Kevin Clements

Casting a Long Shadow: Trump 2.0’s Impact on Aotearoa New Zealand | Toda Peace Institute toda.org/policy-briefs-…

.@TheElders call on political leaders to end their inaction in the face of atrocities committed against the Palestinian people. theelders.org/news/elders-ca…

Here is the link to the conversation between me and the Rt Hon Helen Clark on Building Peace in an age of Global Turbulence @todapeaceinstitute3917" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@todapeaceinst…

By abolishing Te Aka Whai Ora and sacking Te Whatu Ora / HNZ board, the Minister of Health now really is personally responsible for the functioning of our health system.

This is an excellent article on why NZ, Australia, the TOK and Japan should not get entangled in an extension of NATO to the Asia Pacific Region foreignaffairs.com/world/why-nato…

The SCOTUS decision re Presidential Immunity also gives us cause for deep alarm. What we can't understand in NZ is how the American People can't choose two candidates capable of serving the public good and really leading the country in these turbulent times.

Like thousands of others I am deeply worried by the prospect of a Trump Victory in November and I very much hope that president Biden will do the honourable thing and withdraw from the race to allow someone else to win the Presidency and save US democracy .

@HelenClarkNZ Great questions. This is a very odd commitment and will be seen by China in a very negative light.

Just asking for a friend. What’s NZ getting itself into here? Frigates & RNZAF deployed to North Asia? Ongoing? Cost? Implications for frigate replacement? While spending at home is cut? What is driving this? Goes far beyond usual UN command deployment: rnz.co.nz/news/political…

@archibaldbaxter @RJacksonterror @PeaceActionWGTN Its fantastic seeing the memorial being used like this. Its exactly what we had hoped for . I was in Australia for ANZAC day ( the same day as my grandson'sbirthday) and here its wal to wall military triumphalism!

This Anzac Day, three family groups at the Archibald Baxter Peace Garden laying flowers and greenery at the foot of the 'field punishment No.1' sculpture in memory of conscientious objectors who said no to war. @kpclements @RJacksonterror @PeaceActionWGTN

Modern democracies are in crisis. Could 18th-century political theorist Edmund Burke help us find a way out? theconversation.com/modern-democra… via @ConversationUK

TFF 📌 Johan Galtung has died My dear friend over 50 years and one of my two peace research mentors died this morning. He was 93. He was, beyond any doubt, one of the greatest and most innovative social scientists of our time and one of the early pioneers of the academic fiel ...

@janoberg Deeply sad to hear this news Jan. Johan shaped our field in a way that has never been challenged! R I P dear friend.

@susanhaallen @GMUCarterSchool @NinoKukhianidze @ArsenKharatyan @PhilGamaghelyan Lovely to see you all again cheers Kevin

Just had a bit of an impromptu reunion of ⁦@GMUCarterSchool⁩ alumni near Tbilisi! Great to reconnect with ⁦@NinoKukhianidze⁩ ⁦@ArsenKharatyan⁩ ⁦@PhilGamaghelyan⁩ and Irakli Kakabadze.

Most people don't realise how democracies all over the world are under threat. 42 countries are currently moving towards autocracy and dictatorship. Freedom of Expression is deteriorating in 35 countries and Universities everywhere are under attack. youtube.com/watch?v=C4Ywdb…

(Reposting) My take on forthcoming elections in #Serbia. "Since 2012, Serbia’s government has stoked regional tensions to the extent that many fear 2024 may see renewed war with neighbouring Kosovo." #Kosovo #Serbia #Bosnia @CSDWestminster theconversation.com/serbian-electi…

Its late spring here in NZ.Yet today in Dunedin its currently 9 degrees and raining.I'm looking forward to LaNina and summer weather or just a bit of constant warm temperature so that I dont need to wear winter clothes each day in expectation of a southerly blast from antarctica

Everything is happening but little that is adding to national, regional or global well being. We're living in dangerous times and sleep walking into catastrophe. Its time to wake up and rediscover our humanity.

The Pacific Churches at COP28 | Rev James Bhagwan pt 1 youtu.be/Pou0FMXEkEM?si… via @YouTube

“There were serious policy achievements managed by NZ Labour Govt, led by Ardern, Hipkins, which was brutally swept from power on Saturday. Problem for that legacy is that much of it is on chopping block of incoming National-led government.” @henrycooke: theguardian.com/world/2023/oct…