Towards the end of August 2015, New Zealand India Research Institute (NZIRI) at Victoria University of Wellington hosted its third international conference focussing on 'India as a Global Power in the Twenty-First Century'. Since its establishment in 2012, NZIRI has been propping up India as some magical emerging power that went into a slumber sometime … Continue reading Gains from an international conference
Kiwi spook comes in from the cold
Quite an interesting reading this weekend from POLITIK. Dr Anthony Smith talks about “one major problem - human bias”. It is not one major problem but the ultimate problem even as the resources are available in abundance to overcome this human bias. Does this problem persist due to lack of will power, human inability or … Continue reading Kiwi spook comes in from the cold
New Zealand Defence White Paper Symposium
The Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington and the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Massey University jointly hosted the 2015 New Zealand Defence White Paper (DWP) Symposium yesterday (21 May 2015). Apart from the below average venue, the symposium was a good start to an interaction with analysts outside the government. The … Continue reading New Zealand Defence White Paper Symposium
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