ISBN : 9789811261954
Author : Jim Rolfe
Publisher : World Scientific
Year : 2025
Language : English
Type : Book
Description : Prudence, Pragmatism and Principle examines New Zealand's approach to national security by taking the country's own definition of security and examining each of the components within that definition to determine what the country has or has not done to achieve security. The book highlights the centralised all-of-government approach to achieving security policy and its more distributed and focused approach to responding to national security issues. It also evaluates the degree to which the country chooses to follow a path of prudence, pragmatism or principle in achieving its security. The emphasis on each of those is different according to the issue. The author first presents the development of New Zealand's thinking about security issues and the structure