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Former NZ PM Helen Clark warns against becoming US proxy in Pacific

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Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has cautioned her country against becoming a proxy for larger powers, particularly the United States, in the Pacific region. She expressed concern that security agreements could undermine New Zealand's long-standing independent foreign policy and its commitment to a nuclear-free Pacific. Clark specifically cited the potential for Australia's acquisition of nuclear submarines to establish a US military presence, which she views as a 'game of bluff' in regional strategy. AI

RANK_REASON Former Prime Minister Helen Clark provides an opinion on New Zealand's foreign policy in relation to US strategy in the Pacific.

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Former NZ PM Helen Clark warns against becoming US proxy in Pacific

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Jean Iau ·

    New Zealand ‘must never be seen as a proxy’, former PM Helen Clark warns

    Helen Clark spent nine years running New Zealand and eight more running the United Nations’ development arm. Now, the former prime minister has a warning for the country she once led: do not let the scramble for Pacific security deals crowd out its much-vaunted independent foreig…

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