Address by Chair at AGM 2026
Dr James Kember, Former Chair of the National Board NZIIA, 2024-2026
New Zealand
Geopolitics
In a fractured world order, where does the global south fit in?
Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva - Lecturer, National Security College, Australian National University
Asia
Geopolitics
New NZIIA Executive Director Appointed
Catherine Grant-Makokera
New Zealand
Geopolitics
India’s cautious embrace of trade
Henry Storey, Manager - Projects, Research and Analysis, Dragoman
Asia
Trade and Economics
Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored
Monica Duffy Toft Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Defence and Security
Iran oil crisis: why NZ’s car dependence is now a strategic liability
Timothy Welch Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
New Zealand
Energy and Environment
Membership
NZIIA membership is open to anyone interested in understanding the importance of global affairs to the political and economic well-being of New Zealand.