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		<title>Improving intelligence oversight.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/05/improving-intelligence-oversight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the Kitteridge and Neazor reports have been tabled, discussion can more fully proceed to the issue of intelligence oversight. The government has proposed bolstering resources for the Inspector General of Intelligence, and adding a Deputy Inspector General to what until now has been a one man shop. That is a step in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disappointing.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/05/disappointing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I always knew that &#8220;hope and change&#8221; was a rhetorical chimera rather than a realizable objective, and understand full well that the US presidency is a strait jacket on the ambitions of those who occupy its office, I am one of those who have been disappointed by the Obama administration on several counts. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not surprising.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/05/not-surprising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/05/not-surprising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 03:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cultural difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2007 a certain university lecturer, fed up with the managerial push to admit sub-standard and unqualified foreign students in pursuit of revenue, with the resultant pressure placed on lecturers to pass these students regardless of their performance, wrote a rude email to one such student who had failed to deliver a essay on time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gilmore&#8217;s ghosts</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/05/gilmores-ghosts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/05/gilmores-ghosts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aaron Gilmore]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I disagree with Pablo&#8217;s post about media treatment of the Aaron Gilmore saga &#8212; but I only disagree a little. In my view the Gilmore case is &#8220;stuff that really matters&#8221;, but I do agree with Pablo that most of the coverage of it isn&#8217;t getting to the &#8220;stuff that really matters&#8221; elements of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy for Gilmore</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/05/happy-for-gilmore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/05/happy-for-gilmore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 07:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogosphere]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[National has to be delighted about the coverage of their drunken bully boy last on the list MP, Aaron Gilmore. Coalition partner John Banks is in court on issues of political corruption. National is trying to ram through under urgency a gross expansion of domestic espionage courtesy of the amendments to the GCSB Act. What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CRIB 19</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/05/crib-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 04:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Phil Goff is in the spotlight for supposedly leaking the results of a suppressed NZDF inquiry into the suicide of a soldier in Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, on April 3, 2012.  From what I can tell, what Mr. Goff has publicly commented about had already appeared in various media, so I do not believe that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The bin-Laden legacy.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/05/the-bin-laden-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/05/the-bin-laden-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearing the second anniversary of Osama bin-Laden&#8217;s death, it might be wise to pause and reflect on his legacy. The purpose is to give an objective appraisal rather than to engage in emotive debate or prejorative discourse. Bin-Laden&#8217;s major legacy is one of ideological inspiration: he cemented in the minds of some sectors of the global Islamic community the idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trust in spies.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/trust-in-spies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/trust-in-spies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent TVNZ Colmar Brunton poll showed that 32 percent of those surveyed had little or no trust in New Zealand&#8217;s intelligence agencies, 32 percent had much or complete trust in those agencies, and 33 percent were lukewarm either way (with 3 percent undecided). That means that 65 percent of respondents were less than strongly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deconstructing the US Terrorism Meta-narrative.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/deconstructing-the-us-terrorism-meta-narrative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/deconstructing-the-us-terrorism-meta-narrative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Broadly speaking, the way in which terrorists have been depicted in the US has some interesting, contrasting themes. White native-born (male) individuals who commit acts of politically-motivated lethal violence are generally depicted as marginalized sociopathic psychos rather than as individuals acting out of sincere ideological belief (I say &#8220;sincere&#8221; because homicidal individuals often attach themselves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recognising the enemy</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/recognising-the-enemy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/recognising-the-enemy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night the New Zealand parliament voted 77-44 on the third reading of the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill, passing it into law. The strategy I wrote about after the first reading has been spectacularly successful, and marriage equality will be a reality as soon as the bill receives the royal assent. There were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalistic license.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/journalistic-license/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/journalistic-license/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I have been repeatedly misidentified by NZ media types and others in the public domain as to what I am or have been. I have been called a Middle East expert, White House aide, CIA agent, Zionist agent, 9/11 conspirator, Nazi war criminal, anti-Muslim racist, security expert and assorted other niceties. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spot the difference</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/spot-the-difference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/spot-the-difference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9258</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister John Key has released a statement expressing condolences at the death of Baroness Margaret Thatcher: The Government is today paying its respects to the family, friends and colleagues of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who passed away overnight. “Baroness Thatcher was a passionate and formidable politician who loved her country. She was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pick a side</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/pick-a-side/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/pick-a-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Commenter Chris (not THAT Chris), says: For all I know, [Dame Susan Devoy] may be a complete dud, or a wonderful race relations mediator. But whatever she is, you are being totally unrealistic passing judgement on her because she refused to appear on TV within a day of starting her (part-time) job. Well, no. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media Link: More GCSB weirdness.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/media-link-more-gcsb-weirdness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/04/media-link-more-gcsb-weirdness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was interviewed on Radio NZ about the controversy surrounding the appointment of Ian Fletcher as GCSB director. I had to leave out a number of important points like the need for objectivity and political neutrality in intelligence operations, or how the PM could have had a surrogate reach out to Fletcher rather than get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selections matter</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/03/selections-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/03/selections-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Justice Minister Judith Collins has appointed Dame Susan Devoy as Race Relations Commissioner. She replaces Joris de Bres, who has served two five-year terms and is very well-regarded in Māoridom (at least) because (in part) he understands the importance of his own Dutch whakapapa, and the complexity of his place as an immigrant in Aotearoa. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour: locking in lose-lose</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/03/labour-locking-in-lose-lose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/03/labour-locking-in-lose-lose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Trotter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Shearer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graeme Edgeler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mandate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nationalisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOEs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winston Peters]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Shearer says he won&#8217;t rule out buying back shares in state-owned power companies sold by the government. He won&#8217;t rule it in, either. Why? Does he need to consult his leader? There&#8217;s so much wrong with this that I scarcely know where to start. This buyback agenda has been set by Winston Peters; it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The left&#8217;s lose-lose SOE strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/03/the-lefts-lose-lose-soe-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/03/the-lefts-lose-lose-soe-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Geddis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asset sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josie Pagani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mighty River Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[populism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[s59]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solid Energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If it wasn&#8217;t already over on the night of 26 November 2011, the argument about the popular legitimacy of the government&#8217;s plan to partially privatise selected state-owned enterprises was finally put to bed when the pre-registration website for the Mighty River Power float fell over shortly after it went live. Whether this was a result [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El Chavismo sin Chavez.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/03/chavismo-without-chavez/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/03/chavismo-without-chavez/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authoritarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comparative politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[working class politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chávez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[populism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sure that there will be plenty of eulogies, some fawning and some harsh, for Hugo Chavez. Since I spent a good part of my academic career writing about Latin American politics, to include the nature of national populists such as Chavez and a bit about his regime itself, I am well aware of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>False Dichotomies and Binary Simplification.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/02/false-dichotomies-and-binary-simplification/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/02/false-dichotomies-and-binary-simplification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[An inclusive society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toleration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argument]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[binary logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dichotomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idiots]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=9120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most useful analytic constructs in social science is the so-called &#8220;great dichotomy.&#8221; The idea is to distill an argument into a series of either/or propositions for the purposes of explanatory clarity. The point is not to see the world in binary fashion, as if all matters of social import can be reduced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With stereotypes, timing is everything.</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/02/with-stereotypes-timing-is-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2013/02/with-stereotypes-timing-is-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[An inclusive society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toleration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Muslim sentiment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigotry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Prosser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Prosser&#8217;s xenophobic and bigoted remarks about Muslims (which are not racist, since he was targeting a religion, not an ethnic or racial group) has rightfully met with wide-spread opprobrium. More than a comment about Muslims, his remarks say a lot about him on several levels. Let&#8217;s just leave it at this: That he was [...]]]></description>
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