Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand

The Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand (CSS:NZ) is an international and military affairs research (Wikipedia:strategic studies) centre located in Wellington, Wikipedia:New Zealand. Formerly jointly supported by the New Zealand Ministry of Defence, Wikipedia:New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Wikipedia:Victoria University of Wellington, it is now a part of Victoria University's School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations.

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History

Established in 1993 following a perceived need to examine NZ's international relations and situation more closely, the Centre has had four directors. Terence O'Brien, a former New Zealand diplomat who had chaired the United Nations Security Council (WP), was appointed as Director when the Centre was first established. Wikipedia:David Dickens, the former Deputy Director, took over when Mr O'Brien's term finished in 2000, and he was in his turn succeeded by Wikipedia:Peter Cozens, who had been and is the Centre's Administrator dealing with Wikipedia:Council for Security and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) matters. Professor Robert Ayson is the current director of the centre.

Directors

The Centre has had four Directors. The first Director of the Centre, Terence O'Brien was a former New Zealand diplomat with a career as New Zealand Ambassador to the Wikipedia:United Nations in Wikipedia:Geneva, the European Commission in Brussels, and the Wikipedia:United Nations in Wikipedia:New York. From 1993-2000 when O'Brien was the Director the Centre was most active. The Centre managed to retain a reputation for independent advice not linked to the policies of major Wikipedia:New Zealand political parties. The Centre put out a number of publications and thought pieces related to New Zealand security and defence issues. The second Director was Wikipedia:David Dickens and the third Wikipedia:Peter Cozens.

Current operations

After Dickens' departure until 2010, the Centre operated on a more low key basis managed by the former operations manager Wikipedia:Peter Cozens. As the Centre is now under the wing of Victoria University's Institute of Policy Studies, itself part of the School of Government, Wikipedia:Peter Cozens took the title of Executive Director. Apart from the director, the Centre has at various times included a Deputy Director, research fellows from the Wikipedia:People's Republic of China and Wikipedia:Japan, research associates and assistants, administrators, and support staff.

Doctor Robert Ayson, formerly with the Wikipedia:Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University, took over as Director and concurrent Professor of Strategic Studies in early 2010.

Selected publications

• New Zealand strategic studies guide, 1997/98 / edited by Jayne Bishop, Peter Cozens and David Dickens, Wellington, N.Z. : Centre for Strategic Studies, 1997.
• Japan and North Korea : an assessment and some policy approaches / Tetsuya Endo. Wellington, N.Z. : Centre for Strategic Studies, 1997.
• More than bombs and border tension : India and regional security / David C. Dickens. Wellington, [N.Z.] : Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1997.
• No better alternative : towards comprehensive and cooperative security in the Asia-Pacific / David Dickens, editor. Wellington, N.Z. : Centre for Strategic Studies, 1997.
• For mutual benefit : the Japan-US Security Treaty :from a Japanese perspective / Daizo Sakurada. Sakurada, Daizo. Wellington, N.Z. : Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1997.
• Dimensions of Asia-Pacific security :!a New Zealand perspective / Terence O'Brien. O'Brien, Terence, 1936- Wellington, N.Z. : Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand, [1997]
• International negotiations and small powers / address delivered by Terence O'Brien. O'Brien, Terence, 1936- [Wellington, N.Z.] : Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, [1997]
• United Nations : legacy and reform / Terence O'Brien. O'Brien, Terence, 1936- Wellington, N.Z. : Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1997.
• Antarctica : view from a gateway / Stuart Prior. Prior, Stuart. Wellington, N.Z. : Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1997.
• Mary Wareham, Clearing the fields : New Zealand and anti-personnel landmines, [Wellington, N.Z.] : Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1995.
• Matake Kamiya, Will Japan go nuclear? : myth and reality / Kamiya, Matake. [Wellington, N.Z.] : Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1995.
• Wikipedia:Terence O'Brien, New Zealand and ASEAN : current and future outlook / O'Brien, Terence, 1936- [Wellington, N.Z.] : Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1995.
• C. Raja Mohan, Great powers and Asia's destiny : a view from Delhi / Raja Mohan, C. Wellington, N.Z. : Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand, Victoria University of Wellington, 2011.
• Peter Cozens (ed.), New Zealand's maritime environment & security, Wellington, N.Z. : Centre for Strategic Studies: New Zealand, Victoria University of Wellington, 1996.
• Greg Talcott, Context and risk of organised illegal immigration to New Zealand : an exploration in policy relevant research, Wellington, N.Z. : Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, c2000.
• David Dickens, Letting ordinary Kiwis in on defence, Wellington, N.Z. : Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand, 1999.

External links

Google News search for "Centre for Strategic Studies" New Zealand

• Centre's website
• Colin James on the F-16 Controversy and the CSS