Columns for Newsroom, the New Zealand news site, since 2018.
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Donald Trump, the Kaiser in Mar-a-Lago
The past month has been difficult to process.
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To stop megaphone populists triumphing, we need unlikely left-right alliance
To many on the political left, the Mont Pelerin Society represents something akin to a spectre.
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The US ditching the rules-based order leaves NZ living on a prayer
Here is a statement of American strategic priorities: “The United States cannot survive as a free and independent nation if a hostile power dominates any region of the world from which it could threaten the US.
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Trump’s Thanksgiving ultimatum trusses Ukraine like a turkey
On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faces an impossible choice.
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EU mistaking paperwork for power, acronyms for armies
Last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented her plans for 2026 to the European Parliament.
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Will Europe realise in time that it’s under Russian attack?
The annual public hearing of Germany’s intelligence chiefs is normally a tedious affair.
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EU can’t muddle through another monetary crisis
In early September, I warned that France’s politics could ignite Europe’s financial powder keg.
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Treasury warning never grows old – unlike boomers
Treasury has released a new warning about New Zealand’s fiscal future.
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How NATO failed Putin’s drone test
On Wednesday morning last week, I was getting ready for my afternoon speech at the Financial Services Council conference in Auckland.
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French powder keg set to explode
Fifteen years ago, as Greece teetered on debt default, I started covering European affairs in my columns.