Putinversteher – one who “understands” Putin. It is meant as a slur but Professor Geoffrey Roberts, a British historian of ...

Tamatha Paul’s comments on policing have been criticised by Luxon as “insane” but a closer look at what she really said shows ...

Res Publica takes aim at modern day ‘tankies’. Pro-authoritarian leftist, who can apologise for any authoritarian regime ...

Although semiconductor chips are ubiquitous nowadays, their production is concentrated in just a few countries, and this has left the US economy and military highly vulnerable at a time of rising ...

The war between Russia and Ukraine continues unabated. Neither side is in a position to achieve its stated objectives through military force. But now there is significant diplomatic activity as well.

Prime minister Kevin Rudd released the 2009 defence white paper in May of that year. It is today remembered mostly for what it said about the strategic implications of China’s rise; its plan to double ...

Reception desk at GP surgery: if you have got this far you’re doing well, given NZ is spending just a third of other OECD countries on primary health care. Photo: Lynn GrievesonMōrena. Long stories ...

For the West, the demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one.” ...

Come around for teaDance me round and round the kitchenBy the light of my T.VOn the night of the electionAncient stars will fall into the seaAnd the ocean floor sings her sympathySongwriter: Bic Runga ...