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New Zealand’s dangerous strategic apathy in an uncertain age
Posted By M.L. Cavanaugh on February 12, 2020 @ 06:00
It may be a good thing to continue doing nothing as at present and trust in the mercy of God to a people too selfish and lazy to help themselves. We can say, truly, that New Zealand cannot alone defend herself…so, perhaps, we had better leave it to others, or deny that there is any danger and get on with our amusements and the rapid erosion of our land. Or we can pull ourselves together and act as a grown up Nation.
New Zealanders have a deep sense of complacency about their security and feel that they’re very far away from the problems that we are seeing unfold in other parts of the world—that’s just not true anymore … Here is an actual challenge to our sovereignty—and a New Zealand family who have had their safety threatened—and our government is not defending them.
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[1] vote: https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/new-zealands-ardern-will-seek-re-election-in-sept-19-vote/
[2] Major General Sir Howard Kippenberger: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/howard-kippenberger
[3] warned: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies/documents/discussion-papers/the-strategic-thinking-of-maj-gen-sir-howard-kippenberger.pdf
[4] Ring of Fire: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/what-is-the-ring-of-fire-and-how-does-it-affect-new-zealand
[5] 95%: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-12/5-things-california-can-learn-from-new-zealands-big-earthquake
[6] described: https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/australia/100000006412249/new-zealand-shooting-jacinda-ardern.html
[7] Several thousand were killed: https://teara.govt.nz/en/new-zealand-wars
[8] historian: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/916785.Queen_Victoria_s_Little_Wars
[9] written: https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p22051/pdf/book.pdf
[10] 100% there for the taking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUYbI64QHI
[11] thesis: https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2010/08/power-shift
[12] 84%: https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=139163383350527;res=IELNZC;subject=Commerce
[13] referred: https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/columnists/81343959/on-the-offensive-with-our-defence-force
[14] said: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10530432
[15] dropped by nearly two-thirds: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS?locations=NZ
[16] personnel: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.TOTL.P1?locations=NZ
[17] 2001: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/1329673/New-Zealand-scraps-air-force-warplanes.html
[18] pledged: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/asia/1985-06-01/new-zealands-security-policy
[19] unarmed neutrality: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/beware-australians-bearing-praise-a-caution-for-new-zealand/
[20] greatest strategic challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4B-JZQG9FA
[21] How to defend Australia: https://www.amazon.com/How-Defend-Australia-Hugh-White/dp/1760640999/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
[22] Magic weapons: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/magic_weapons.pdf
[23] harassment by the Chinese government: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/no-longer-safe-researcher-harassed-by-china-in-her-own-country-20190128-p50u1n.html
[24] three primary assumptions: https://www.nziia.org.nz/shop/product/New-Zealand-in-World-Affairs-Vol--1-1945-1957/4484.aspx