Our friends in NZ are now being coaxed into deeper integration with the US led NATO. and AUKUS Pillar 2. Great credit to the long campaigners in the 80's that led to a strong NZ policy banning nuclear powered or armed vessels into NZ waters. This is a model for Australia to follow. We in IPAN and the Anti Aukus Coalition encourage all Australians to get on board. Join with others to break through the slide to war the 2 major parties are taking us to www.ipan.org.au
What does NATO have to do with New Zealand and vice versa? The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is what it says on the tin, and New Zealand is about as far away from the North Atlantic as possible. NATO was set up as a united European and North American military counter to the former Soviet Union during the Cold War of the mid to late 20th century.
The Soviet Union collapsed and dissolved into its constituent parts: Its Eastern European satellites enthusiastically signed up with the ideological victors; and its military bloc, the Warsaw Pact (remember that?) which confronted NATO, ceased to exist. But NATO did not cease to exist; rather, it set about finding itself reasons to continue to exist.
Not merely exist, but expand, right up to Russia’s borders, as part of its policy to confront and contain Russia. NATO currently has the most member states (32) in its history. Not content with its European role, with side forays into countries such as Libya and Afghanistan, it is aggressively engaged in carving out a global role for itself. It is assuming some of the role of the U.S. as the world’s policeman.... read the full article below