Think-tank at Victoria University putting a New Zealand angle on strategic change in the Asia Pacific, global security and defence policy. css@vuw.ac.nz
Joined January 2013
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“For the first time in a decade, New Zealanders see the United States as more of a threat than China, a survey by the Asia New Zealand Foundation found, as concerns over trade disruption and global instability weigh on public sentiment.” reuters.com/world/china/new-…
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Joining Dr Charles Edel @CharlesEdel for a talk on Trump 2.0 on Wed 13 May from 2pm to 3.30pm at GBLT 3. wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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ANZMIN shows the Australia–New Zealand alliance has focus and potential | The Strategist aspistrategist.org.au/anzmin…
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Join Natalia Solieva, HE Vasyl Myroshnychenko @AmbVasyl and HE Patryk Błaszczak @PatrykBlaszczak for a discussion on Russian disinformation campaigns and lessons learned from countering them. 5.30pm-7pm on Tue 17 March at RHLT1 VUW. @davidcapie wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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Mar 11
Thrilled with the interest in the Centre for Strategic Studies conference yesterday. Grateful to @JudithCollinsKC for her opening remarks & to a terrific range of international & NZ speakers for sharing their insights. Full house & certainly no shortage of things to talk about!
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Mar 2
Speaking in Wellington next week at the CSS
conference on 'Connected Theatre or Fractured World'?
I’ll examine how undersea infrastructure, grey-zone coercion and conventional risk are converging in the maritime domain.
@DefenceUwa @LowyInstitute @NSC_ANU @davidcapie
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Mar 3
What the Iran conflict means for Russia - by @CSS_VUW Senior Fellow Ian Hill lowyinstitute.org/the-interp…
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We are delighted that Hon. Judith Collins KC, Minister of Defence, has kindly agreed to speak at the opening of our conference on 10 March. Full programme is now available.wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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To launch the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic Hub for Shared Security Challenges, join us online tonight for a keynote address by @NATO ASG @RugeBoris, followed by a panel discussion on NATO-IP4 cooperation. The event begins at 745pm NZT. Link here: youtube.com/@yonseigsis1868
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CSS Professorial Fellow Rob Rabel addresses the challenges raised by discrepant definitions of the “Indo‑Pacific” concept.wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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CSS Senior Fellow Ian Hill argues that US policy shifts have inadvertently advanced Moscow’s strategic goal, leaving allies to deal with the fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war. wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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Sam Sachdeva highlighted CSS Director @davidcapie David Capie’s comments on influential foreign policy and conflicts in 2025 and implications for NZ. wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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CSS Senior Fellow Peter Greener explains New Zealand’s deliberations over the ANZAC frigates replacement – and why two ships should not be an option. wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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Join Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to New Zealand and Australia, for a presentation on the prospects for peace in Ukraine. GBLT2 VUW, Mon 15 Dec 6pm. wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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10 Nov 2025
Looking forward to hosting the @LowyInstitute's @SamRoggeveen in Wellington next week. Sam will be speaking on "Australia, New Zealand and a post-American Asia" next Wednesday 19 November at 530pm. All welcome, but please RSVP at the link below. wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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Join us for a panel on "China and the Media Landscape in the Pacific" with Heidi Holz, Genevieve Collins, @barbaradreaver, @SamSachdevaNZ and @AnnaPowles. 📍 RHLT2, VUW Pipitea 📅 Mon 22 Sept 5:30–7:00 pm wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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11 Sep 2025
Terrific talk tonight at @CSS_VUW by Manjeet Pardesi @manjeetsp on his alternative history of the Liberal International Order as a core-periphery order. Great questions and discussion that followed.
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On 8 Sept, we will host Finland's State Sec. for Foreign Affairs & Defence Pasi Rajala to discuss Europe’s evolving security landscape & its implications for Finland & NATO, incl. Finnish views on enhancing national resilience.wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies…
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Join us for a public lecture with Dr Ian Storey from @ISEAS: Putin’s Russia and Southeast Asia: The Kremlin’s Pivot to Asia and the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War. 📅 3 Sept, 5.30–7pm | 📍Pipitea Campus, VUW. All welcome!
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