The Kiwi Strategist

Twitter:  @ ReubenSteff Abstract: This article contains research from a written survey conducted in late 2016 of members of the New Zealand strategic studies community. They were asked to assess the state of relations between NZ, the US and China at that time, the expected future state of relations, and give their views on various aspects of the three states bilateral and triangular relations. The findings predict greater turbulence between Beijing and Washington over the coming decade and make recommendations for policymakers in NZ to consider. This article outlines these findings, provides brief commentary and suggests areas where subsequent research could prove fruitful.  The first part of this article contains the quantitative survey findings, followed by some of the qualitative responses with brief commentary from the authors. The full set of qualitative responses is included at the end of the article in an appendix. We invite readers to consider these to draw their own concl