Category Archives: NZ Politics

Madness of the Dinosaurs: the pending war.

Blog 198. I can’t help entering into a deep depression whenever I read of Australia’s [...]

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08
Sep
Australia’s daft Foreign Policy

Blog 197. A New Zealander with Australian grand-children, looks askance at Australian foreign policy. To [...]

26
Aug
Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Blog 196 The facts of this tentative treaty are readily available on Wikipedia Treaty The [...]

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25
Aug
Leaving the western alliance – Part III

Leaving the Western alliance – Part III Blog No. 194.  Previous blogs and Parts I [...]

02
Jul
Leaving the western alliance – Part II

Blog No. 193.  This blog assumes that the reader has first read Part I. https://khakispecs.com/leaving-the-western-alliance-part-1/ [...]

01
Jul
Leaving the Western alliance – Part 1

Blog No 192. Clark interview  Helen Clark interview: Geoffrey Palmer’s comment says it all – [...]

24
Jun
RIMPAC: thoughts for senior officers participating in RIMPAC

On the 14th May 2020, the contents of this blog were sent to Ron Mark, [...]

14
Jun
The Thucydides Trap

Blog No 190. Today there are three existential perils facing humanity, nuclear war, rapid climate [...]

18
May
Time to Break Free: from now on… Part IV

Blog No.188 Genesis 1:26-28 King James Version (KJV) 26 And God said, Let us make [...]

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16
Apr
Time to break free: loosening America’s stranglehold: Part III.

Time to break free: Loosening America’s stranglehold. Part III Blog No.187. Sawing through the legs [...]

13
Apr