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]]> http://defensetech.org/2007/04/12/peacekeepers-safeguard-timorese-election/#comment-159478 Dr. Curiosity Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:27:17 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=2450#comment-159478 [Disclaimer: I'm not a political science major, and I am a New Zealander.] One of the things that I find interesting about South Pacific politics is that Australia and New Zealand, being the two major Western-style powers in the region, get to play a kind of diplomatic "good cop, bad cop" game. I don't know how much collusion there is in that or whether it's just the way the cards fall, but it seems to work okay most of the time. Australia is more (politically) aligned towards the American way of doing things, but New Zealand has a reputation for an independent streak that makes it useful to have on the ground in a situation that requires mediation. Of course, the main reason NZ can do this so effectively is that Australia is there to be the dominant economic/military force. New Zealand also seems to have a reputation for being generally friendly with folks on the ground. Right up until the point where people try to screw them over, at which point they can be remarkably... unreasonable, if they need to. [Disclaimer: I’m not a political science major, and I am a New Zealander.]
One of the things that I find interesting about South Pacific politics is that Australia and New Zealand, being the two major Western-style powers in the region, get to play a kind of diplomatic “good cop, bad cop” game. I don’t know how much collusion there is in that or whether it’s just the way the cards fall, but it seems to work okay most of the time.
Australia is more (politically) aligned towards the American way of doing things, but New Zealand has a reputation for an independent streak that makes it useful to have on the ground in a situation that requires mediation. Of course, the main reason NZ can do this so effectively is that Australia is there to be the dominant economic/military force.
New Zealand also seems to have a reputation for being generally friendly with folks on the ground. Right up until the point where people try to screw them over, at which point they can be remarkably… unreasonable, if they need to.

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