Post-Soviet Conflict
January/February 2024
Volume 49
Number 1
NZIR
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Self-determination or territorial integrity?
Rouben Azizian discusses mixed interpretations from the war in Ukraine.
Fighting the narrative battle
Natalia Chaban and Svitlana Zhabotynska examine divisive narratives in times of geopolitical uncertainty with reference to the Ukraine.
The problem of war
Kyrylo Kutcher discusses state aggression from the perspectives of political realism and liberal internationalism.
The good, the bad and the ugly
Punsara Amarasinghe revisits the shadowy history of British intelligence agencies in Sri Lanka.
A leap in the dark
Ken Ross outlines Sir Alister McIntosh’s broadcasting role in the early 1970s.
REVIEW ESSAY
The view from behind the curtain
Stephen Harris outlines what a master diplomat’s wartime diary teaches about decision-making in crisis.
ESSAY PRIZE WINNER
The United Nations: a flawed instrument
Zinzan Goertzen argues that the world body has been an ineffective actor in maintaining peace and security in the post-Cold War era.
BOOKS
Richard S. Hill and Steven Loveridge: Secret History: State Surveillance in New Zealand, 1900–1956 (Anthony Smith).
Agathe Demarais: Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests (Liam Williams).
Deon Canyon (ed): Strategic Competition & Security Cooperation in the Blue Pacific (Andrew Wierzbicki).
OBITUARIES
Edward Allan Woodfield (Andrew Wierzbicki).
Dame Alison Quentin-Baxter DNZM, QSO (Sir Kenneth Keith).
INSTITUTE NOTES
Self-determination or territorial integrity?
Rouben Azizian discusses mixed interpretations from the war in Ukraine.
Fighting the narrative battle
Natalia Chaban and Svitlana Zhabotynska examine divisive narratives in times of geopolitical uncertainty with reference to the Ukraine.
The problem of war
Kyrylo Kutcher discusses state aggression from the perspectives of political realism and liberal internationalism.
The good, the bad and the ugly
Punsara Amarasinghe revisits the shadowy history of British intelligence agencies in Sri Lanka.
A leap in the dark
Ken Ross outlines Sir Alister McIntosh’s broadcasting role in the early 1970s.
REVIEW ESSAY
The view from behind the curtain
Stephen Harris outlines what a master diplomat’s wartime diary teaches about decision-making in crisis.
ESSAY PRIZE WINNER
The United Nations: a flawed instrument
Zinzan Goertzen argues that the world body has been an ineffective actor in maintaining peace and security in the post-Cold War era.
BOOKS
Richard S. Hill and Steven Loveridge: Secret History: State Surveillance in New Zealand, 1900–1956 (Anthony Smith).
Agathe Demarais: Backfire: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests (Liam Williams).
Deon Canyon (ed): Strategic Competition & Security Cooperation in the Blue Pacific (Andrew Wierzbicki).
OBITUARIES
Edward Allan Woodfield (Andrew Wierzbicki).
Dame Alison Quentin-Baxter DNZM, QSO (Sir Kenneth Keith).
INSTITUTE NOTES
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