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A New Pacific Trade Highway
As Washington and Beijing exchange economic fire, it is the periphery – Southeast Asia, India, Australasia – that absorbs the blast and finds new room to grow. The new trade map of the 2020s is not drawn along ideological lines but logistical ones.
Forests Ravaged for Nickel for EVs
A far more serious threat is posed by what energy analyst Vijay Jayaraj calls “the voracious EV supply chain.”
Christians Are Being Persecuted Around the World
If we are willing to compromise this much now, how will we fare when we are faced with real persecution during the years ahead?
Mamdani and the Left Trash Cuomo for Not Loving Islam Enough
The debate made it painfully obvious the fix is in.
She Is Looking the Other Way
Chlöe Swarbrick: fighting for Gaza while ignoring Auckland’s homeless crisis.
‘Broadcasting’ Too Wide a Net
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) attempted overreach is just another example of bureaucratic and judicial hubris, and it is time for parliament to reassert its sovereignty.
Oh Dear, Poor Goldsmuck
Paul Goldsmith shows why the Nats are doomed as a major political party.
The Voters Deliver a Wake-up Call
The time for complacency is over. And this should be a wake-up call for the coalition: they should see the referendum result as their failure to rid the country of the influence of He Puapua.
History Doesn’t Repeat but It Rhymes
Today, the events are rhyming with the events that led to WWI. There is a lot known about the reasons for WWII, and Hitler is everybody’s fascist to denounce, but before him, there was another insecure German leader who helped launch World War I.
Are Any Peoples Truly Indigenous?
Everywhere, conquest and migration and displacement are woven into the fabric of local history.
Trump Endorses Javier Milei for Midterm Elections
If the Peronists return to power, no money for Argentina.
The Silence of the ‘Peace’ Crowd
It’s a silence more revealing than any chant. It exposes the moral bankruptcy of those who posture as humanitarians while echoing the slogans of Hamas.
One Rule for Some, Another for Others
Authorities shut down the March for New Zealand protest.
