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"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ 2023 strategic foreign policy assessment,
“Navigating a shifting world”, accurately foresaw a more uncertain and complex
time ahead for New Zealand. But already it feels out of date.
The Trump administration’s extreme disruption of the international order (which
New Zealand helped construct) is going further and faster than foreseen in the
assessment. Were another nation responsible, the government would have been
quick to condemn it.
But New Zealand has so far been largely mute while Trump has quit the World
Health Organization and the Paris Climate Accord, attacked foreign assistance
programs and withdrawn funding from key United Nations organisations.
Had Russia or China threatened the annexation or acquisition of Canada, Panama
and Greenland, New Zealand would have reacted strongly. But it has said nothing
substantive.
The United States still belongs to the World Trade Organization and various
regional trade agreements. But Trump’s use of tariffs threatens havoc
throughout the multilateral trade system.
Similarly, Trump has not quit the International Court of Justice. But his
proposal to remove two million Palestinians from Gaza amounts to an unequivocal
rejection of the court’s recent ruling on Israeli policies and practices in the
Occupied Territories – as well as international law.
On all these fronts, New Zealand has preferred not to make a stand."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
