Director, Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand. Professor of International Relations @VicUniWgtn.
Wellington
Joined March 2011
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How should countries like NZ prepare for a post-Trump America? Our iv with Zack Cooper from this morning’s Q+A.
youtu.be/ORUnHLg8Ofk?si=YZhF…
David Capie retweeted
An incredible showing by Lula tonight. He proved every pollster and doubter wrong.
And this is an important point: The margin of victory is so big that the controversy over the polling hours becomes far less relevant. He would’ve won if they closed an hour early.
“A Trump State Department official concedes that it sounds crazy at first. But Russia and China are believed to be supportive, based on prior conversations with Washington, and the plan would be for Mr. Orbán to be their joint candidate.” 😬
You could not make it up
wsj.com/opinion/viktor-orban…
“"Regarding the Treaty of Friendship that was being prepared, Luxon wanted me to go ahead and proceed with it, but I said no," La'auli was quoted as saying by the newspaper. I told him to wait until the (NZ) election is fully concluded ..."”
rnz.co.nz/news/pacific/21620…
Our 2026 Sir Howard Kippenberger Chair Zack Cooper’s full interview with @NZQandA Jack Tame is now online. youtube.com/watch?v=ORUnHLg8…
David Capie retweeted
We are hiring in Political Science/International Relations! Come work with us @VicUniWgtn: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in International/Global Political Economy or Environmental Politics. Apply before 23rd November 2026. Details: jobs.ac.uk/job/DTJ580/lectur…
David Capie retweeted
My new book - out today in Britain. All good bookstores etc…Also out in translation in Italy, Germany and the Netherlands this week
“The head of the New Zealand Defence Force has resigned after admitting an “inappropriate relationship” while in a position of command and saying his conduct was contrary to Defence Force values.”
stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36105037…
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To make sense of the explosion of security arrangements across the Pacific, I join my @CSIS @AustraliaChair colleagues @KathrynPaik & @john_auge to walk through our new interactive tool, “Mapping Security Influence in the Pacific.” @CSISGeopolitics
youtube.com/watch?v=DoZv3xdS…
David Capie retweeted
Join us for what will be an insightful conversation with three of New Zealand’s 🇳🇿 leading foreign policy voices. @annafifield @davidcapie & @AnnaPowles.
Join @CharlesEdel, @davidcapie, @annafifield, and @AnnaPowles at 4pm ET on October 27 to discuss the key political actors shaping New Zealand's election and the potential national and foreign policy implications of the outcome.
csis.org/events/new-zealand-…
David Capie retweeted
Multiple reports this evening that Starlink restrictions in Ukraine have been lifted.
“Cooper, visiting NZ to deliver a lecture at Victoria University of Wellington’s Centre for Strategic Studies, says we are “in a pretty good place” compared with most of America’s friends in the region, partly due to our ability to fly under the radar.”
newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/22/nz…
David Capie retweeted
Fierce competition for strategic influence has prompted a proliferation of security-related agreements across the Pacific Islands region in recent years. A new interactive tool from the @AustraliaChair maps 56 of these arrangements across 14 Pacific countries.
Read: csis.org/programs/australia-…
“The Government has approved the deployment of New Zealand Army officer Brigadier Grant Motley to the role of Force Commander of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Defence Minister Paul Goldsmith says.” beehive.govt.nz/release/seni…
David Capie retweeted
UK police have re-arrested two men on suspicion of spying for Iran, amid an investigation into a security scare at a British airbase used by the United States
u.afp.com/SCr4
"Threats against New Zealand MPs have risen "astronomically" in recent years, prompting Parliament to ramp up security, the Speaker says. [...] RNZ reveals a specialist parliamentary security team handled more than 200 requests for help in just 3 weeks." rnz.co.nz/news/politics/2039…
Was reminded of this announcement by the UK Home Secretary just a few days ago. gov.uk/government/news/root-…
David Capie retweeted
I’d like to thank my Uzbek brothers for making Rubio praise the most quintessentially Persianate city just a week after his Athens diatribe against the Persians.
