https://www.scmp.com/rss/324409/feed Nicholas Khoo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics, University of Otago, New Zealand. He is author of the forthcoming book Return to Power: China and East Asia since 1978. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As New Zealand’s general election nears, the campaign focus so far has been almost exclusively on domestic issues. And yet, over the past two months, no fewer than five government documents have been released outlining the significant defence and security challenges the country now faces. If there is one theme that unites these reports, it is captured in the defence policy and strategy statement’s observation that “New Zealand is facing a more challenging strategic environment than it has in... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3232738/new-zealand-faces-tough-times-era-global-strategic-competition-amid-talk-new-cold-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3232738/new-zealand-faces-tough-times-era-global-strategic-competition-amid-talk-new-cold-war?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Aug 2023 20:00:18 +0000 The Donald Trump impeachment saga took another twist last week when the US president publicly called for China’s help in investigating the Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. It seems implausible that China can benefit from this development, not least since Foreign Minister Wang Yi has publicly reiterated Beijing’s commitment to non-interference in other states’ internal affairs. But over the last three decades, China has benefited from a string of remarkable lucky... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3032039/donald-trumps-impeachment-crisis-may-be-chinas-latest-stroke-luck?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3032039/donald-trumps-impeachment-crisis-may-be-chinas-latest-stroke-luck?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:00:12 +0000 The current crisis over North Korea’s nuclear programme is only the most recent example in a long line of disruptive behaviour from Pyongyang. In 1950, founder and supreme leader Kim Il-sung triggered the Korean war, which ended in 1953 with an armistice, not a peace treaty. So, in a very real sense, the war is not over. His grandson Kim Jong-un now rules, and is hell-bent on perfecting the ability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead on it. So, how should we... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2093912/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-knows-how-wield-nuclear-power-even?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2093912/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-knows-how-wield-nuclear-power-even?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 May 2017 06:14:16 +0000