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Donald Trump

A container ship being loaded at the Port of Long Beach, California.
The Australian

Why Donald Trump’s tariffs may not be worth the paper money they’re written on – nor ours

25 March 2025

Almost two decades ago, I published my first journalistic article.

People gather behind barriers at an Anzac Day parade in Brisbane.
The Australian

The US is in retreat as China rises: it’s time for ANZAC 2025

20 March 2025

Donald Trump’s February call with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine’s future marked the end of the post-war order.

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Newsroom

Putin’s dangerous war games

18 March 2025

Geopolitics offers no shortage of distractions.

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The New Zealand Herald

Acute threat to New Zealand as Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten globalisation

13 March 2025

“On April 2, reciprocal tariffs kick in,” declared United States President Donald Trump in his recent address to Congress.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet in Helsinki in 2018.
Newsroom

It’s Trump’s defenders, not detractors, who have ‘Derangement Syndrome’

4 March 2025

The Kremlin’s poisoning of democratic discourse has reached New Zealand.

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Newsroom

The day the West died

18 February 2025

When US President Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin on February 12, he made history – but not in a good way.

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Newsroom

Germany’s traffic light coalition gets stuck on red

12 November 2024

It all began with a selfie. Four beaming politicians captured their own optimism in the late German autumn of 2021.

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Insights

Trump’s victory: Golden age or fiscal reckoning?

8 November 2024

In his victory speech, Donald Trump promised Americans a new “golden age”.

Niall Ferguson at CIS Consilium 2024
Newsroom

Why it’s dangerously misguided to ignore threat of new axis

29 October 2024

Having worked at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney from 2008 to 2012, I know how inspirational the think tank’s annual Consilium conference can be.

Mark Rutte
Newsroom

New NATO leader arrives at a crunch time

15 October 2024

There are easier jobs than NATO Secretary-General.

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Oliver Hartwich

I run The New Zealand Initiative, a Wellington think tank that argues for free markets, limited government and institutions that work. I grew up in Germany's Ruhrgebiet and worked in London and Sydney before moving to New Zealand in 2012. This site collects two decades of my columns, reports, speeches and interviews, with the occasional satire.

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The Martian Audit (2026)

Two Martian auditors land in the Wairarapa and are promptly fined for parking without consent. A satirical novella, free to download as PDF or EPUB.

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In the Meantime (2026)

Investing in a more tribal, less rational world. Written for the Da Vinci Lecture at the Portfolio Construction Forum. Free to read online.

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Leonardo's Legacy (2025)

Why investment professionals must become civilisational stewards. Written for the first Da Vinci Lecture at the Portfolio Construction Forum. Free to read online.

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