Abstract
International policing is a phenomenon on the rise. Encompassing a range of activities such as transnational police liaison, response to disasters and post-conflict peace-building, such seemingly technical practices can have significant political implications. A consideration of New Zealand’s recent experiences provides an opportunity to examine some of the sites of promise and difficulty at play in the practice of international policing. Focusing on how international policing activities contribute to New Zealand’s national foreign policy objectives, this article also provides a useful lens through which to consider some of the broader sites of contention in this field.
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B. K. Greener
B. K. Greener is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Massey University, New Zealand. She has published a number of articles on international security issues in journals such as International Peacekeeping, Global Change, Peace and Security and Policing and Society. Her book The New International Policing was published in 2009, and she is currently researching on peace-building and police—military relations in peace operations.