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Luxon meets Modi: why a ‘good’ NZ-India trade deal is preferable to a ‘perfect’ one

As Christopher Luxon meets India’s Narendra Modi, his pledge to secure a trade deal in his first term still looks optimistic. But he can already...

17.03.2025 60

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Chris Ogden

Elon Musk thinks the US should leave the UN – what if Trump does it?

There is a long history of calls for the US to abandon the United Nations, and Trump has already turned the old world order on its head.

06.03.2025 50

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Chris Ogden

As Trump abandons the old world order, NZ must find its place in a new ‘Pax Autocratica’

As Donald Trump embraces a multipolar world where raw power dominates, New Zealand will find itself in a global minority of democracies.

11.02.2025 10

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Chris Ogden

Manufacturing crisis: the challenge of Trump 2.0’s ‘power in chaos’ for other democracies

The second Trump presidency is likely to foster instability, uncertainty and fear at home and abroad. But other countries can find common cause to...

20.01.2025 10

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Chris Ogden

India is the new China – NZ needs to see the bigger picture in trade negotiations

Anyone who has followed New Zealand’s protracted trade negotiations with India will know any new announcement of progress needs to be taken with a...

09.12.2024 2

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Chris Ogden

Trump joins Putin, Xi and Modi as the ‘four horsemen’ of global authoritarianism

The election of Donald Trump for his second presidential term has led to widespread fears of an imminent authoritarian descent in the United...

25.11.2024 3

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Chris Ogden