NZ Foreign Policy Under Trump 2.0 (print copy)
July/August 2026
Volume 51
Number 4
NZIR
NZ$35.00 (INCL. GST)
Buffeted by the Storm: Aotearoa New Zealand Foreign Policy in the Era of the Second Trump Administration
Robert G. Patman considers Aotearoa New Zealand’s foreign policy framing and the challenges posed by the second Donald Trump era.
Pacific New Zealanders’ Perceptions of Asia:
Considerations for Aotearoa New Zealand–Asia–Pacific Relations
Ashalyna Noa, Fine Lavoni Koloamatangi and Kaleb Uri-ke, authors of a new Asia New Zealand Foundation report, outline their findings.
The European Far-Right and Ontological (In)Security:
Implications for Aotearoa New Zealand
Cameron Grigg examines the rise of the far-right in Europe, and the implications for the relationship with Aotearoa New Zealand.
ESSAY PRIZE WINNER
How Can Small States Make a Difference in World Politics?
Thomas Cole explores the ways in which small states leverage power in the international system.
ANNIVERSARY
Korea to Iran: From Rules-Based Order to Might is Right
Ian McGibbon reflects on the Battle of Kapyong, part of the UN intervention in the Korean War, and questions the place of the UN system in today’s conflicts.
BOOKS
David Van Reybrouck: Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World (Peter Harris)
Robert G. Patman, Peter Grace, Balazs Kiglics and Dennis Wesselbaum: New Zealand’s Foreign Policy Under the Jacinda Ardern Government: Facing the Challenge of a Disrupted World (Stephen Hoadley)
Ann Beaglehole: How to be an Alien: A sort of Memoir (Prue Hyman)
OBITUARY
Sir Kenneth Keith ONZ KBE PC KC (Sir Geoffrey Palmer, with additional reflections from Brian Lynch)
INSTITUTE NOTES
Buffeted by the Storm: Aotearoa New Zealand Foreign Policy in the Era of the Second Trump Administration
Robert G. Patman considers Aotearoa New Zealand’s foreign policy framing and the challenges posed by the second Donald Trump era.
Pacific New Zealanders’ Perceptions of Asia:
Considerations for Aotearoa New Zealand–Asia–Pacific Relations
Ashalyna Noa, Fine Lavoni Koloamatangi and Kaleb Uri-ke, authors of a new Asia New Zealand Foundation report, outline their findings.
The European Far-Right and Ontological (In)Security:
Implications for Aotearoa New Zealand
Cameron Grigg examines the rise of the far-right in Europe, and the implications for the relationship with Aotearoa New Zealand.
ESSAY PRIZE WINNER
How Can Small States Make a Difference in World Politics?
Thomas Cole explores the ways in which small states leverage power in the international system.
ANNIVERSARY
Korea to Iran: From Rules-Based Order to Might is Right
Ian McGibbon reflects on the Battle of Kapyong, part of the UN intervention in the Korean War, and questions the place of the UN system in today’s conflicts.
BOOKS
David Van Reybrouck: Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World (Peter Harris)
Robert G. Patman, Peter Grace, Balazs Kiglics and Dennis Wesselbaum: New Zealand’s Foreign Policy Under the Jacinda Ardern Government: Facing the Challenge of a Disrupted World (Stephen Hoadley)
Ann Beaglehole: How to be an Alien: A sort of Memoir (Prue Hyman)
OBITUARY
Sir Kenneth Keith ONZ KBE PC KC (Sir Geoffrey Palmer, with additional reflections from Brian Lynch)
INSTITUTE NOTES
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