Ardern Diplomacy
March/April 2018
Volume 43
Number 2
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Jacinda Ardern – ready for global diplomacy?
Ken Ross assesses the new prime minister’s capacity to perform on the world
stage
APEC post-2020
Brian Lynch comments on APEC leaders’ launch of a review to chart APEC’s forward path and identify its on-going place in regional economic architecture
Populism: a threat that lingers
Stuart McMillan outlines reasons why populism may continue to influence politics in many countries in the immediate future.
The Mark Twain syndrome — why cities might rule (sometime)
Colin James predicts that megacities may in time challenge the nation-state system that has underlain international affairs for five centuries.
The future of Europe: a Polish perspective
Krzysztof Szczerski argues the need for the European project to be rooted in the will of the citizens and firmly established upon loyal co-operation of the states.
The menace of the fall armyworm
Lere Amusan and Seyi Olelekan Olawuyi discuss climate change, ‘foreign insect’ and food security challenges in Nigeria and South Africa.
STUDENT PERSPECTIVE - The enemy of my ally is my friend?
Ben Williams and Matthew Morrison discuss America’s increasingly complex relations in the Middle East.
BOOKS
Stephen Hoadley: New Zealand Trade Negotiations (Charles Finny).
Graham Allison: Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? (Anthony Smith).
Jonathan Fenby: Will China Dominate the 21st Century (Peter Harris).
Lynne Olson: Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood With Britain In Its Darkest, Finest Hour (Stephen Hoadley).
OBITUARY
Professor Athol Wilson Mann CMG
INSTITUTE NOTES
National Office and branch activities
CORRESPONDENCE
Jacinda Ardern – ready for global diplomacy?
Ken Ross assesses the new prime minister’s capacity to perform on the world
stage
APEC post-2020
Brian Lynch comments on APEC leaders’ launch of a review to chart APEC’s forward path and identify its on-going place in regional economic architecture
Populism: a threat that lingers
Stuart McMillan outlines reasons why populism may continue to influence politics in many countries in the immediate future.
The Mark Twain syndrome — why cities might rule (sometime)
Colin James predicts that megacities may in time challenge the nation-state system that has underlain international affairs for five centuries.
The future of Europe: a Polish perspective
Krzysztof Szczerski argues the need for the European project to be rooted in the will of the citizens and firmly established upon loyal co-operation of the states.
The menace of the fall armyworm
Lere Amusan and Seyi Olelekan Olawuyi discuss climate change, ‘foreign insect’ and food security challenges in Nigeria and South Africa.
STUDENT PERSPECTIVE - The enemy of my ally is my friend?
Ben Williams and Matthew Morrison discuss America’s increasingly complex relations in the Middle East.
BOOKS
Stephen Hoadley: New Zealand Trade Negotiations (Charles Finny).
Graham Allison: Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? (Anthony Smith).
Jonathan Fenby: Will China Dominate the 21st Century (Peter Harris).
Lynne Olson: Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood With Britain In Its Darkest, Finest Hour (Stephen Hoadley).
OBITUARY
Professor Athol Wilson Mann CMG
INSTITUTE NOTES
National Office and branch activities
CORRESPONDENCE
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