Reuben Steff
@ReubenSteff
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Geopolitics/Strategic Studies @waikato | Interests: Great Power Competition | Emerging Tech | Small States | US/NZ Foreign Policy.
Hamilton City, New Zealand
Joined April 2015
My new book - New Zealand's Geopolitics and the US-China Competition - is OUT! https://t.co/O8yYlcPmEr. Possible book launches around #NewZealand to come. #nzpol TOC: Ch. 1: New Zealand's Geopolitical Awakening in the Second Cold War Ch. 2: Theoretical Framework: Geopolitical
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Peters: "We face the most challenging strategic circumstances in #NewZealand's modern history, and certainly the worst that anyone today working in politics or foreign affairs can remember".
rnz.co.nz
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has spoken to his US counterpart about defence and trade this morning.
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(5) World Bank Logistics Performance Index WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index World Happiness Report Social Progress Index.
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(4) Transparency International – Corruption Perceptions Index World Press Freedom Index (RSF) OECD PISA (15-year-old learning outcomes) UNDP Human Development Index (HDI) Yale Environmental Performance Index (EPI) Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI)..
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(3) IMD World Competitiveness Ranking IMD World Digital Competitiveness IMD World Talent Ranking Heritage Index of Economic Freedom Global Innovation Index (WIPO) UN E-Government Development Index Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI). World Justice Project – Rule of Law Index..
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(2) I'm trying to thread together a few different things. What stands out is how far NZ is falling across a range of metrics/international indexes. In some cases, we have sharply fallen in only a couple yrs. A non-exhaustive list of indexes reporting our decline:
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(1) For those tracking #NewZealand's decline I'm giving a presentation at the 5th @UCNZ conference on the Indo-Pacific in a couple weeks. Title 'New Zealand’s Foreign Policy and Internal Systemic Decline in the Post-Liberal Age'.. (4 posts below)
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Thanks to @waikato for hosting a launch for my new book, New Zealand's Geopolitics and the US-China Competition, last week. And thanks to all the students and staff who came out for it. If you are interested, you can grab yourself a copy of the book here:
amazon.com
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New podcast🎙️ How can #NZ and #Australia strengthen their alliance to face shared security challenges, amidst #US uncertainty and strategic competition with #China? @davidcapie and Nicholas Khoo join @DavidMAndrews to discuss NZ’s evolving foreign and defence policy. Listen⤵️
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My latest with Nicholas Khoo (University of Otago):
nzherald.co.nz
Nicholas Khoo and Reuben Steff say that the US balances China’s assertiveness.
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Data from the team @Starboard_NZ being used to shine a light on China’s strategy in pacific.
🚨NOW WE KNOW🚨 Q: Why was 🇨🇳#China's deep-sea research ship Tan Suo Yi Hao traversing 🇦🇺#Australia's southern coast? This route clearly was not the most direct back to its home port of Sanya--it obviously had another objective. A: The Diamantina Trench. I'll explain...🧵1/10👇
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Intriguing to see how smart geopolitics-watchers can have very different takes on what's happening right now. For example the lads of the Multipolarity Podcast are very skeptical of Europe's purported (re) militarisation. Contra, David McWilliams on his podcast believes we are
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Interesting discussion (and likely provocative to some) here for those interested in New Zealand/Australia/South Pacific geostrategic security in coming years: https://t.co/oj64TDEygA
#nzpol #auspol #NewZealand #Australia #Oceania #Pacific #Southpacific @waikato @nzinitiative
nzinitiative.org.nz
In this episode, Oliver Hartwich and former Australian Department of Home Affairs Secretary Michael Pezzullo discuss growing regional security threats, with Pezzullo warning of a 10-20% chance of...
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Next Thursday in Auckland (courtesy of @NZIIA_live) I'll be discussing my new book ('New Zealand's Geopolitics and the US-China Competition') and some of the big geopolitical developments roiling the world, and our region, right now. Do come along! To register👇
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Had a great chat recently with @petergnz on the Business of Tech Podcast. We covered the interplay between shifting global and South Pacific geopolitics and New Zealand, AUKUS Pillar 2 and technological change, armed neutrality and national resilience, conflict scenarios, etc.
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He may have a point. Irrespective of whether there will be a fundamental 'break' in NATO (until it happens I assume the US commitment to Europe will be sustained) the Europeans should now engage in self-help. Indeed, they should have started a long time ago.
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This is huge > “I don’t know if we’ll ever be successful completely at peeling them off of a relationship with the Chinese,” Rubio said when asked if Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine are similar to Nixon’s famous moment of heading to China to curb the Soviet Union. “I
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Unannounced Chinese naval drills in the Tasman Sea, roughly 400 nautical miles off Sydney's coast, have reportedly disrupted air traffic in the region - this visual plots the incident area, along with known flight routes & air traffic in the region during the exercise today
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