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Shifting Power, Shifting Rules: Professor explains Global Tensions

Professor Robert Patman joins Thoughts & Comments to unpack the shifting balance of global power and why smaller nations are increasingly caught in the crosshairs as rules-based order comes under pressure. Otago University's International Relations expert examined the timing of China's long-range missile tests in the South Pacific, New Zealand's broader South Asian relations, crumbling NATO alliances, and escalating Middle East tensions.

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