Every day it seems there is a new shift in the international order. President Donald Trump makes proclamations about taking over sovereign countries, calls out long-standing allies in speeches, or just completely changes his mind.
As Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned at Davos over the weekend, we may be heading back to a world where "might makes right."
For countries like New Zealand, this new kind of diplomacy brings multiple challenges and potential dangers.
So how can a small island nation in the South Pacific not just survive, but even thrive, in this new world of great-power rivalry?
Mark Leishman speaks to Nicholas Ross Smith, a senior research fellow at Canterbury University's National Centre for Research on Europe.
Republican presidential candidate, former US President Donald Trump. Photo: CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
