Jeff M. Smith @Cold_Peace_ Twitter profile

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Jeff M. Smith

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8 months

"And then I told Xi, 'We're leaving the Belt and Road Initiative, good luck with Pakistan.'"

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2 years

This is making the rounds on Indian Twitter.

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The godfather of the Quad and Indo-Pacific. RIP legend.

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4 years

Hizbul Mujahideen is not a group of "rebels." It is an Islamist terrorist organization. It has been formally designated a terrorist organization by the US government. As well as the EU and India.

Reuters Asia

@ReutersAsia

4 years

Indian troops kill maths teacher-turned-rebel commander in Kashmir

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"India is non-Western. India is not anti-Western."

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2 years

I finally applied for the blue tick. Twitter responded: "Not woke enough, try again later."

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2 years

Map of the week.

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5 years

You lost credibility to speak on the plight of Muslims, Hitler, and Munich when you failed to utter a single word about the detention of 1 million Uighurs in Chinese concentration camps. But India changing the administrative status of Kashmir is "ethnic cleansing"? C'mon, man.

Imran Khan

@ImranKhanPTI

5 years

The curfew, crackdown & impending genocide of Kashmiris in IOK is unfolding exactly acc to RSS ideology inspired by Nazi ideology. Attempt is to change demography of Kashmir through ethnic cleansing. Question is: Will the world watch & appease as they did Hitler at Munich?

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Jeff M. Smith

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5 years

Mahathir is on a roll this weekend. 1) Kashmir isn't a country. 2) It hasn't been invaded by India. 3) When your thread decries the treatment of Muslims—Palestinians, Rohingya, Kashmiris—but omits the Uighurs in China, we know it's done for political, not humanitarian, reasons.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad

@chedetofficial

5 years

The helplessness of the world in stopping atrocities inflicted on the Rohingyas in Myanmar had reduced the regard for the resolution of the UN. Now, despite UN resolution on Jammu and Kashmir, the country has been invaded and occupied.

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Jeff M. Smith

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This visa issue with India is an absurdity. Imagine going to get a tourist visa in New Delhi and being told the next available appointment is in 2025. Unacceptable. We need to do better.

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2 years

Hyundai commenting on Kashmir. Ben and Jerrys commenting on war and peace. I'm eager to see Huggies Diapers' review of Fukayama's End of History. And Kleenex has a fresh take on the Battle of the Coral Sea.

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Jeff M. Smith

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3 years

Nice to see so many Pakistani officials and experts reveling in the Taliban's victory and covering themselves in glory. I'll do my best to ensure your substantial contributions to this conflict are not forgotten.

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2 years

CNN trying to corner an Indian official with gotcha questions. Predictable results. Have you never witnessed the trench warfare of Indian talk shows? This is a walk in the park.

Velina Tchakarova

@vtchakarova

2 years

I recommend this highly interesting CNN interview with India's Minister of Petroleum @HardeepSPuri in which he covers many important issues related to Russian oil & green transition. He rightfully points out that without Russian oil, prices will only go up

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Jeff M. Smith

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2 years

PM Modi calling the Dalai Lama on his birthday. Indian air force flying the Dalai Lama around Ladakh. Indian army exercising with the U.S. in the Himalayas. India nixing a visit to Sri Lanka by a Chinese survey/spy vessel. New Normal post-Galwan.

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11 months

I had the honor of meeting Prime Minister Modi today with a group of scholars. He was very kind, very gracious with his time. He listened intently. His remarks were thoughtful and sincere. He cares about the India-US relationship and it shows: he has taken ties to new heights.

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Jeff M. Smith

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2 years

Like others, I received a very kind letter from @PMOIndia this week. I didn't intend on sharing it but some of my followers are preparing to mutiny if they don't see it. My reply letter to PM Modi would thank him for doing more to advance India-U.S. ties than any PM before him.

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4 years

My thoughts are with you #India . You've persevered through so much. Foreign invasions. Terrorism. Socialism. Hamid Gul. You will emerge from this stronger.💪 But please heed the warnings of experts and follow good social distancing/sanitation practices. This is no joke.

Narendra Modi

@narendramodi

4 years

The streets are empty but the resolve to fight COVID-19 is full. #JantaCurfew

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2 years

Great story. Draupadi Murmu, a former primary school teacher hailing from a remote tribal community in eastern India, is elected the 15th President of India.

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2 years

If you think bullying is an effective tactic with India, it makes me wonder if you've ever visited the place, or met any Indians. They don't respond well to bullying.

Hu Xijin 胡锡进

@HuXijin_GT

2 years

India is paying a high price for its stubbornness. They replaced serious consultation with China with threat of allying with the US, as a result they will have a very expensive border. Get used to it slowly.

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4 years

Sad truth is, those in Pakistani Kashmir are far less free than those in Indian Kashmir. Normally, Freedom House rates Indian Kashmir nearly twice as free. Even when Indian Kashmir was on *full lockdown* they still had more civil liberties than Pakistani Kashmiris on a normal day

Imran Khan

@ImranKhanPTI

4 years

Modi's RSS-inspired doctrine on IOJK very clear: First, deprive Kashmiris of their right of self determination by illegal annexation of an Occupied territory. Second, treat them as less than human by a three-pronged approach: one, trying to crush them with brute force incl using

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Jeff M. Smith

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2 years

Google, show me the definition of an "awkward silence."

PTI

@PTIofficial

2 years

Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI meets President Vladimir Putin. #PMIKInRussia

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Jeff M. Smith

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7 months

I'm not sure folks appreciate how much of a departure this was from India's own history and the response of much of the rest of the "Global South." At a time too many folks are twisting themselves in knots to empathize with the psychopaths beheading babies, this was most welcome

Narendra Modi

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7 months

Deeply shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour.

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Jeff M. Smith

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3 years

Maybe because we're reeling from a crippling pandemic and protests over Indian agricultural reforms aren't a top priority for most Americans right now?

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@rihanna

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why aren’t we talking about this?! #FarmersProtest

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Jeff M. Smith

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4 years

UPDATE on the China-India border standoff. I've seen some commercial satellite images supporting what @Iyervval and others have claimed: save for a small ingress near the Galwan river—from which they were evicted mid-month—the PLA isn't camped anywhere on India's side of the LAC.

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Jeff M. Smith

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The author of this article spends day and night rage tweeting about how Modi is a Nazi. Perfect! Lets have her write a feature piece on the Ayodhya temple. It's like an Indian magazine asking Mehdi Hasan to write an essay on modern conservatism. Not objective and not journalism.

TIME

@TIME

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Column: India's Ayodhya temple is a huge monument to Hindu supremacy

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2 years

Hyundai after posting a bizarre message about liberating Kashmir.

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4 years

My goodness. If a TV anchor ever jabbed his finger in my face like that he'd wake up in a different time zone.

SamSays

@samjawed65

4 years

What did I just see? Is this shouting and name calling by the anchor in a TV studio supposed be a debate? 🤔

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Jeff M. Smith

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5 years

Lively discussion on Kashmir yesterday at Hudson hosted by the infallible @Aparna_Pande . I discuss Pakistan's hypocrisy in this clip, though I didn't intend to lay all the blame on PM Khan. He's not the one making Kashmir policy in Islamabad. Full vid->

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Jeff M. Smith

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3 years

Modi's lowest approval rating in 2020 was higher than the highest approval rating of any other major democratic leader. I can't recall any democratic leader in recent memory whose approval ratings have been this consistently high for this long (six years).

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Jeff M. Smith

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2 years

Building the skills necessary to thrive in the 21st century digital economy.

Gul Bukhari

@GulBukhari

2 years

Students of Red Mosque Islamabad practising how to behead a person accused of blasphemy. Pakistan’s “kamyab jawan” (successful youth) project proceeding rather well.

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Jeff M. Smith

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2 years

In an attempt to pick up more followers in India...

New York Post

@nypost

2 years

Elon Musk tweet compares Justin Trudeau to Hitler

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Jeff M. Smith

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1 year

OK I'll take the bait. Can someone at V-Dem to explain this to me? Because most of these academic freedom ratings seem sensible to me. Then you get to South Asia and it all falls apart. The Taliban's Afghanistan has almost twice the academic freedom as India? What're you smoking?

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4 years

Regardless of who was to blame last night, by moving artillery to the border, trying to change the status quo at Pangong Lake, China's been aggressively testing the limits at the LAC. When you pick fights with the world's democracies, don't cry foul when they unite against you.

Rahul Kanwal

@rahulkanwal

4 years

Indian Army confirms 20 deaths. Toll could go up further.

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Jeff M. Smith

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4 years

This is the sixth time PM Khan was tweeted that India is preparing to launch a false flag operation in Kashmir since last August. What's the point? Does he think anyone believes that? That it provides Pakistan cover the next time there's is a terrorist attack?

Imran Khan

@ImranKhanPTI

4 years

I am reiterating again that a false flag operation is imminent from India in order to divert world attention away from its ongoing genocide in IOJK.

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2 years

Bringing Indian fashion to the U.S. Who's with me?

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2 years

Happy Independence Day, India.

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Jeff M. Smith

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4 years

This has been making the rounds on Indian Twitter. WaPo: Soleimani's a revered military leader, Baghdadi's an austere religious scholar, and Yogi's a militant monk Part of me shrugs. It's frankly not new or surprising. But it's not a great look. And it feeds perceptions of bias

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4 years

India wants US to make peace with Russia so all three can focus on China. Russia wants India to make peace with China so all three can focus on the US. US wants to partner with India, move on from Russia, and deal with China. China wants everyone to shut up and buy Huawei.

Global Times

@globaltimesnews

4 years

It is impossible and unfair to ask Russia to take sides with China in China-Indian border conflict. The China-India issue needs to be resolved by China and India. Russia has done enough to remain neutral and serve as mediator: Hu Xijin, GT editor-in-chief

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Jeff M. Smith

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4 months

It's not about "money." "Interests" are more important than values. That goes for us too, when we meet with leaders of Saudi or Egypt. If we meet Xi when he's sponsoring genocide or Pak generals when they're sponsoring terrorism, we can't lecture India about meeting with Putin.

Michael McFaul

@McFaul

4 months

India was once a world champion against imperialism and for decolonization. Sad to see this embrace of imperial Russia using war and annexation to try to recolonize Ukraine. I guess money is more important than values.

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Jeff M. Smith

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4 years

One reason the Indian Right feels Western/liberal media has it out for them. The only voices that get airtime/print space are fierce gov't critics. Sometimes making outlandish claims. How many pro-gov't opeds do you see in major papers? How many pro-gov't guests on Western news?

Indian American Muslim Council

@IAMCouncil

4 years

Arundhati Roy told German DW News that Modi Government is planning a genocide of Muslims in a similar way as Nazis did to Jews.

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Jeff M. Smith

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3 years

Others: "The Indians can be so stubborn! They refuse to move an inch on issue X. Don't you get frustrated?" Me: "No. I've come to accept India won't be cajoled or coerced to do anything until it wants to. Not by us. And, especially, not by China. That's what makes India, India."

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India kept US in the loop. In February, two days after Pulwama, Doval told Bolton about plans to do away with Kashmir's "special status." In August Jaishankar briefed Pompeo "about the Modi government’s intentions to abrogate Article 370 and Article 35A."

Modi govt had told US about plans to scrap Article 370 twice — last week and in February

On 1 August, Jaishankar briefed Pompeo in Bangkok, and in February, Doval spoke to his US counterpart Bolton on Modi govt's plans to revoke Article 370.

theprint.in

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Jeff M. Smith

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5 years

Lecturing India on how to defend it's national security is counterproductive. Do I hope Delhi shows restraint? Yes. Even moreso, I hope the world recognizes if it wants restraint from India it needs a more credible plan for dismantling terror factories. Or we'll be back here soon

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Jeff M. Smith

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2 years

Every week. Western commentator: India has to pick a side. India: No we don't. I pick my side. WC: OK but don't you have to pick a side? India: No. Stop asking the same question. WC: OK what if you order a sandwich and have to pick a side, fries or a salad—which side do you pick?

Geeta Mohan گیتا موہن गीता मोहन

@Geeta_Mohan

2 years

EAM @DrSJaishankar on India, Europe, Russia and Ukraine: Somewhere Europe has to grow out of the mindset the Europe’s problems are the world’s problems, but the world’s problems are not Europe’s problems. China happened way before Ukraine. I will do what is in our interest.

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CCP: We will explode if India even utters the word Tibet. This is a sensitive issue for China. Also CCP: The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh is ours. And we don't respect your claims in Kashmir.

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Long beards are cool but I preferred Modi Corleone.

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I hope folks know there are two India-US relationships. One playing out in the media where every day is 1971 and every event is doomsday and the end of India-US ties. And the real relationship at a govt-to-govt level where ties are warm and cooperation is consistently excellent

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On India and the export ban, State Dept punts to USTR, says "we have a special responsibility to the American people." Yes you do. We're not suggesting trading US lives for Indian lives. We're talking materials we don't need b/c we're adequately supplied. This is a crap answer.

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4 years

This is escalating quickly.

The Hill

@thehill

4 years

Sen. Rick Scott: "No one in America should buy products made in Communist China."

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Many Indian accounts I follow are mostly quiet on the Ukraine crisis. They feel some sense of loyalty to their old friend, Russia, but don't believe the nonsense that Moscow is the victim here or that an invasion of Ukraine is justified. So they're mostly trying to stay out of it

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Jeff M. Smith

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4 years

What I'd say to China if I were in Delhi: If seizing the grey zone at Pangong was the cost we had to pay to see your true colors, to mobilize the country against you, it was worth it. Continuing to pretend you were a partner would've done even more harm to us over the long term.

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Were you watching us on India Today? I argued engagement with the Tibetan community was one option for the Indian gov't to consider. You object over concerns about China-Pak ties? I'd argue China has already "joined hands with Pakistan" and is already playing the "Kashmir card."

Ajai Shukla

@ajaishukla

4 years

Just saw a US-based China analyst propose on TV that India should play the Tibet card against China, to make it pay a cost for occupying Indian territory. That would surely induce China to play the Kashmir card, joining hands with Pakistan. Anyone wants to war-game the outcome?

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America: How does India have a cooler eagle statue than we do? That's our bird. We need to represent.

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Jeff M. Smith

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4 years

I'm trying to stay out of this but this is the second time Dexter Filkins has claimed Modi is "deploying a vicious anti-Muslim rhetoric." The claim is patently untrue.

Has Narendra Modi Finally Gone Too Far?

In response to legislation approved last week by the Prime Minister, Indians are taking to the streets en masse, prompting crackdowns by the Army and police.

www.newyorker.com

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Is this chap so dense he doesn't realize how poorly this is received in India? Doesn't see how the purported global illuminati regime change guy talking about democratic revival in India and weighing in on Indian politics plays with the average Indian voter? Tone deaf to the max.

Marya Shakil

@maryashakil

1 year

“…he (Modi) will have to answer questions… This will significantly weaken Modi’s stranglehold on India’s federal Govt.” “…I expect a democratic revival in India.” George Soros wades into the Adani saga. Does this play into BJP’s claim of an external conspiracy? Interesting.

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The Galwan Killings Are the Nail in the Coffin for China and India's Relationship: India was already uneasy with China. Now it's furious. I write for Foreign Policy magazine on the latest border crisis.

The Galwan Killings Are the Nail in the Coffin for China and India’s Relationship

India was already uneasy with China. Now it’s furious.

foreignpolicy.com

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India holding firm in border standoff with China. Sources claim government not willing to budge an inch on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). "A second [source] said India’s construction activities in forward areas will not stop because of the standoff."

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India-Israel-UAE-US Looks like we're going with "West Asian Quad." Beats "Quad West."

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"We stand with Kashmir and Gaza because an offense against any Muslim is an offense against us all." What about the Uighurs? Oh right, not them. Syrian Muslims being killed by Assad and Russia? Taking a pass. Afghan Muslims being killed by the Taliban? Eh, they're on their own.

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I like living dangerously at the intersection of Americans shouting India is unreliable and Indians shouting America is unreliable.

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3 years

Too late, comrades. That ship has sailed.

Global Times

@globaltimesnews

3 years

China doesn’t recognize the so-called Arunachal Pradesh illegally set by India and firmly opposes the recent visit of #India 's vice president @MVenkaiahNaidu to the area: Chinese FM spokesperson Zhao Lijian. The area is called Zangnan in China.

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UK v. India

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India's top ally in Europe.

Major Surendra Poonia ( Modi Ka Parivar )

@MajorPoonia

3 years

French President Macron says at the #EUSummit “India 🇮🇳 does not need to listen to lectures from anyone about vaccine supplies. India has exported a lot for humanity to many countries. We know what situation India is in" @EmmanuelMacron Thank You Mr President 🙏

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I love this place. I told Manmohan Singh many years ago I want India to be my home the rest of my life. Even when I'm dead, I prefer India.

Sidhant Sibal

@sidhant

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India is my home for rest of my life: Dalai Lama

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That includes us, America. India has asked for the US to lift the embargo of raw material exports for vaccines. They've been helping the rest of the world weather this storm with their vaccines and now they need help. Now that we're almost back on our feet we need to pay it back.

Kunal Singh

@d_extrovert

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Stay strong, India. And those who can, please help others in trouble.

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To my foreign comrades quietly cheering "America's decline," we're surrounded by allies and oceans. We have leading tech, a global reserve currency, a vast network of military allies, 5K+ nukes, and 10 aircraft carriers. We'll be OK if China's rise takes a nastier turn. Will you?

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We can at least agree on this, comrade.

Denis Alipov 🇷🇺

@AmbRus_India

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With deepest regret learnt about sadden demise of Gen Bipin Rawat, Mrs Madhulika Rawat & 11 other officers in the helicopter crash today. India has lost its great patriot and dedicated hero.

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I'd almost forgotten how nauseating and cringeworthy this interview was.

Murtaza Ali Shah

@MurtazaViews

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Was Osama Bin Laden a martyr? Pakistan’s Foreign Minister replies:

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Doubtful. Compared to Siachen, Pangong is downright tropical. The Indian military is traditionally better acclimated and Pangong is closer to Indian population and supply centers than Chinese. I don't think winter is going to strengthen China's hand. Can't blame him for trying.

Hu Xijin 胡锡进

@HuXijin_GT

4 years

If Indian troops don't withdraw from the southern bank of Pangong Tso Lake, the PLA will confront them all winter long. Indian troops' logistics are poor, many Indian soldiers will die of freezing temperature or COVID-19. If a war breaks out, Indian army will be defeated quickly.

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Hurry up and get vaccinated, India. We've got work to do.

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Jeff M. Smith

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Lets clear up a HUGE misconception. 30-40 years ago US gave ISI funds to train anti-Soviet mujahideen. AFTER the US left, the ISI backed: -the Taliban in Afghan civil war -jihad in Kashmir -the rise of radical JeM/LeT But, by all means, blame US for radicalization in Pakistan.

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Jeff M. Smith

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1) It's a cricket day on Indian twitter. 2) The Quad is still safe.

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Someone should map the various points of territorial friction in the Indo-Pacific to try to identify any trends or common denominators. China-India China-Bhutan China-Taiwan China-Japan China-Philippines China-Vietnam China-Indonesia

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Jeff M. Smith

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"Then Biden started putting out political ads on TikTok. Can you persuade these fools to ban it like you did? Help a Quad partner out."

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Jeff M. Smith

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It is advisable for #China not to stoke tensions at the border with India and then make a lame attempt to blame the U.S. If China becomes a bully trying to intimidate all of its neighbors at the same time, it may bite off more than it can chew.

Global Times

@globaltimesnews

4 years

It’s advisable for #India not to engage in US-China confrontation. If India becomes a US pawn attacking China in a #newcoldwar , the economic blow would be too much for the Indian economy to take amid #pandemic .

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Jeff M. Smith

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No, I think India is a democratic miracle. Democracy wasn't supposed to work in a country that enormous, that ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse. With gargantuan domestic development challenges. However imperfect, it is one of democracy's greatest achievements.

Ali

@bakhtawar71

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@Cold_Peace_ So you think India is a "democracy" in letter and spirit?

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New connectivity corridor a solid win for India. Between this and the G20 Leaders Declaration, India has much to celebrate this week. Xi and Putin stayed home; Russia and China missed the party.

ANI

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India Middle East Europe connectivity corridor will be launched soon. This will be a historic and first-of-its-kind initiative on cooperation on connectivity and infrastructure involving India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, EU, France, Italy, Germany and the USA: Sources

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It's official: this week I was named director of the Asian Studies Center at @Heritage . I will continue work on India, the Quad, and the Indo-Pacific but our department will be laser focused on the mounting threats and challenges posed by the Communist Party of China.

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I see a lot of American intellectuals fretting that China is going to emerge from this crisis looking like the responsible party. I don't know which foreign audiences you're following but I can assure you that isn't the case in India.

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Historic meeting of Quad leaders. Four democracies of the Indo-Pacific that won't be coerced, bullied, or bought off.

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There's much I disagree with in this NYT oped on India, which is fine, and not at all surprising. What is *not* fine is continuing to repeat the demonstrably untrue claim that Modi "rose to power by vilifying Muslims." It's inaccurate and it's sloppy.

Opinion | Modi Makes His Bigotry Even Clearer (Published 2019)

A citizenship law helps non-Muslim refugees from Muslim-majority countries but ignores Muslim refugees from other nations.

www.nytimes.com

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China added over 100 new warships the past 5yrs. Killed Indian soldiers at the border. New villages in Bhutan, new territorial claims, new artificial islands, new Taiwan/Japan/PHL sovereignty violations. But it's the U.S. military that's destabilizing the Indo-Pacific? Nah.

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Jeff M. Smith

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What if the Quad were Avengers? Japan-Vision Disciplined. Logical. Powerful. Australia-Thor Lovable. Likes beer. He's Australian. India-Black Panther Independent. Wise but fierce. Rules large kingdom. US-Iron Man/Cap/Hulk/ Rich with tech. Idealistic and naïve. Smashes things.

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Story claims Kabul airport bomber was an Afghan IS-K member who planned an attack in New Delhi. CIA detected threat in 2017, notified RAW. RAW nabbed him, gave him to US which sent him to Bagram. Taliban released him and he kills 169 Afghans/13 US soldiers

Kabul Airport suicide attacker was freed by Taliban after four years in CIA custody for New Delhi...

Abdul Rehman, a former engineering student with roots in Afghanistan’s Logar province and the son of a merchant who frequently visited New Delhi on business, was freed from Bagram prison on 15 August

www.firstpost.com

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"India’s gov't made Kashmir even more dangerous for religious minorities." Not sure the data supports the headline. Total civilian deaths down, little evidence connecting recent killings to CAA. Civilians killed in Kashmir: 2017: 54 2018: 86 2019: 42 (CAA) 2020: 33 2021: 31

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

3 years

Global Opinions: India’s government made Kashmir even more more dangerous for religious minorities

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Jeff M. Smith

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I've got one. Amnesty's website has over 50 hits on Indian Kashmir the past decade. Yet virtually nothing on Pak Kashmir. Same for Human Rights Watch, whose last report on Pak Kashmir was in 2006. People in Azad Kashmir are far less free yet get exponentially less attention. Why?

Christopher Clary

@clary_co

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A 3-second Google search would show that Amnesty has done important work on Baluchistan. But what other questions do you have?

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This sounds ridiculous @YouTube . You blocked @WION / @palkisu because (like Reuters) they posted excerpts of a speech by the Russian foreign minister? That's not how this works. Check yourself.

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@Cold_Peace_

3 years

Ouch.

Shiv Aroor

@ShivAroor

3 years

Pakistan warmly welcomes Turkey onto the FATF Grey List on terror financing.

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I've spent 15 years telling Indian colleagues they had less to fear from a partnership with the US than they'd been led to believe, and more to fear from Chinese hegemony than they'd been led to believe. I'm indebted to China for all the support it's offered my thesis this year.

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Years ago, Amrullah Saleh was bit by a venomous snake. After eight days of excruciating pain, the snake died.

Sudhir Chaudhary

@sudhirchaudhary

3 years

Amrullah Saleh, Vice President of Afghanistan and Ahmad Massoud, son of Ahmad Shah Massoud spotted in Panjshir.They are bringing all Anti-Taliban commanders together in Panjshir. This province is still free from Taliban.

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Jeff M. Smith

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Filling out the Indian visa application for the umpteenth time. Are you from Pakistan? No. Is your dad from Pakistan? No. Where does he live now? Pakistan? No! Has he ever lived in Pakistan? NO! Has he ever had Pakistani food? C'mon.

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Jeff M. Smith

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Still perplexed by expert takes that China somehow bested India in Doklam. It reveals either a misunderstanding of China and China-India relations or an agenda. Nuance is good. "Neither side won," OK. But if you think China was happy with Doklam you haven't been paying attention.

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4 years

Quick announcement: I will be in Delhi next week. Any media looking for US commentary on Trump's visit and India-US relations, I'll be on the ground happy to assist. For local media, I'm happy to do the split screen with 14 other guests but please no finger jabbing.

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Spend 10 secs writing a pithy tweet about Mahathir's Kashmir commentary: 5,000 retweets, 12,000 likes. Spend 100 hours writing a book chapter about Indian defense/strategic relations with SE Asia: 5 Retweets, 12 likes.

Jeff M. Smith

@Cold_Peace_

5 years

Mahathir is on a roll this weekend. 1) Kashmir isn't a country. 2) It hasn't been invaded by India. 3) When your thread decries the treatment of Muslims—Palestinians, Rohingya, Kashmiris—but omits the Uighurs in China, we know it's done for political, not humanitarian, reasons.

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2 years

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Sidhant Sibal

@sidhant

2 years

"What a time I have come, so much excitement", Pakistan PM Imran Khan's first few comments after landing in Moscow, Russia.

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2 years

To be fair, she said the message was "to any country [buying Russian oil]...think about where you want to stand," history books, etc. But @palkisu makes a fair point. If Europe is still gobbling up Russian energy it's not reasonable to demand India cut energy ties.

Palki Sharma

@palkisu

2 years

Europe continues to buy 45% of its gas from Russia, even after the invasion. Germany: 55% of the natural gas, 52% of the coal & 34% of mineral oil used comes from Russia. But India must think about its place in history books if it buys Russian oil? The West’s hypocrisy stinks.

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"Human rights experts say it is troubling that the US talks so strongly about human rights abuses in China, but is willing to engage in deeper...strategic ties with India where similar situations are occurring." Similar situations?? You're drunk, NYT.

In Wake of Recent India-China Conflict, U.S. Sees Opportunity (Published 2020)

India’s border dispute with China has accelerated its relations with the United States. Others worry that warming ties ignore India’s persecution of Muslims.

www.nytimes.com

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Jeff M. Smith

@Cold_Peace_

3 years

Look at US cases, hospitalizations, and deaths before and after the vaccination drive. Those are some hard facts for you. Don't mislead the public. This is too important.

Prashant Bhushan

@pbhushan1

3 years

You want facts?Here are facts of at least 20 countries where Covid mortality shot up dramatically after mass Vaccination I know many people who became gravely ill&died after getting the Vaccines.I have filed a PIL seeking data of morbidity among Vaccinees

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Jeff M. Smith

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2 years

Highlights of Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi's visit to India: - - - .

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Jeff M. Smith

@Cold_Peace_

4 years

For this I was accused of being a "bigoted Sanghi." Others claim I'm sticking it to the liberals. Comrades, we need not politicize everything under the sun. Matters of foreign policy, war and peace, should be above & beyond politics. May sound naive but a guy can dream, can't he?

Jeff M. Smith

@Cold_Peace_

4 years

UPDATE on the China-India border standoff. I've seen some commercial satellite images supporting what @Iyervval and others have claimed: save for a small ingress near the Galwan river—from which they were evicted mid-month—the PLA isn't camped anywhere on India's side of the LAC.

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