Nicholas Dynon

In a rush of hysteria and moral panic, Five Eyes governments are ripping out Chinese branded cameras. Five years ago, they couldn’t install them fast enough. What’s changed? asks chief editor Nicholas Dynon.

Apart from the security silos a typical organisation may possess, I argue in this paper that critical infrastructure organisations are additionally vulnerable to silos arising from the need for particular business units within them to comply with strict sector-specific security-related regulatory regimes. Ultimately, I suggest that although the Security of Critical Infrastructure (Critical infrastructure risk management program) Rules (LIN 23/006) 2023 (CIRMP Rules) released recently as part of… Show more

Apart from the security silos a typical organisation may possess, I argue in this paper that critical infrastructure organisations are additionally vulnerable to silos arising from the need for particular business units within them to comply with strict sector-specific security-related regulatory regimes. Ultimately, I suggest that although the Security of Critical Infrastructure (Critical infrastructure risk management program) Rules (LIN 23/006) 2023 (CIRMP Rules) released recently as part of the SOCI Act may provide these organisations a catalyst to achieve better resilience, it’s just as possible that the new Rules – being rules – may reinforce the established compliance-driven behaviours that perpetuate organisations’ security risk management silos. Show less

This article provides insights into the soon-to-be released New Zealand strategy for protecting crowded places from attack. It’s a strategy that will rely on unprecedented engagement between Police and businesses and community.

In recent years, national security policy makers globally have grappled with the challenge of addressing the vulnerability of ‘public spaces’ to terror attack. In the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks, it’s a challenge that has gained sudden urgency in New Zealand. Faced with the numeric impossibility of protecting infinite public spaces within their jurisdictions, several states have enacted strategies to utilise the considerable ‘eyes and ears’ capability of their private security… Show more

In recent years, national security policy makers globally have grappled with the challenge of addressing the vulnerability of ‘public spaces’ to terror attack. In the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks, it’s a challenge that has gained sudden urgency in New Zealand. Faced with the numeric impossibility of protecting infinite public spaces within their jurisdictions, several states have enacted strategies to utilise the considerable ‘eyes and ears’ capability of their private security personnel sectors. Show less

The March 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks have provided security managers around the country with a new problem, or set of problems. Their employers and customers are now asking them: “How do we make our sitting-duck venue, which is easily accessible by large numbers of people on a predictable basis, secure against the extremely unlikely possibility of a terrorist attack? And how do we do it cheaply?”

With the city of San Francisco recently banning authorities’ use of facial recognition surveillance, privacy and accuracy concerns are starting to catch up with developments in the technology.

Although proven in other law enforcement and security applications, behaviour detection remains a controversial feature of aviation and border security.

A scholarly paper analysing the largely overlooked role of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the promotion of “socialist spiritual civilisation” in contemporising the exemplary role of the Chinese state and in informing the state’s efforts to rehabilitate China’s cultural traditions.

An article questioning the need to interpret Xi Jinping's 'Chinese Dream', arguing that the concept's importance lies in it's symbolic power as a ritual reinforcing society-state relations.

An article that charts China's post-9/11 conflation of 'separatism' and 'terrorism' in its framing of civil violence in Xinjiang and Tibet.

An opinion piece that asserts that Chinese conceptions of 'soft power' are distinct from that of Professor Joseph Nye's, and that a lack of understanding of this means that China's soft power endeavours are being underestimated.

An article that analyses the Edward Snowden revelations through the 'prism' of the 'Chinese dream' and associated narratives of imperialism in Chinese press reportage.

An article that asserts that the U.S. and China are engaged in a soft power conflagration – a protracted cultural cold war - in which upstart China is pitted against an incumbent US.

A scholarly paper highlighting the role of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo as a vehicle for 'regime branding' to both international and domestic audiences.

A scholarly paper charting the unintended evolution of the Chinese Communist Party's 'spiritual civilisation' concept from a political rhetorical device under Deng Xiaoping to a harmonising narrative under Hu Jintao.