Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. History Delivers the Unexpected 99 October 18, 2008 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) on by (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:New Zealand Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Malaysia: Mamdani’s Titanic Struggle with Trump Is Strictly an American Affair November 10, 2025. Published in Malay Mail[T]heirs is not a clash between East and West, nor between democracy and authoritarianism, but between two versions of American destiny. 0 Germany: Zohran Mamdani: A Capitalist’s Nightmare November 6, 2025. Published in Die Tageszeitung[M]amdani’s success could offer the [Democrats] a sense of direction. 0 Philippines: Our US Alliance May Well Get Our Nation Destroyed November 7, 2025. Published in The Manila TimesLet’s not follow Kyiv’s tragic path of letting Washington and its allies use our land, sea and air for war against a rival nuclear power. 0 Egypt: And What about Israel’s Violations?! November 7, 2025. Published in akhbarelyom[W]hat is happening in Gaza can never be separated from what is happening in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. 0 Turkey: Not Only Cuomo but Trumpism Is Also Losing November 10, 2025. Published in Daily Sabah[Mamdani’s] rise marks the fall of Cuomo’s mafia politics and a challenge to Trump’s populism. 0 Topics Japan: US Democratic Party Victory: Criticism of Trump Is the Will of the People November 10, 2025. Published in Tokyo ShimbunIn question is whether the Democratic Party can resuscitate itself in order to gain the broad will of the people. 0 Egypt: Persona Non Grata November 10, 2025. Published in almasryalyoum[T]he Trump administration needs to send this man for training to learn some of the basics of diplomacy. 0 Malaysia: Mamdani’s Titanic Struggle with Trump Is Strictly an American Affair November 10, 2025. Published in Malay Mail[T]heirs is not a clash between East and West, nor between democracy and authoritarianism, but between two versions of American destiny. 0 Turkey: Not Only Cuomo but Trumpism Is Also Losing November 10, 2025. Published in Daily Sabah[Mamdani’s] rise marks the fall of Cuomo’s mafia politics and a challenge to Trump’s populism. 0 Turkey: C5+1 Moment: Can America Match China’s Power in Central Asia? November 10, 2025. Published in Daily Sabah 0 Nepal: Xi–Trump Meeting and the Global Order November 10, 2025. Published in The Kathmandu Post 0 Nigeria: America, Nigeria and the Politics of Imported Sympathy November 9, 2025. Published in Punch[T]o reduce that complex web of violence to “Christian genocide”, as President Trump recently claimed, is both reckless and ignorant. 0 India: Trump’s Nuclear Bombshell: Wake-Up Call for India’s Security Calculus November 9, 2025. Published in FirstpostAll in all, everything just got a hundred times more dangerous. 0 Related Articles New Zealand: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Endgame for New Zealand July 26, 2023. Published in New Zealand Herald New Zealand: US Self-Belief Is a 1-Way Street to Blunders August 17, 2021. Published in New Zealand Herald South Korea: Korea Needs To Consider Joining Quad To Make ‘Penta’ April 6, 2021. Published in Korea Times New Zealand: First Woman, Black and South Asian Vice-President – Kamala Harris Offers More than Hope January 19, 2021. Published in New Zealand Herald New Zealand: After the Siege of the Capitol, It’s a Long 2 Weeks until Trump Goes January 7, 2021. Published in New Zealand Herald Previous articleBush and North KoreaNext articleU.S. Leadership's Future Challenges LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment