The NZIIA Podcast
Welcome to the podcast of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs (NZIIA). Here we foster expert discussion of international affairs, especially as they relate to Aotearoa New Zealand. These are the views of those speaking, and not of the Institute. To find out more visit www.nziia.org.nz.
Episodes
19 episodes
EVENT AUDIO: Industrial policy redux: will it work?
NZIIA event in Auckland New Zealand on 17 December 2024. Industrial policy, including import substitution, has long been criticised by economists for excessive protectionism, which often led to inefficient and uncompetitive firms a...
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EVENT AUDIO: International Politics in the Pacific, Navigating Strategic Competition
On 14 November 2024 NZIIA's National Office hosted an expert panel discussion on how geostrategic competition is affecting the Pacific region and how New Zealand, Pacific countries and regional institutions can respond to this. The discussion i...
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EVENT AUDIO: Australia and New Zealand: Natural Allies?
Hosted by the Australian Institute of International Affairs and the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs on 5 December 2024. It is difficult to think of two countries more closely aligned than Australia and New Zealand. A...
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EVENT AUDIO - After Unipolarity: Where is the Asian regional order heading, and what should we be doing about it?
NZIIA Event held in Wellington on 7 August 2024. In essence, Australia’s commitment to AUKUS is a vote to help preserve Asia’s US-led unipolar strategic order. But what are the alternatives? What kinds of new regional order m...
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EVENT AUDIO: Modi 3.0 and India's global outreach, with Prof Harsh V Pant
Prof Harsh V Pant, Vice President, Studies and Foreign Policy, Observer Research Foundation talk focused on Modi 3.0 and India's Global Outreach, touching on its implications for the Indo-Pacific.
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EVENT AUDIO: How Cold War economists shaped the modern world, with Dr Alan Bollard
Recent international tensions have brought the twentieth-century Cold War battle of ideas back into the public consciousness, including via films such as Oppenheimer. But the Cold War was not only fought by militaries, politicians and scientist...
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EVENT AUDIO: Taking the Trans-Tasman relationship forward, with HE Harinder Sidhu, Australia High Commissioner to New Zealand, at NZIIA Christchurch Branch
On 17 August HE Ms Harinder Sidhu, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand, presented to the NZIIA Christchurch Branch on 'A Roadmap for the future: Taking the Trans-Tasman relationship forward.' About HE Ms Harinder Sidhu<...
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EVENT AUDIO: Development, trade and security in the Pacific : A European perspective with David McAlister MEP
On 25 July 2023 in Wellington, David McAlister MEP delivered an address on trade, development, and security in the Pacific. This event iwas delivered in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the EU Delegation to New Zealand. I...
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Ep 10 - Astropolitics & Space Command
In this episode of the NZIIA Podcast, Lachie and Tejas are joined by guest speaker Marçal Sanmartí, who in his second appearance with us discusses the what and why of Space Command. We explore New Zealand’s position in the geopolitics of space,...
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Ep 9 - Climate Change - With Ri Theodore
On this episode of NZIIA Youth Panel, we discuss briefly some of the impacts of climate change including but not limited to both international and domestic obligations of NZ, as well as some of the environmental impacts, in particular, the most...
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Ep 8 - Ukraine: Part Two - With Rob Rabel
In this episode of the NZIIA podcast, Tanis, Lachie and Patrick are joined by guest speaker Professor Rob Rabel from Poland about the ongoing war in Ukraine, how those close to the conflict are reacting and why Putin continues to attempt to leg...
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Ep 7 - Ukraine: Part One
In this episode of the NZIIA podcast, Tanis and Lachie examine the current political, economic, and military situation in Ukraine. We will discuss what Russia desires, its military success and failures, and how the international community has r...
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Ep 6 - Astropolitics
On this episode of the NZIIA podcast, Alex and Tanis chat with Marçal Sanmartí, a member of the Planetary Society and a Research Assistant for the New Zealand International Review. We explore the fast-paced and Science Fiction-like world of Ast...
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Ep 5 - Afghanistan
On this episode of the NZIIA podcast, Alex, Patrick, and Tanis discuss Afghanistan. From breaking down Afghanistan’s long history of conflict and intervention to failed attempts to restore stability and peace, to the terror attacks of 9/11 and ...
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Governor-General (NZIIA Event Audio)
On this episode of the NZIIA podcast, the Governor-General the Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy speaks to the NZIIA about the international dimensions to her role in this audio of the event. As the outgoing Governor-General, Dame Patsy reflects on her r...
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Ep 4 - International Law: Climate Change and Gender
In this episode of the NZIIA podcast, Alex and Jordan from Victoria University Law School talk to Vinod Bal, an international law researcher who has worked in Vietnam and Berlin and has completed his dissertation at the University of Waik...
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Ep 3 - Careers and Future Proofing
On this episode of the NZIIA podcast, Alex and Patrick chat to Jackson Calder, a recent graduate from Victoria University who has started his own geopolitical risk and futures modelling firm. We discuss the current transition from ...
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