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089809
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The ortigin of NZAID lie in the need for expertise, experience, continuity and accountability in aid provision, These had been difficult to achieve under the old arrangements focused on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Aid Division. Most diplomats viewed aid work as a temporary distraction from diplomatic postings, not as a career choice. The establishment of a career service was designed to rectify this situation, rather than to ensure a political compromise in 2002. In aid provision there are no quich fixes.Fifty years of experience has shown how hard it is to generate life enhancing economic activity in the pacific islands. The government should tread warily in the field, and should not ignore voluntary sector experience. This article cricises the government's new approach to aid provision.
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089805
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2009.
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New Zealand and Russia established official relations in 1944 at the time when both were at war with Nazi Germany. But ties between the two countries go back much further. The first Russian to visit New Zealand did so in 1821, members of the first Russian Antarctic expedition led by Captain Bellingshausen.
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089815
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2009.
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This article reflects on the shape of 21st century world affairs. The impact of the current global financial crisis and economic crisis has exposed the inadequacies of international institutions. The traditional powers, whose negligence is largely responsible for the crisis, seem reluctant to share authority with the newly emergent economies upon whom the world must now rely for its recovery. The impacts of globalization, of greater militarization and weapons proliferation in international affairs, and of the dynamics of regionalism in international affairs, and of the dynamics of regionalism will all, however, shape a new hybrid order that will be more diverse and will require deeper understanding of forces like Islam that influence international relations. To be modern and successful in such a world, a country will not necessarily have to be Western.
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089804
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2009.
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As a small country, New Zealand struggles to assert itself in the world, in complete contrast to a great power like Russia. Its military forces are small in size and will never tip the balance in pursuit of diplomatic objectives. Its economy is, in world terms, insignificant. Nor does New Zealand have any centuries-long diplomatic tradition. Its foreign service developed only during the Second World War.
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089824
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2009.
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This article deals with the round table held at Victoria University of Wellington. The central themes of discussion were to focus on the need to rebalance the control of aid and other resource flows; to increase local ownership and management while decreasing the weight of foreign decision-making; to modify systems and processes to better accommodate local conditions to better accommodate local conditions and customary practice; and to reinforce the value of collective and regional approaches in overcoming the current problems of development across the Pacific.
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089807
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2009.
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Since the election the government has reviewed the existing approach to aid delivery and has determined to make substantial changes both to the structure of New Zealand's aid organisation and in the priorities governing the provision of aid. This article outlines the thinking of the National-led government in relation to the procvision an delivery of overseas aid.
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089819
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2009.
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This article criticises the American approach to one of the world's most pressing problems. The deteriorating security situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan presents difficult challenges for Obama administration. As yet Washington has failed to come forward with credible policy solutions. The situation is extremely complex. The most disturbing factor from the US standpoint is Pakistan's growing instability, given its nuclear status and the hostile Taliban presence. For its part Pakistan is suspicious of the new US-India alignment. Washington will need to work hard to ease the decades-old tensions between those two neighbours. India cannot be left out of the US policy response. Nor can China. Beijing's perspective on this volatile region is stretegic and not driven by concerns over specific issues.
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089806
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2009.
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Cyclone Nargis of 2-3 May 2008 devastated south-west Burma. Two major reports on the subsequent relief operations present different pictues.
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