Robert Patman

A Hong Konger in New Zealand is fearful of a campaign of harassment against activists here, as the tension between China and the west escalates.

New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with… Audio

New Zealand risked slipping into a master and servant relationship with China had it not taken action to support Hong Kong, says one academic. On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced New… Audio

New Zealand's security intelligence agency, the SIS, carried out multiple clandestine raids, breaking into foreign embassies in Wellington in the latter part of the 1980s, in breach of the Vienna… Audio

Otago University Professor Robert Patman talks about the developments in the situation with Iran and the U.S. Audio

Donald Trump has announced that Iran is standing down from escalating conflict with the US, but Otago University international relations Professor Robert Patman says there could be more to come. Audio

A professor of international relations is criticising the United States' actions against Iran as strategically incoherent, saying they could undo years of work rooting out terrorists in the region.

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Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached.  Audio

A formal impeachment hearing will be opened against President Donald Trump. There's has been a lot of reaction to the news, but what is impeachment and what can history tell us about the process? Audio

Boris Johnson has conducted a thorough purge of Theresa May's cabinet, stacking the most influential roles in the British government with hardline Brexiteers. Otago University professor Robert Patman… Audio

The government is defending its spending of more than $20 billion to upgrade the country's defence hardware, in what it calling a "humanitarian plan."

Included in the spending is more than $1 billion… Audio

It's been another huge day for UK politics. Theresa May has seen another cabinet minister resign and is expected to do so herself soon. But that's been the case before.  Audio

There isn't a single right-wing extremist or white supremacist group or individual on a list of terrorist threats created by the United Nations. The police have published the list of Designated… Audio

Foreign Minister Winston Peters is on his way to Turkey to talk to the government about incendiary comments made by the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mr Erdogan had described the shooting in… Audio

Mark Taylor the New Zealander captured in an Islamic State battlefield, is stuck in Syria without a passport. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's not willing to risk other people's lives in… Audio

This morning Huawei has gone on the offensive taking out full page ads in New Zealand newspapers. The ad's headline reads "5G without Huawei is like rugby without New Zealand." It says without Huawei… Audio

Foreign Minister Winston Peters leaves today for a trip to the United States where he'll meet with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence. While in Washington, Mr Peters will… Audio

The investigation into Russian interference in the US election gained some real traction over the weekend. For those not following this closely it can start seeming a bit murky. So we thought we'd do… Audio

The US president Donald Trump has accused Qatar of funding terrorism. We ask Robert Patman of the University of Otago why the US then sold the state $12bn worth of fighter jets. Audio