By Keith Locke
The following article was published on Newsroom on 23 June 2022
Keith Locke explains why the Prime Minister’s decision to attend the Nato Leaders meeting might make David Lange turn in his grave The invitation for Prime Minister...
This article was published in the Daily Blog on 1 April 2022
Every now and again there’s a scare story about China trying to establish a military base in the South Pacific.In 2018 it was Vanuatu’s turn. Australia’s Fairfax...
The following article was first published in the Daily Blog on 20 September 2021
There are multiple reasons for nuclear-free New Zealanders to be upset about Australia’s plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.Much of the commentary has focused on the exclusion...
By Keith Locke
The following article was published in the Daily Blog on 4 September 2021
Our government has understandably been preoccupied with helping refugees leave Afghanistan. But now the focus should shift to emergency aid for Afghanistan itself.UN Secretary-General...
The article below appeared on the Daily Blog on 2 September 2020
Most New Zealanders don’t trust Donald Trump. By and large they oppose his “America First” stance, which is making effective cooperation between nations very difficult.Why then are...
The Covid-19 crisis is shaking up our thinking in a number of areas, not least on foreign policy.In the 1980s we were excluded from the Anzus alliance for daring to declare New Zealand nuclear-free. Since then we have supposedly...
By Keith Locke
Why are we still looking to America first when it comes to our decisions on which countries to engage with, asks former MP Keith Locke.
Britain’s decision to resist American pressure and let Huawei into its 5G network...
How can New Zealand claim to have an independent foreign policy when it won’t even criticise America’s assassination of Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian leader?
The furthest foreign minister Winston Peters went was to express “strong concern” at the “heightening...
This piece was originally published on The Daily Blog.
Donald Trump came to power to “Make America Great Again” by asserting US economic and technological dominance over all other countries, particularly the rising economic power, China.
This desire to remain top...