New Zealand’s Nuclear Policy ‘A Mistake’: John Bolton

Former U.S. National Security Advisor and Ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, says New Zealand risks being “spun off on its own” if it continues to insist that no nuclear-powered vessels enter its waters. He added it needs to “recognise there’s a difference between nuclear weapons and nuclear power—even on naval warships.” Speaking to Radio NZ, Bolton—U.S. Assistant Attorney General under U.S. President Ronald Reagan when the ban was introduced in 1984— said that while he disagrees with the policy, the United States has “learned to deal with it.” “But going forward in what I think is an increasingly dangerous world, I don’t want to see New Zealand—however far away it is from other large bodies of land—spun off on its own. Because you’ll simply be at greater risk.”...