Auckland small business owner. Retired NZ diplomat. Former Ambassador to China, CT Amb, Amb to Argentina, C-G in Hong Kong, and Chargé in Washington DC.
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Carl Worker retweeted
The defense attaché of the Chinese Embassy to the Philippines will represent the Chinese side to attend the 13th #ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus in Cebu on October 29. During the event, the Chinese side will exchange views with other parties on upholding dialogue and enhancing mutual understanding and trust, and reiterate China's firm support to ASEAN centrality in the regional architecture to promote regional defense and security dialogue and cooperation, and safeguard peace and stability in the region, according to China's Ministry of National Defense.
Carl Worker retweeted
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Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi discussed Finland's decision to allow nuclear weapons onto its soil with the Nordic country's defense chief, as they agreed that Japan "must not be naive" as it weighs a similar shift. ebx.sh/cSKUF1
Hopefully he will remember to read his brief. nbcnews.com/news/world/quest…
.@SecWar will travel to the Philippines to reaffirm America's commitment to peace through strength in the Pacific. The Secretary will participate in the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus and hold bilateral and multilateral meetings to strengthen deterrence, advance key alliances and partnerships, and expand burden-sharing across the region.
Carl Worker retweeted
.@SecWar will travel to the Philippines to reaffirm America's commitment to peace through strength in the Pacific. The Secretary will participate in the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus and hold bilateral and multilateral meetings to strengthen deterrence, advance key alliances and partnerships, and expand burden-sharing across the region.
Carl Worker retweeted
Lula sai de casa pra comemorar a virada histórica, todo mundo respeitosamente esperando o carro sair, ele do nada surge do teto solar com um MEGAFONE e óculos do PT, todos vão correndo até ele, o segurança entra em pânico.
QUE VÍDEO FANTÁSTICO.
Surprise!
UPDATE: I’ve joined the team at @RocketLab 🚀
Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the future of space. Excited to share more about this special company alongside people I admire.
@MoreMorganB @muriellebaker @THEJimmy_Hex @cameronnehrer (& Matt McKinney who isn’t on here).
LFG.
Carl Worker retweeted
Incredible turnaround in #Brazil where voters came out to give #Lula a clear win in 2nd round of election. What a champion! This & #Serbian Student List win must give hope for parties of inclusion, sustainability, & decency everywhere. Next #NZ?
theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
Carl Worker retweeted
1/ I have a new opinion piece in the Waikato Times. Peters and a spate of commentators say NZ’s “moral” foreign policy has left us vulnerable, and it’s time to become realist. I think that’s a false choice. 🧵
waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3…
Even without reading it we know the answer. Hugh White is very smart and perceptive with excellent judgement while ….
Thanks to everyone that attended yesterday's debate at @ANUBellSchool about Japan's strategic direction, with @Lauren_ANU and Hugh White, chaired by Helen Sullivan. To know why Hugh and I disagree about an 🇦🇺-🇯🇵 alliance, pick up a copy of the latest Australian Foreign Affairs 👇
Carl Worker retweeted
Muito obrigado, querida presidenta @Claudiashein. Foi um prazer receber sua chamada telefônica no dia de hoje. Esta não é apenas uma vitória do povo brasileiro, mas de todas as democracias latino-americanas. Seguiremos juntos para defender as nossas soberanias e estreitar os laços de amizade e cooperação entre Brasil e México!
Without comment.
For centuries, Jews were singled out, demonized, and held to standards demanded of no one else. Today, Israel has become the Jew among nations at the United Nations.
Israel is entitled to the same standards of justice as every other nation—no more and no less.
Antisemitism does not become acceptable because it is stamped with the seal of the UN. This so-called Commission of Inquiry is a biased, illegitimate inquisition. We reject it. @AmbUNReform
Carl Worker retweeted
This week on the @SinicaPodcast: Tim Clissold, author of Mr. China, on his 20-year campaign for a Chinese Civilisation A-level in British schools, why the Chinese know far more about us than we know about them, and what the West should learn from Feng Guifen and the late Qing. Link below.
Carl Worker retweeted
This book is really damning for Kushner. It claims the UAE paid Kushner $50 million to get Rex Tillerson fired as Secretary of State.
Carl Worker retweeted
Taiwan’s geographic position in Asia’s first island chain should not become the main reason why the U.S. supports Taiwan’s security. The main focus of U.S. policy should be preventing a PRC attack on Taiwan and the regional and global catastrophe it would cause, argues Thomas J. Christensen.
Read: bit.ly/4iftUO0
Carl Worker retweeted
Not the bellicose response the Bolsonaro family & Bannon were pushing for.
.@POTUS on the election in Brazil: "It looked like another rigged election, frankly. I didn't take sides, but it was a terrible look for the world. Elections have to be indisputable — and it looked very bad to me."
