Robert PatmanRobert Patman

Political studies professor Robert Patman's research interests concern international relations, global security, US foreign policy, great powers, and the Horn of Africa. In 2019 he was named one of the University of Otago’s inaugural Sesquicentennial Distinguished Chairs.

The breakdown of the international order is raising barely a shrug this election

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As a small country, New Zealand relies heavily on a well-functioning international rules-based system. But as the system weakens, where are our political leaders on the issue? International relations expert Robert Patman writes. It’s extraordinary that New Zealand’s political leaders haven’t been asked a single question during the 2020 election about the near breakdown of … Read more

A new geopolitics will emerge from Covid-19, and NZ can be at its forefront

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From international relations to climate change to world trade, New Zealand has an opportunity to affect the post-pandemic world for the better, writes Robert G Patman in this paper for the SSANSE Commission for a Post-Covid Future at the University of Canterbury The Covid-19 crisis has confirmed the near breakdown of an international rules-based order … Read more