The National Security Journal (NSJ) is an open access journal that aims to provide a platform for the dissemination of high quality academic and professional research on national security topics relating to New Zealand and its regional environment.
Volume 6, Issue 2
Intelligence Special Issue
The Other Side of the Hill – Endeavouring to Define Intelligence in the 21st Century: A Perspective
Battersby, John
Keywords: Intelligence, Intelligence-adjacency, Open-source intelligence, Decision-making, Research
Commanders Requirements: What Do New Zealand Commanders and their Staffs Expect of Military Intelligence Officers in the 21st Century
Seabrook, Jack
Keywords: Military Intelligence, Intelligence Skills, New Zealand, Collection, Competence, Domain Relevance
The Fall of Afghanistan and the Taliban Victory of 2021: Was it really an Intelligence Failure?
Keywords: Intelligence failure, Afghanistan, Taliban, Afghan Government
Seeing the Futures: Evaluating the Application of Structured Analytic Technique Alternative Futures Analysis
McCarthy, Loren
Keywords: Structured Analytic Technique, Alternative Futures Analysis, Intelligence Analysis, Futures Studies, Scenario Generation
The Application of the Devil’s Advocacy Technique to Intelligence Analysis
Shewring, Elianne
Keywords: Structured Analytic Techniques (SATs), Devil’s Advocacy technique, intelligence analysis, cognitive biases
Book Review – Intelligence Overview: The Watchers and the Watchdog
Intelligence Oversight in Time of Transnational Impunity. Who will Watch the Watchers? Edited by Didier Bigo, Emma Mc Cluskey, Felix Tréguer, Oxon: Routledge, 2024.
Reviewed by Peter Grace
Volume 6, Issue 1
Licence to Operate: Mapping the Public Acceptability of Facial Recognition Technology
Dynon, Nicholas
Keywords: Facial Recognition Technology, biometrics, live facial recognition, surveillance-oriented security technologies, video surveillance, analytics, CCTV, emerging technology
Invisible Border Security: Vulnerabilities and Risks to New Zealand’s Resilience
Johnson, Nikki
Keywords: New Zealand, border security, vulnerability, resilience, national security, border environment, strategic priorities, government agencies, risks, border security community
Christchurch False Flag Conspiracy Theory in the Czech Context: The Aeronet Case Study
Šonková, Markéta
Keywords: Terrorism, Christchurch, Conspiracy, False Flag, Aeronet, Czech Republic
The Radicalisation Spectrum: How an Individual’s Susceptibility to Influence – Not Ideology – Incubates Radicalisation Towards Non-violent and Violent Extremism
Matejic, Nicole
Keywords: Availability cascades, behavioural economics, counterterrorism, influence, radicalisation, violent extremism
Book Review – Consolations of Insignificance: A New Zealand Diplomatic Memoir
Authored by Terence O’Brien, Te Herenga Waka University Press, Victoria University of Wellington, 2024
Reviewed by Damien Rogers
Volume 5, Issue 2
Mental Health, Messaging and Security in Times of Crisis
Mortensen, James & Gibson, Andrew J.
Keywords: Conspiracy theories, psychology, sociology, crisis, security policy, government messaging
A New Role for New Zealand in the Pacific
Hon. Derek Quigley
Fusing Intelligence and Strategy Capabilities: The MIQ Experience
Kay, Harriet, Keymer, Paul, Mackey, Sarah & Vickers, Shae
Book Review – State of Threat: The Challenges to Aoteoroa New Zealand’s National Security
Wil Hoverd & Deidre Ann McDonald Editors, Massey University Press, 2023
Reviewed by Dan Wildy
Volume 5, Issue 1
New Zealand and Counter Terrorism Special Issue
Introduction
Trans-disciplinary Dialogue on New Zealand’s Counter Terrorism Approach: A Call to Action for Researchers
Jackson, Richard & Rogers, Damien
Action Zealandia, New Zealand’s Aspiring Brownshirts
Wilson, Chris & Halpin, James
Keywords: Action Zealandia, Extremism, Terrorism, New Zealand, Far Right, White Nationalism
Left-wing Violent Extremism: Identifying Precursors and Growth in New Zealand
Tibby, Che & Bayly, Cameron
Keywords: Left-wing extremism; New Zealand; violent extremism; national security.
Modelling Radicalisation: Applying Situational Action Theory to the Christchurch Attacks
Desai, Vikrant
Keywords: Radicalisation, terrorism, violent extremism, Situational Action Theory of crime, criminology, interventions
News Media and the Public Discourse on Terrorism in Aotearoa New Zealand
Qiwei Kang
Keywords: Critical Terrorism Studies, Discourse Analysis, News Media, Christchurch terrorist attacks
A History of Violence: A Critical Overview of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Approach to Terrorism
Le Gros, Lydia
Keywords: New Zealand, terrorism, legislation, history, colonisation, News Media and the Public Discourse on Terrorism in Aotearoa New Zealand
Unpacking Foreign Fighting: New Zealand’s Legislative Responses to Transnational Combatants
Llyodd, Marnie
Keywords: New Zealand; law; armed conflict; solidarity; foreign fighting; foreign enlistment; counterterrorism; mercenaries; Ukraine; Syria
Towards a Decolonial Approach to New Zealand’s Counter Terrorism: Afrocentric Perspectives
Achieng, Shirley
Keywords: counterterrorism, decolonial, epistemic reconstitution, coloniality, othering, Afrocentrism
Restorative Justice, Social Cohesion, and Preventing and Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism: Time for a New Zealand Praxis?
Simons, Jeremy
Keywords: Restorative Justice, Peacebuilding, Social Cohesion, Terrorism and Violent Extremism, Binding, Bonding, Bridging, Linking, Bi-cultural, Māori
Volume 4
Counter Terrorism: Intelligence and the Fire Service
Miletta, Samuel
Keywords: Counter-terrorism, intelligence, network fusion, fire service, national security
Maritime Connections between New Zealand and Sri Lanka: Connected by Empire, Separated by Distance
Senaratne, Bhagya & Nicklin, Germana
Keywords: British Empire, Island-state, Maritime Security, Maritime Connections, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
A Counter-Drone Strategy for New Zealand
Shelley, Andrew. V.
Keywords:Civil Aviation Bill, counter-drone, drones, Unmanned Aerial Systems,
risk analysis, security strategy
The Violent Extremism Ideological Framework Explained
Authored by The Combined Threat Assessment Group (CTAG)
Understanding National Security as Contextual: The Implications for Small State Defence Policy
Johanson, T.
Keywords: National Security, military forces, small states, defence policy, international security
Book Review – ‘Outlaw Bikers and Ancient Warbands: Hyper-Masculinity and Cultural Continuity’
Authored by Carl Bradley, Springer Nature, 2021
Reviewed by Damien Rogers
Volume 3, Issue 4
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Special Issue
Introduction – SIPRI Special Issue
(Updated 01 March 2022)
by Rouben Azizian & Lora Saalman
The South Asia Stability-Instability Paradox Under the Nuclear Shadow
Brewster, David
Keywords: Nuclear Deterrence, South Asia, Stability-Instability Paradox
Developing a Framework for Evaluating Nuclear Risks in South Asia
Jingdong Yuan
Keywords: No First Use, Nuclear Risks, South Asia, Technologies, Nuclear Escalation,
Nuclear Doctrine
Challenges in Nuclear Posture and Deterrence from India’s Perspective
Sharma, Armit
Keywords: South Asia, Terrorism, Nuclear Flashpoint, Strategic Stability
Challenges in Nuclear Posture and Deterrence from Pakistan’s Perspective
Sultan, Adil
Keywords: Cold Start Strategy, Pro-active Operations Strategy, Full Spectrum Deterrence, No First Use, South Asia
Challenges in Nuclear Posture and Deterrence from China’s Perspective
Wang Dehua
Keywords: South Asia, Nuclear, Deterrence, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Understanding Nuclear Postures, Weapons and Technologies in South Asia
Khanijo, Roshan
Keywords: Emerging Technologies, Strategic Stability, Second-strike Capability, Full-Spectrum Deterrence, Asymmetric Warfare
Exploring the Impact of Submarine Saturation on Strategic Stability in South Asia
Kupriyanov, Alexey
Keywords: Indian Ocean, People’s Liberation Army Navy, Indian Navy, Pakistan Navy, Submarine
Evaluating the Intersection of Technology and Nuclear Escalation in South Asia
Chen, Kaiman
Keywords: nuclear escalation, Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, South Asia
Addressing Nuclear Challenges, Misperceptions and Geopolitics in South Asia
Chaudhry, Aizaz Ahmad
Keywords: South Asia, Strategic Stability, Nuclear Deterrence, Confidence-building Measures
Nuclear Posture and Technology Trends in South Asia and Ways Ahead
Stefanovich, Dmitry
Keywords: South Asia, nuclear weapons, strategic stability, arms control, nuclear proliferation, emerging technologies
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ISSN (print) 2703-1926 ISSN (online) 2703-1934