The future direction of New Zealand foreign policy

The war in Ukraine is prompting radical changes to the way some smaller countries think about defence. Sweden and Finland have long been neutral but the Ukraine conflict is pushing them towards membership of NATO. Closer to home tensions between China and Taiwan have led some observers to speculate that war in the South China Sea could erupt in the future. So how should New Zealand position itself in the years ahead and is it time to ramp up our involvement with traditional allies like Australia and the United States? Geoffrey Miller is with the Democracy Project at Victoria University and writes about New Zealand foreign policy.