Research

Egyptian crackdown on Gaza blockade busters but Kiwi activists vow to ‘defeat genocide’

SPECIAL REPORT: By Saige England in Ōtautahi and Ava Mulla in Cairo Hope for freedom for Palestinians remains high among a group of trauma-struck New Zealanders in Cairo. In spite of...

Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you cannot assassinate your way to peace

ANALYSIS: By Matt Fitzpatrick In the late 1960s, the prevailing opinion among Israeli Shin Bet intelligence officers was that...

The story of the journalist on the Rainbow Warrior’s last voyage, David Robie

In April 2025, several of the Greenpeace crew visited Matauri Bay, Northland, the final resting place of the...

Is genocide the new normal? Could Israel and the US destroy Iran?

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle “Just do it, before it is too late,” US President Donald Trump said. The Western media...

Caitlin Johnstone: We are, of course, being lied to about Iran

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Iran and Israel are at war, with the US already intimately involved and likely to...

In Gaza, the West is enabling the most transparent genocide in human history

ANALYSIS: By Richard Falk Recall Samuel Huntington’s controversial, yet influential, 1993 Foreign Affairs article, “The Clash of Civilizations,” which ends with the provocative phrase, “The...

Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs

ANALYSIS: By Cassandra Mudgway The high-stress nature of working in politics is increasingly taking a toll on staff and politicians. But an additional threat to...

Fiji’s defence and security review – a pivotal step towards stability

ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh Fiji Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua’s national defence and security review initiative announced last month marks a bold and pivotal step...

New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others when it comes to international accountability

ANALYSIS: By Karen Scott In 2023, the world witnessed a sustained attack on the very foundations of the international legal order. Russia, a permanent member of...

After 3 months of devastation in the Israel-Hamas war, is anyone ‘winning’?

ANALYSIS: By Ian Parmeter The 19th century German war strategist and field marshal Helmuth von Moltke famously coined the aphorism “No battle plan survives first...

Since the war on Gaza began, violence against Palestinians has surged in the West Bank

ANALYSIS: By Tristan Dunning and Martin Kear While the world remains fixated on the devastating October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent Israeli attacks on...