Samuel Hume

6 days ago | johnmenadue.com | Samuel Hume

New Zealand officials drew heavily on Australian defence documents to produce the 2025 Defence Capability Plan, which indicates the country’s intended military acquisitions and development for the next 15 years. Under this plan, New Zealand will increase military spending as a share of GDP from 1.59% in 2022 to more than 2% by 2033.

2 months ago | johnmenadue.com | Samuel Hume

After meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken last April, New Zealands Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, said that the two countries had pledged to work ever more closely together in support of shared values and interests.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Samuel Hume

Illustration: Edward Carvalho-Monaghan/The GuardianAlphaFold might be the most exciting scientific innovation of this century. From Google DeepMind, and first reported in 2020, it uses artificial intelligence to figure out a protein’s 3D structure. The technology has already been used to solve fundamental questions in biology, awarded the Nobel prize (in chemistry – to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper) and revolutionised drug discovery.

Jun 16, 2024 | johnmenadue.com | Samuel Hume

After meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken last April, New Zealand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, sa­id that the two countries had pledged “to work ever more closely together in support of shared values and interests.” In recent moves exemplifying this support, New Zealand has deployed a targeting team to a United States-led coalition conducting strikes against Yemen, extended its military participation in the US proxy war in Ukraine, and is considering membership of...

Feb 10, 2024 | thestandard.org.nz | Samuel Hume |Bernard Hickey |David Slack |Bob Edlin

By Samuel Hume, Cross-posted from ARENA OnlineIn March 2023, former Australian prime minister Paul Keating attracted significant media attention when he described AUKUS as a manifestation of the United States’s campaign to encircle China with hostile military allies and partners. Under this trilateral agreement with the United Kingdom and the United States, Australia will spend up to AU$368 billion on eight conventionally armed—at least for now—nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs).