Their recruitment underlines the biggest foreign policy challenge this country is facing: the near breakdown of the international rules-based order. The great powers are outnumberedThere are three reasons to be sceptical about this, however. Related to this, the claim that two or three great powers will run the world in the 21st century is self-serving and wholly unrealistic. So New Zealand must be prepared to work with other like-minded states to build a new global political grouping dedicated to advancing the rules-based order. New Zealand could even help lead such a movement, given its global reputation for decisive and compassionate leadership after the Christchurch terrorist atrocity and during the pandemic.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 24, 2020 16:30 UTC