Pakistan's Deterrent
January/February 2026
Volume 51
Number 1
NZIR
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Pakistan's nuclear realities versus alarmist myths
Rabia Akhtar rebuts arguments advanced in a recent Review article.
Learning to sail alone
Alfredo Perez Bravo reflects on his 50-year career in Mexico's diplomatic service.
Filling the diplomatic gap
Carmen Dalli, Gloriana Quiros Venegas and Peter Kiely discuss their roles as honorary consuls.
In the wrong place at the wrong time
John Crawford recalls the assassination of New Zealander Michael Jordan in Egypt in 1922.
REFLECTIONS
Signing off
Ian McGibbon looks back on his time as managing editor of the Review over more than four decades.
COMMENT
A negative view?
Scott Thomson comments on three important aspects of current international affairs.
REVIEW ARTICLE
Why Taiwan matters
Mark Pearson reviews three recent publications about Taiwan.
BOOKS
SIR KENNETH KEITH: Without Fear or Favour: A Life in Law (Alexander Gillespie).
GRANT ROBERTSON: Anything Could Happen (Brian Easton).
OBITUARY
Richard Frederick Nottage CNZM (Ian McGibbon).
INSTITUTE NOTES
Pakistan's nuclear realities versus alarmist myths
Rabia Akhtar rebuts arguments advanced in a recent Review article.
Learning to sail alone
Alfredo Perez Bravo reflects on his 50-year career in Mexico's diplomatic service.
Filling the diplomatic gap
Carmen Dalli, Gloriana Quiros Venegas and Peter Kiely discuss their roles as honorary consuls.
In the wrong place at the wrong time
John Crawford recalls the assassination of New Zealander Michael Jordan in Egypt in 1922.
REFLECTIONS
Signing off
Ian McGibbon looks back on his time as managing editor of the Review over more than four decades.
COMMENT
A negative view?
Scott Thomson comments on three important aspects of current international affairs.
REVIEW ARTICLE
Why Taiwan matters
Mark Pearson reviews three recent publications about Taiwan.
BOOKS
SIR KENNETH KEITH: Without Fear or Favour: A Life in Law (Alexander Gillespie).
GRANT ROBERTSON: Anything Could Happen (Brian Easton).
OBITUARY
Richard Frederick Nottage CNZM (Ian McGibbon).
INSTITUTE NOTES
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