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As we face new security threats, are our processes and institutions up to the task? International as well as national experts including Victoria Walker ISSAT Geneva, Joe Burton Nottingham, William Hoverd Massey. Join us Feb 8, University of Otago. Details otago.ac.nz/foreign-policy…

Great line up of speakers for the Otago National Security School, only three weeks away! Victoria Walker of the International Security Sector Advisory Team will talk to how national security strategies are being re-thought, both in the EU and for war-torn and fragile states.

National Security Crossroads? Wil Hoverd is Director of Massey's Centre for Defence and Security Studies. How does State discourse construct national security, what is changing in 2023 and what will be the future of NZ’s security? Wed 8 Feb. Details: otago.ac.nz/foreign-policy…

Wed 8 Feb: Andy George is the counterterrorism coordinator on the new national security strategy (due mid-year). What are the priorities for CT, three years after the Christchurch Mosque attacks, and how has the environment changed since then? Details: otago.ac.nz/foreign-policy…

At the NSS we are looking forward to the presentation by Carolyn Tremain.

Very much looking forward to this, a diverse mix of policymakers and leading experts thinking about the difficult task of rethinking national security parameters. Registrations still open. Students only $40!

Wed 8 Feb: Melanie Mark-Shadbolt will talk to “Decolonising National Security Policy" focusing on the role of Māori in national security laws, measures, programmes and policies, that would bring us closer to Te Tiriti. Register now: otago.ac.nz/foreign-policy…

Populism & Global Politics: 30 Jun-2 July. The 2023 School explores the international aspects of populism: common narratives; impact of the 2008/9 GFC; the uneasy relationship with the rules-based order. Details: otago.ac.nz/foreign-policy…

Populism & Global Politics: 30 Jun-2 July. International speakers include: David MacDonald, University of Guelph; Deborah Barros Leal Farias, University of New South Wales; Emma Briant, Monash University; Merve Genc, Kiel University. Details: otago.ac.nz/foreign-policy…

More on forthcoming international conference on Populism and Global Politics: miragenews.com/otago-foreign-…

“Populism's threats make it an important topic for this weekend’s Foreign Policy School, Professor Robert Patman says. Researchers from several countries, as well as policy analysts, will be among the speakers at the Foreign Policy School, this weekend.” odt.co.nz/news/global-in…

REGISTER NOW: New speakers include Sarah Foster (horizon scanning); Marika Hughes (strategic crisis management), Andy George (counterrorism), Hema Sridhar (technological futures), Prof. Jim Rolfe (natsec history). otago.ac.nz/foreign-policy…

Our first speaker line up for the Aspen Otago National Security Forum is Chris Taylor of ASPI, interviewing the Biden Administration’s emerging tech czar Anne Neuberger on the huge challenges artificial intelligence poses for espionage and analysis. Chris Taylor

Registrations now open: Aspen-Otago National Security Forum, Sat 11 Oct, QT Hotel (above Rydges), Queenstown. We are excited that the counterterrorism lead, NZ Security Intelligence Service, will present a new Five Eyes report on Youth Radicalisation. See link below. ASPI

Just a week to go. Topics include foreign interference, youth radicalisation, South Korean nukes, Pacific security, intelligence reviews, AI and espionage, Antarctica, and diplomacy and national security. ASPI Aspen Institute New Zealand To register: otago.ac.nz/foreign-policy…