Gordon Campbell on the fuss and fighting over the PM’s Pacific Forum trip
Dutifully, the Pacific Islands Forum meeting is described each year as the region’s most important gathering of leaders…
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Is She Our Best Hope to Defeat Donald Trump?
Currently, Amy Klobuchar is enjoying 60% approval ratings in a state that Hillary Clinton won in 2016 by only 1.5 percentage points.
Gordon Campbell on the EU’s battle with Washington, over Iran
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini used the occasion in Wellington to challenge the White House intensely, over Iran.
Gordon Campbell on why Japan is our new best friend
On Thursday, Acting PM Winston Peters will be playing host to the nearest thing to his doppelganger in the Asia-Pacific region.
Gordon Campbell on why the US needs MMP
There’s a highly undemocratic reason why hopes of the US midterm elections putting a break on the Trump presidency may be frustrated.
Gordon Campbell on the White House romance with Russia
Tough on Europe over trade, at the G-7. Tough on Europe over defence, at NATO. And utterly smitten as usual by Vladimir Putin at the Helsinki summit.
Keep Out: Madam Pele At Work
Tracking Hawaii’s ongoing volcanic eruption
Gordon Campbell on family separations, and family publicity
The recent upsurge in asylum seekers is only a fraction of the 1,643,679 people who sought asylum in fiscal year 2000 without the US sinking under the weight.
Gordon Campbell on tomorrow’s EU trade talks with NZ
One of the world’s most influential bureaucrats will launch the process of a trade pact between the EU and NZ.
Gordon Campbell on the Waikeria Prison decision
When and how does the government propose to change the key drivers of New Zealand’s bizarrely high – and economically unaffordable – rates of imprisonment?
Gordon Campbell on the media’s untruth-in-packaging problem with the Trump circus
After shredding America’s relationships with its traditional G-7 allies, US President Donald Trump is about to sit down to pursue a deal with North Korea
Gordon Campbell on what we can expect from the talks with North Korea
We are now only a week away from the meeting in Singapore between North Korea’s Kim Yong–Un and US President Donald Trump
Gordon Campbell on racism and the Windsors
For all the talk of the modernizing effect Meghan Markle could have on the Royal Family, the House of Windsor may be resistant to any change beyond the purely decorative.
Gordon Campbell on the Gaza killings
The demonstrations had come in the wider context of laws designed to restrict the movement and employment of those penned up in the equivalent of an open air prison…
Gordon Campbell on the PM’s Indonesian guest, West Papua and Perfume Genius
As David Lange once said, it is almost impossible to get New Zealand to think about Indonesia, the huge nation sitting right on our doorstep.
Gordon Campbell on the #MeToo movement in Sweden
The #MeToo campaign has been approached by Sweden in an impressively systematic fashion.
Gordon Campbell on our unthinking readiness to confront China
Other countries regard trade deals as an adjunct of diplomacy and defence and proceed accordingly.
Gordon Campbell on the gun debate, here and in the US
Gun ownership in the US is a mystery to New Zealanders, and so is the constitutional fetish that surrounds it.
Gordon Campbell on the Mueller probe, and Russia’s economy
In itself, the indictment of 13 Russian nationals wlll do little to change views on the Mueller investigation
Gordon Campbell on this week’s sharemarket panic
The Dow has precious little to do with the NZ sharemarket…
Gordon Campbell on the Nunes memo, and the alleged liberal plot against Trump
Every now and then the US system erupts and throws up a piece of political magma that can’t be described or explained in any rational fashion.
Gordon Campbell on the selling out of the Kurds
Once every decade, the Kurds flicker across the Western world’s radar, usually in the role of victims.
Gordon Campbell on Oprah as a presidential hopeful
Oprah for President…That was one of those summer silly season stories, right ? Maybe not. On the morning after the Golden Globes Awards ceremony where […]
Gordon Campbell on why a ‘hard Brexit’ has hit a brick wall
It has been a grimly fascinating week for Brexit train (wreck) spotters.
Gordon Campbell on the political risks of the rising price of oil, and Harry/Meghan
The price of oil at the pump is always a highly political issue.
Meet the new bosses
Zimbabwe, on the morning after…
From the Hood : Mateship
A List of Thing Mates Don’t Let Mates Do, Based on a Google Search and/or the Fact Asylum Seekers are Human Beings
Zimbabwe: new democracy, or a false dawn?
There’s a precedent for the fall of Mugabe…
Gordon Campbell on Ardern’s trade battles at APEC
The question is not whether the original TPP will be changed – it will be by how much, depending on what extent of changes the signatories can abide.
Can Thor (Please!) Save Moloka‘i?
Prime Parts of Hawaii Are for Sale, As Is Where Is