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Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacy

  • Written by Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago
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President Donald Trump’s recently-issued National Security Strategy marks a decisive break in United States foreign policy. It also poses an uncomfortable challenge for New Zealand and other countries that have long depended on a rules-based order.

The document formalises the most significant shift in Washington’s global...

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