No. 49-1, January 2024

Index

• A leap in the dark: Ken Ross outlines Sir Alister Mcintosh's broadcasting role in the early 1970s.
• BACKFIRE: How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests.
• Dame Alison Burns Quentin-Baxter DNZM, QSO: 28 December 1929-30 September 2023. (OBITUARY)
• Diplomatic native tree planting.
• Edward Allan Woodfield: 29 March 1936-28 September 2023. (OBITUARY)
• Fightingthenarrative battle: NataliaChaban and Svitlana Zhabotynska examine divisive narratives in times of geopolitical uncertainty with reference to the Ukraine.
• National Office and branch activities. (INSTITUTE NOTES)
• SECRET HISTORY: State Surveillance in New Zealand, 1900-1956.
• Self-determination or territorial integrity?
• STRATEGIC COMPETITION & SECURITY COOPERATION IN THE BLUE PACIFIC.
• The good, the bad and the ugly: Punsara Amarasinghe revisits the shadowy history of British intelligence agencies in Sri Lanka.
• The problem of war: Kyrylo Kutcher discusses state aggression from the perspectives of political realism and liberal internationalism.
• The United Nations: a flawed Instrument: Zinzan Goertzen argues that the world body has been an ineffective actor in maintaining peace and security in the post-Cold War era. (ESSAY PRIZE WINNER)
• The view from behind the curtain: Stephen Harris outlines what a master diplomat's wartime diary teaches about decision-making in crisis. (REVIEW ESSAY)