New Zealand's new prime minister is making nice with China

Chris Hipkins will be more reluctant to engage with U.S.-led security initiatives

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New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, left, and Chinese Premier Li Qiang meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in June. (Pool via Reuters)

Derek Grossman is a senior defense analyst at the think tank RAND Corp. in Santa Monica, California, and adjunct professor in the practice of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California. He formerly served as an intelligence adviser at the Pentagon.

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