🍳 ☕ Brekkie at Day's Bay with a stunning view 🐓, and @Diplosphere breaking the news! 📰 "China pitches itself as the anti-Trump to Wellington crowd" by Thomas Manch, The Post, Wellington. 📖 Read the article here: thepost.co.nz/politics/36050…

Thanks @Diplosphere for hosting your lunch with the Chinese Ambassador this week. Given Christopher Luxon met Xi Jinping in Peru -- and the Chancay port opened there during APEC -- it was a great opportunity to highlight the potential for #SouthernLink air & sea connections with NZ

Matthew O'Meagher Christopher Luxon Thanks for joining us Matthew O'Meagher and for your important question re the SouthernLink, especially given your participation in the latest APEC in Peru.

🇨🇳🇳🇿🇮🇳 Our latest from #Diplostack: The China-New Zealand Relationship with an Indian Twist! 🌏✨ @Diplosphere Dan O'Brien Farheen Hussain open.substack.com/pub/diplospher…

Pleased to receive Maty Nikkhou-O'Brien & DanOBrien of @Diplosphere Pakistan High Commission New Zealand for a broad ranging discussion on Pakistan’s 🇵🇰 place in the world.

Endorse @Diplosphere mission of promoting independent thinking in diplomacy by refusing to view the world from one fixated point 👏

Thank you High Commissioner Faisal Aziz Ahmed for the warm welcome and the engaging discussion. It was a privilege to exchange views on Pakistan’s dynamic role on the global stage. Looking forward to continuing the dialogue. Dan O'Brien 🇵🇰🇳🇿

The Gospel of St Matthew states, that the infant Jesus was visited by "magi from the east." These men were almost certainly from Persia, whose territories filled all the eastern lands as far as India. As "wise men" and star-gazers, it is likely they were Zoroastrian priests. Here

🌊🌏 The #Pacific: Site of a New "Great Game" or a Nuclear-Free, Independent Region? AUT University's Dr Marco de Jong Marco de Jong, Pacific Historian on New Zealand's role in the Pacific By @Diplosphere Dan O'Brien #nzpol Watch the discussion here: open.substack.com/pub/diplospher…

🌍 @Diplosphere Dialogues: Bridging Horizons with Pakistan 🇵🇰 Tune in to our conversation with H.E. Dr. Faisal Aziz Ahmed on Pakistan's diplomatic and historical significance. Dan O'Brien Pakistan High Commission New Zealand #Diplomacy #Pakistan Watch/Listen here: open.substack.com/pub/diplospher…

“If New Zealand opts to remain in Five Eyes it should do so only on the basis that, at the bottom line, intelligence does not make foreign policy, it serves foreign policy; although in the case of the US, and of Australia, intelligence plainly carries the greater weight and has

Terence O'Brien on Five Eyes; Trumpian Convulsions, & Tit for Tat, by Maty Nikkhou-O'Brien open.substack.com/pub/diplospher…

The rules-based order is collapsing—what does this mean for #NZ? Join Hon David Parker & @Diplosphere to explore the impact on #security, #trade & the #Pacific, on 27 March NZ Parliament Moderated by Thomas Coughlan Registration & invite here: Diplosphere-Disorder.eventbrite.co.nz

Truly the People's House 🇳🇿 Privileged to address NZ Parliament—this time virtually from Paris—to introduce Hon David Parker's foreign policy speech at @Diplosphere, expertly moderated by Thomas Coughlan. In a time of global disorder, he urged a principled, independent path for NZ.

Here’s the David Parker’s Foreign Affairs address at @Diplosphere 👇 labour.org.nz/news-navigatin…

Just as war must be prepared, literally “made”, Pacific leaders can safeguard an Ocean of Peace through demilitarisation provisions supported by international law. With gratitude for the patient collaboration of Dylan Asafo e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

While downplaying potential involvement in AUKUS Pillar Two, NZ’s coalition government has joined a network of new strategic groupings to the same end. Helen Clark and I argue that subservience puts New Zealand’s security and sovereignty at risk. nzherald.co.nz/world/opinion-…

Spotted in Dublin. NZ, does this look familiar to you? He’s at the top … replace J by M #nzpol