Sports Diplomacy
March/April 2016
Volume 41
Number 2
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Sports diplomacy: New Zealand’s hardest soft power?
Steve Jackson offers a cautionary note and Mark Gilbert and Sir Jim McLay provide further perspectives.
ANZUS: ‘our richest prize’ or ‘that scrap of paper’?
Ken Ross examines the intellectual underpinnings of New Zealand’s search for a comfortable relationship with the United States.
CHOGM 2015: the invisible summit holds out promise for rejuvenation
David McIntyre reviews the recent Commonwealth gathering in Malta.
Strategic liberalism and Kiwi maximalism
Reuben Steff suggests a new paradigm as a basis for New Zealand foreign policy.
The ‘beautiful island’ speaks
Stuart Vogel discusses the recent Taiwanese presidential elections.
Assessing New Zealand’s climate target ambition
Catherine Leining, Brian Fallows and James Renwick provide perspectives on New Zealand’s climate change approach, as revealed at a recent seminar.
CONFERENCE REPORT The United Nations at 70
Brian Lynch reports on a seminar held in Wellington late last year to commemorate the world body’s significant anniversary.
BOOKS
Jean-Frederick Morin, Tereza Novotna, Frederik Ponjaert and Maria Telo (eds): The Politics of Transatlantic Trade Negotiations: TTIP in a Globalized World (StephenHoadley).
Jonathan Holslag: China’s Coming War with Asia (James To).
Bryan Denson: A Spy’s Son: The True Story of the Highest Ranking CIA Officer Ever Convicted of Espionage and the Son He Trained to Spy for Russia (Rhys Ball).
CORRESPONDENCE
INSTITUTE NOTES
OBITUARIES
Harold Huyton (‘Tim’) Francis. Roger George Weston
Sports diplomacy: New Zealand’s hardest soft power?
Steve Jackson offers a cautionary note and Mark Gilbert and Sir Jim McLay provide further perspectives.
ANZUS: ‘our richest prize’ or ‘that scrap of paper’?
Ken Ross examines the intellectual underpinnings of New Zealand’s search for a comfortable relationship with the United States.
CHOGM 2015: the invisible summit holds out promise for rejuvenation
David McIntyre reviews the recent Commonwealth gathering in Malta.
Strategic liberalism and Kiwi maximalism
Reuben Steff suggests a new paradigm as a basis for New Zealand foreign policy.
The ‘beautiful island’ speaks
Stuart Vogel discusses the recent Taiwanese presidential elections.
Assessing New Zealand’s climate target ambition
Catherine Leining, Brian Fallows and James Renwick provide perspectives on New Zealand’s climate change approach, as revealed at a recent seminar.
CONFERENCE REPORT The United Nations at 70
Brian Lynch reports on a seminar held in Wellington late last year to commemorate the world body’s significant anniversary.
BOOKS
Jean-Frederick Morin, Tereza Novotna, Frederik Ponjaert and Maria Telo (eds): The Politics of Transatlantic Trade Negotiations: TTIP in a Globalized World (StephenHoadley).
Jonathan Holslag: China’s Coming War with Asia (James To).
Bryan Denson: A Spy’s Son: The True Story of the Highest Ranking CIA Officer Ever Convicted of Espionage and the Son He Trained to Spy for Russia (Rhys Ball).
CORRESPONDENCE
INSTITUTE NOTES
OBITUARIES
Harold Huyton (‘Tim’) Francis. Roger George Weston
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