negotiating mega-regional trade deals is hard going but there are few other attractive trade diplomacy options now that the WTO is in a negotiating coma. This is...

26/04/2018

Robert Ayson on why the new Washington consensus on China is bad news for New Zealand.

Author Robert Ayson It’s not impossible to find foreign policy convergence between the Ardern government and the Trump Administration. New Zealand’s Prime Minister recently said her...

27/03/2018

New Zealand's approach to trade policy might need a re-think

When Trade Minister David Parker signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in Chile on 8 March it came just a few weeks after the Labour-led coalition...

09/03/2018

The government has promised a "re-set" of New Zealand's Pacific policy, but what kind of change are we really likely to see?

Author Jon Fraenkel During a whistle-stop tour of Samoa, Tonga, Niue and the Cook Islands, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has promised a ‘reset’ of Pacific policy. She says her government can...

21/02/2018

Will New Zealand extend its military mission in Iraq? And if so, can the government explain how it's consistent with an 'independent foreign policy'?

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08/02/2018

Robert Ayson with a wish-list for this weekend's Waiheke meeting between Winston Peters and Julie Bishop. http://www.incline.org.nz/home/the-bishop-peters-meeting-a-waiheke-wishlist

01/02/2018

New Zealand might need a fresh China policy.

Michael Powles ​There can be no doubt that the international environment in which New Zealand will have to operate in the decades ahead will be enormously more difficult than the environment...

15/12/2017

What are the prospects for the coalition government's commitment to work towards an FTA with Russia?

Author Christian Novak On page six of the Labour-NZ First coalition deal , under the innocuous heading ‘other’, is an agreement to work towards a free trade agreement (FTA) with Russia....

10/12/2017

Are the purse strings about to tighten for New Zealand's defence force? Robert Ayson thinks so.

Author: Robert Ayson ​At some point the previous government’s big money promise for defence equipment was going to run into political reality. But courtesy of the Ardern government’s...

31/08/2017

Tonga's King shocked the country last week by dissolving parliament. Christine Bogle explains what's behind this move and what it means for the country's young democracy. http://www.incline.org.nz/home/tongas-disappointing-dissolution

Author Christine Bogle Last week, Tongans were taken by surprise by a sudden proclamation from the king , Tupou VI, that, following consideration of advice from the Speaker, Parliament was...

22/08/2017

New Zealand needs to improve its mediocre aid program

Author: Jo Sprat New Zealand goes to the polls on 23 September, presenting a time of opportunity for policy renewal. What would a post-election agenda for New Zealand’s international development...

09/08/2017

How New Zealand should navigate recent US-North Korean tensions

Author Robert Ayson It’s no surprise that New Zealand strongly endorsed the UN Security Council’s latest sanctions against North Korea. One stone accounted for three birds. The first is...