Following Israel and the US’ large-scale attacks on Iran, and Israel’s continued war on Gaza, this has raised the question on the future of international order.
News and Editorial Director Joel spoke to the Executive Director of the Britain Palestine Project, Dr Brian Brivati, about this turning point in international order, and what we should expect heading forward.
The United States is increasingly moving away from global institutions in a pursuit of populist isolationism. In its wake, it leaves multilateral organisations founded on the assumption of US support, which many smaller nations are dependent on for foreign affairs, health support, defence, or trade.
The World Trade Organisation is facing such pressures now, with a looming threat of US exit following similar policies curbing the organisation’s influence. To discuss what the WTO is, how dependent it is on US support, and what it could mean for a changing global society if the US withdrew, News Director Castor spoke to Professor of Law at the University of Auckland, Jane Kelsey.
Current US foreign policy under the Trump administration has significantly broken with long-term partnerships and traditional structures of the so-called international rules based order. With the US being at odds with its long-term strategic partners Canada and Europe, the future of NATO as well as security in the pacific have become contentious issues. Trump’s actions have revealed contradictions within the previous dominant functioning of International Relations with his administration’s foreign policy radically utilising the power position asserted and given to the US on the world stage.
Flo spoke to Dr John Battersby, senior fellow for the center for defence and security studies at Massey University about current global security, the practical absence of an international rule based order and implications of US foreign policy on New Zealand.
In a follow-up to last week, Neutral Corner examines the contrasting coverage given to US-led strikes in Syria by CNN and PressTV, with a cold open by Alex Jones.
This Day in History looks at the 1986 People Power Revolution in the Phillipines, which led to the overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos, who had for around a decade ruled the country as an effective dictator.
This Day in History takes us back to 1963, for the militant deployment of the Birmingham police department against an anti-segregationist march led by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
The Commerce Commsion's decision to sue Wilson Parking over a Wellington City monopoly has led to discussions on fair parking prices for consumers. Bailley spoke to Head of Research at Consumer NZ Jessica Wilson to talk about the concentration of service providers for consumers
Heidi and Prairie catch up with museum curator, Tharron Bloomfield and baber Marnie Pou Te Rata. As a museum curator, perhaps taking more of a view of what a practice and its objects tell us about a culture and our world, we talk about Marnie's barbering practice and the adventures it has led to, including a stint with a business in The Netherlands, as a living artform.
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