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Ian Hall

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2 years

I am very grateful to ⁦ @PMOIndia ⁩ for this kind letter marking Republic Day, given to me by our hardworking Hon Consul in Brisbane, Archana Singh. 🙏 ⁦ @HCICanberra ⁩ ⁦ @AusHCIndia ⁩ ⁦ @GAIGriffith ⁩

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This comment is a riot. This is exactly what Beijing says to India, over and over. Bravo to Dr J for delivering the line deadpan.

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I conveyed that we hope that China would follow an independent policy in respect of India and not allow its policies to be influenced by other countries and other relationships: EAM Dr S Jaishankar on meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

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UNGA speeches are normally boilerplate affairs, apart from the odd Chavez-devil spectacular, and not worth much comment. But this deserves some attention, especially because of the oblique reference to India's dispute with Canada. 1/x

Sidhant Sibal

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7 months

Full speech by EAM Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar at UNGA 78 Session (2023)

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Indians now measuring in Australias is definitely a thing. Lakhs, crores, Australias.

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11 months

Our railway is so big that every day thr is one Australia in our rail (in terms of population), says PM Modi

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This might play well in India (and perhaps also on this platform) but elsewhere this looks really ugly and straightforwardly antisemitic.

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2 years

Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher would like a word.

Hadley Gamble

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2 years

Sheryl Sandberg tells me “Women-led countries wouldn't go to war” at the Cartier International Women’s Day event ⁦ @expo2020dubai ⁩ ⁦ @Cartier ⁩ #facebook #meta #putin

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3 years

Privately? They are doing this all over social media, in English.

The Economist

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3 years

Many in the Pakistani establishment are privately touting the Taliban’s imminent takeover as a victory for Islam, a defeat for America and a finger in the eye to India

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Does Beijing have the capacity to coordinate, without mishap, so many spats all at the same time? repression in Hong Kong; a mini-invasion of India; multiple transgressions in the South China Sea; verbal disputes with Taiwan; wolf warrior howling at everyone, etc. etc.

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Delhi is emerging as the Vienna of Cold War 2.0.

Sidhant Sibal

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2 years

So US Deputy NSA, UK FS & Russian FM have all lashed out at each other in Delhi in last 48 hours.

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Russian oil sales to India is generating billions - perhaps up to US$147bn - in rupees that Russia can't spend. India is proposing that the money is reinvested in Indian infrastructure.

Russia’s Rupee trap is adding to $147 billion hoard abroad | India News - Times of India

India News: A lopsided trade relationship with India is forcing Russia to accumulate up to $1 billion each month in rupee assets that remain stranded outside the

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India’s foreign minister Jaishankar jokes at #Raisina : the Quad is united because all four have had historical disputes with the UK.

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So much happening in the Bhutan-India relationship. The King was recently in New Delhi; the Bhutan PM is currently on a visit to India. And now the Indian PM is heading to Bhutan next week. A big announcement in the works, I wonder?

PM Modi likely to visit Bhutan next week | India News - Times of India

India News: "Glad to meet my friend and PM of Bhutan @tsheringtobgay on his first overseas visit in this term. Had productive discussions encompassing various asp

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A quick thread on Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar's new book, Why Bharat Matters (Rupa, 2024), just published, after an initial read-through. tl/dr version: it is much more interesting than his earlier book, The India Way (HarperCollins, 2020). 1/x

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Big news for Tibet and East Turkestan.

Quds News Network

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BREAKING| China's representative points out at the ICJ that armed resistance against occupation is enshrined in international law and is not terrorism.

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"India, the US, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Europe are set to unveil...[a]...groundbreaking infrastructure initiative of a railway and shipping corridor that will enhance commerce, energy and digital connectivity...on the sidelines of the G20 summit..."

India, US, UAE, Saudi, Europe to launch unprecedented infra project: US official

While the project has not been implemented under the I2U2 framework (which includes India, Israel, UAE, and US), most likely because the efforts at normalisation between Israel and Saudi is still...

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India is being dreadfully mean about England’s cricketing woes. 😁

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Papa ka phone aaya tha. Bol rahe the Rishi se kaho team ko 70hrs a week practise karaaye

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I'm exhausted. So far Modi 2.0 has done away with triple talaq, revoked Article 370, announced a CDS, and now Rajnath Singh is tweeting about a possible move away from NFU. And of course an Ayodya ruling is coming, plus potentially a Uniform Civil Code...

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Also Indian Bourbon biscuits. The finest.

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Calling all importers: please bring these to Australia.

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Thing learned today: Saif Gaddafi funded Chatham House to run a public opinion survey in Kashmir in 2009. Gosh.

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3 years

Afghanistan is, of course, well known for its beaches.

libijian李碧建

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3 years

#China ready to facilitate internal negotiations among various parties in #Afghanistan , including creating necessary conditions for negotiations in China. @PDChina

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Which "analysts"?

People's Daily, China

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4 years

The fatal clash in the #China - #India border region on Monday is the most severe in decades, and it is a provocative military operation staged by Indian troops to capture Chinese territory and shift domestic pressure: analysts

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5 years

Look what just arrived...

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Back in March 2017, the Australian government decided not to ratify an extradition treaty with the People's Republic of China. Beijing's fury was palpable - and to me, at least, revealing. I attended an event with the PRC Consul-General a few days later... 1/x

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2 years

I want to write something on India's foreign policy since 1991, but the temptation to subtitle it "From Rao to Now" is proving far too strong...

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2 years

Again, more Americans blame the US than Indians.

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2 years

India.

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So, after a week of Modi mania, who remembers the cancellation of the Quad meeting?

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So…blue is the US, red is Japan, yellow is India and we’re green?

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An interesting factoid in this piece: India accounted for 45% of Israel's overseas arms sales in the first half of the 2010s.

Israel, India to build 10-year defense cooperation plan

Israel has been supplying India with various weapons systems, missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles over the last few years, making India one of Israel’s largest buyers of military hardware

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4 years

Chinese state media outlet calls for the expulsion of a student from an Australian university for organising an anti-PRC protest. This won't stop with this case, nor just with students.

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3 years

So, to recap: we're halfway through week one of Biden's Presidency, and China has: authorised its coastguard to fire on other vessels; flown 20+ military aircraft towards Taiwan; let its troops get into another melee on the frontier with India. Have I missed anything?

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I suspect this dispute has some way to run, but I took the risk of putting pen to paper and trying to work out what Australia might learn from the Nijjar killing. @GAIGriffith

What might Australia learn from the Nijjar affair and the breakdown in Canada–India relations? |...

Justin Trudeau’s announcement that Canadian authorities suspect India had some role in the killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a temple in Surrey, British Columbia on 18...

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3 years

Between 2016 and 2020, China launched no fewer than 80 new warships. But sure, AUKUS is starting an arms race.

Indonesia and Malaysia 'worried' AUKUS will start a regional arms race with China

Malaysia's Foreign Minister says while Australia will not produce nuclear weapons, both Indonesia and Malaysia are concerned the development could lead to a regional arms race.

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2 years

I’m old enough to remember when a Liberal minister negotiated a free trade deal with a country whose name starts with “C” and ends with “a” and isn’t Cambodia, who then left office to take up a very highly paid job with a Chinese company that had just been awarded a port lease.

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4 years

Yeah, I don't think the whole reparations for past wrongs thing is something that Britain, of all countries, ought really to open up.

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Britain should pursue the Chinese government through international courts for £351 billion in coronavirus compensation, a major study into the crisis has concluded

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Since Russia is apparently awash with rupees, can't Moscow pay Iran for drone in Indian currency, so Tehran can keep buying rice and pharmaceuticals? {I am being facetious] The effects of various financial sanctions regimes are quite fascinating.

Rupee reserves depleting, Iran struggles to import from India

The issue has also hit the export of other commodities such as tea and pharmaceuticals to Iran.

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4 years

Australia isn’t dependent on China. We are dependent on open markets and enforcement mechanisms that allow us to trade with anyone, provided they adhere to the rules. If we move to a system where trade depends on Beijing’s whim and our acquiescence, we’ll get poorer, fast.

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Extraordinary…and problematic. “Since June last year, 1.4 per cent of Bhutan's population has been granted a visa to go to Australia — a huge proportion that's growing, in a country of just 760,000 people.”

'It feels so empty': The forbidden kingdom of Bhutan is turning into a ghost town

After centuries of isolation, Bhutan opened its doors to tourism in the 1970s. But when the ABC was granted rare entry into the country, it found a nation losing a high proportion of people — mainly...

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3 years

I was today years old when I learnt that the word Mandarin is derived from Sanskrit. Perhaps via Portuguese. Ping @ConstantinoX .

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4 years

Note that the panda is well behind the line, and the naughty but apparently contrite elephant is not.

Global Times

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4 years

Opinion: #PLA has dealt a heavy blow to #India 's ambition of encroaching on China’s territory and demonstrated to the Indian side the iron will of the PLA in defending China's territorial integrity.

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"During the G-20 summit...Ajit Doval engaged his Australian, UK and Canadian counterparts over the rise of Sikh fundamentalism and violence... the Australian NSA and the UK NSA reacted positively to Indian concerns but the Canadian NSA was unfazed..."

India read the riot act to the Canadian NSA during the G-20 summit

PM Justin Trudeau is playing vote bank politics in singling out India for interference in internal affairs of Canada. He just does not have a case.

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3 years

Fiji's PM calls it.

Frank Bainimarama

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3 years

Congratulations, @JoeBiden . Together, we have a planet to save from a #ClimateEmergency and a global economy to build back better from #COVID19 . Now, more than ever, we need the USA at the helm of these multilateral efforts (and back in the #ParisAgreement — ASAP!)

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My ten cents on Australia’s China problem: stick tight, don’t get riled, and make a plan. This campaign of interference, coercion and vilification isn’t going to do Beijing any good in the long term. And the world is watching.

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I'm struck by all these photos of Modi alone, in a country normally so busy. This next election is going be even more presidential than the last, I reckon.

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A masterclass in diplomacy.

Chinese foreign minister tells Germans ‘you know what genocide looks like’

During the Munich Security Conference, Wang Yi said sanctions imposed by the European Union over human rights violations in Xinjiang made China feel bullied.

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5 years

Hans J. Morgenthau had little time for Pakistan.

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1 year

Hopefully this will correct the mistaken impression that Xi has somehow changed his spots. Beijing wants control over what is said about China, everywhere.

Xi caught on camera in ‘staged rebuke’ of Trudeau

Xi Jinping has given Justin Trudeau an extraordinary “staged, public rebuke” at the G20 in Bali after the Chinese leader was challenged about interfering in Canada’s political process.

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India is in the SCO for the same reason Sir Humphrey believed the UK was in the EU: "Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years: to create a disunited Europe...Divide and rule, you see. Why should we change now, when it’s worked so well?"

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In 2017, #India joined #SCO as a full-time member after 12 years of observer status. #Russia was keen to have India in the SCO to #counterbalance #China ’s hegemonic dominance and belligerent pursuits in #Eurasia , highlight Harsh V Pant and @wani_ayjaz

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Universities have an obligation to protect their staff from abuse. But they insist on using anonymous surveys to "measure" teaching quality. So this happens. All the time. And normally, it is our female colleagues that cop the worst of it. Disgusting.

'This woman is so old': Insults hurled at academics spur survey rethink

Universities use anonymous student surveys to review the quality of teaching and subjects, but staff say they are increasingly being used as tools of abuse.

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I’m fond of The Economist, fwiw, but this is rot. India played a minor role in Afghanistan after 2001. What it did - e.g. building the new parliament and training election workers - was positive. Yes, Pakistan now has “strategic depth” and a terrorist playpen, but still.

The Economist

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3 years

For India, the collapse of the 20-year-old Afghan democracy represents a strategic setback and a stinging humiliation

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Sometimes forgotten. India's biggest export is talented people. Good for the world, perhaps not so good for India.

Stefan Schubert

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Out of the 1,000 top scorers on the entrance exam for the Indian Institutes of Technology, 36% have migrated eight years later (primarily to the US). Out of the top 100, 62%. Out of the top 10, 90%.

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You can take the man out of the KGB but you can never take the KGB out of the man. Delightful.

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46 minutes into his history lesson, Putin stops to mock Tucker for applying to the CIA when he was younger and getting rejected.

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10 months

Anyway, what we've seen in the last 24 hours, with bounties put on the heads of Hong Kong activists in Australia and elsewhere is a very good reminder of China's ambition to intimidate any and every critic, wherever they are. 4/4

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Pakistan has applied to join BRICS. My inner cynic says that if India has indeed written off the grouping, New Delhi will back the application. Nothing paralyses an institution quite like having both India and Pakistan as members. See also SAARC; SCO.

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India's stance praised by Russia. The problem is: the US and its allies want an India capable of standing up to China and India can't do that without Russian arms. New Delhi is in a bind; its partners need to find it a way out.

‘Independent and balanced’: Russia welcomes Indian stand on Ukraine crisis

Ukraine crisis: Russian chargé d’affaires Roman Babushkin said India’s stance at the UN Security Council reflects “our special and privileged strategic partnership” and corresponds to Indian aspira...

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The opening "नमस्ते from भारत" (Namaste from Bharat) will no doubt be applauded at home, as well as the later reference to "India, that is Bharat" - the phrase in Art 1 of the Constitution. 2/x

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Reading more and more papers written by young non-Indian South Asian scholars with PhDs from Chinese institutions and mid-career scholars being sponsored by PRC unis and think tanks. Interesting to see how CCP concepts and attitudes seep into their analyses, if dispiriting.

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8 months

From India’s opposition.

Jairam Ramesh

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The Indian National Congress has always believed that our country's fight against terrorism has to be uncompromising, especially when terrorism threatens India's sovereignty, unity and integrity. Our country's interests and concerns must be kept paramount at all times. #Canada

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Yikes. You have to wonder what China promised to extract this entirely unnecessary statement.

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Statement by the Government of Maldives following elections in Taiwan region 🇲🇻

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I can't confirm the veracity of the image, but the Banana Republic t-shirt is a nice touch.

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Canadians just can’t catch a break at the moment.

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Passengers left upside down as ride malfunctions in Canada

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It should, but it can’t, mostly because its northern neighbour has refused to settle their mutual border despite thirty years of talks and instead uses threats and force to try to get what it wants.

Global Times

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2 years

"India is a great country. It doesn't have to be in the camp of any country, US or China," said #Indian scholar Vijay Prashad. "India should have a non-aligned policy"

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The last part about India as a "civilisational polity" blending tradition and modernity is also worth a listen, but this thread is already too long. Apologies, folks. There was just a lot in this speech... 17/17

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Beijing ratcheting the pressure and staking its claim to an Indian state larger than Scotland. Interesting timing, with an election looming in India.

Spokesperson发言人办公室

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The area of Zangnan is Chinese territory. The Chinese government has never recognized the so-called “Arunachal Pradesh” illegally set up by India and firmly opposes it. China stands firmly against the Indian leader’s visit to the East Section of the China-India boundary.

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The PRC embassy in New Delhi’s spokesperson. You have to acknowledge the sheer chutzpah.

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Times of India reporting that Lashkar e Taiba commander Akram Ghazi was shot by unidentified gunmen. And “on Sunday, Khwaja Shahid, one of the masterminds of the 2018 Sunjwan terror attack in J&K, was abducted and…found beheaded near the Line of Control”

Key LeT commander killed by unidentified men in Pakistan - Times of India

A top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, Akram Ghazi, was shot dead in Pakistan, making it the second assassination of a terrorist targeting India in one week. Ghazi was responsible for recruiting terrorists...

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India insisted on a 9am meeting too. Brutal stuff!

IndiaToday

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India summoned Maldives High Commissioner Ibrahim Shaheeb amid the row over Maldivian ministers' remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lakshadweep pitch. #Maldives #envoy #NarendraModi #Lakshadweep #SouthBlock

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I'm going to say this quietly, but I actually think US-India ties are going to be a lot better under Biden.

Indo-US ties will pick up, Joe Biden no stranger to India: S Jaishankar

External Affairs minister S Jaishankar said India has dealt with Joe Biden in his former roles as vice president in the Barack Obama administration and as ranking Democratic member and chairman of...

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"Among the deliverables will be collaboration in helping set up a semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem in India. This will include Micron announcing a major investment in big assembly, testing and packaging manufacturing facility in Gujarat..."

Telecom, education, AI: India, US set for major deliverables

The two sides will also discuss the importance of “openness and freedom”, values that have become more crucial as India and the US become trusted partners.

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5 years

Still can't believe how hard Modi smacked Trump's hand.

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Trump - Modi actually speaks very good English Modi - 😆😆😆 ✋✋

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Honestly I’d take my hat off to anyone who managed to plot a revolution on MS Teams. That goes above and beyond.

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. @GovtofPakistan please ban Microsoft Teams and Slack immediately, it’s being used for strategy, planning and organizing groups of people to do bad things …

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Really happy to see my soon-to-be-out book on Narendra Modi and Indian foreign policy is now available for pre-order in India - and it's discounted to just 639 Rs...

Modi and the Reinvention of Indian Foreign Policy

In the campaign that led to his landslide victory in India’s 2014 General election, prime Minister Narendra Modi scarcely mentioned his foreign policy ideas. Once in power, however, Modi moved...

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1 year

Sometimes, this website still delivers.

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7 months

Jaishankar's introduction paints a picture of global "turmoil" and then moves directly (about 2.05) into a discussion of India's G20 agenda and achievements - especially the focus on "the key concerns of the many, not just the narrow interests of a few". 3/x

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3 years

Surely this is cultural appropriation?

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Meet the new Taliban teams, American car, American weapons, American costume.

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Calling all importers: please bring these to Australia.

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11 months

There are already lots of good threads on the US-India joint statement, so just a couple of things that struck me: first, the Quad gets a prominent mention in the first para. 1/x

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8 months

Move over, Indo-Pacific. Bharati-Pacific it is.

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2 months

Please make this stop.

The Times Of India

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#AnantAmbani - #RadhikaMerchant bash: #MarkZuckerberg shares pic from the festivities with wife Priscilla #anantradhikaprewedding

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Beijing's list of demands to Australia, including demands to silence and defund critical voices, should be a matter of immediate concern to anyone with a stake in upholding academic freedom in this country. I hope we'll see some strong leadership from universities in response.

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4 months

The lead candidate for the 2029 national election has well and truly emerged.

The Times Of India

@timesofindia

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Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma is showcasing his exceptional guitar skills in this viral video. Known for his love of music, Mr Sangma is playing the solo of the metal band Iron Maiden's 'Wasted Years' on guitar. #conradsangma #meghalya #ironmaiden #wastedyears #guitar

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Okay I do think an Australia-India partnership is a good idea, but surely this is going a step (bounce?) too far.

Shiv Aroor

@ShivAroor

2 months

Good morning, say hello to India’s newly discovered species of kangaroo lizard

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I’m delighted to join the #Raisina Quad Think Tank Forum this morning. Many thanks to @orfonline for the kind invitation.

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2 years

Going out on a limb here, but I argue here that Russia's invasion of Ukraine heralds the end of India's multialignment strategy. Ping @GAIGriffith @caitebyrne

Putin’s folly and the end of Indian multialignment | The Strategist

For New Delhi, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to prove as big a strategic shock as the twin blows inflicted on India in 1991 by the Gulf War and the collapse ...

www.aspistrategist.org.au

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2 years

I honestly thought that video was satire. But apparently it isn’t… 😳

NK NEWS

@nknewsorg

2 years

BREAKING: North Korea's state-run television shows edited footage of Kim Jong Un guiding the test-launch of what the country referred to as the Hwasong-17 ICBM. Latest story: (Video: KCTV)

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Jaishankar (c. 13.50): "...rules will work only when they apply equally to all." He mentions too "evasion of historic responsibilities" on climate action. And then we get the Canada reference: "political convenience" cannot determine "responses to terrorism" (c. 14.20). 15/x

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5 years

It would take a team of psychologists years to disentangle this hot mess of a tweet.

Hu Xijin 胡锡进

@HuXijin_GT

5 years

This is the legendary DF41 ICBM. But it is not a tale. Today it is displayed at Tiananmen Square and there are multiple of it. I touched one about four years ago in the production plant. No need to fear it. Just respect it and respect China that owns it.

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Happy to put BRI infrastructure in disputed areas though. Sigh.

Global Times

@globaltimesnews

1 year

China firmly opposes holding G20 meetings in any form in disputed areas and will not attend such meetings, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday when asked about reports of India hosting a G20 meeting in Kashmir.

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I’m not sure who looks most surprised.

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

@FCDOGovUK

6 months

Today Foreign Secretary @David_Cameron met Indian Foreign Minister @DrSJaishankar , building on a strong UK-India partnership 🇬🇧🇮🇳

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4 months

The name’s Modi, Narendra Modi. #Bond #NoTimeToSnorkel

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1 month

A clear summary from Brahma Chellaney of the ongoing China-India standoff that began with PLA encroachments in early 2020 and its consequences for the bilateral relationship. Far clearer than I have seen from the Indian govt at any point since.

China's Indian land grab has become a strategic disaster

Xi Jinping faces dilemma in resolving crisis without losing face

asia.nikkei.com

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7 months

This flattery comes from relative weakness. He knows full well that Russia has less and less to offer.

Sidhant Sibal

@sidhant

7 months

Russian President Putin backs India's presence at UNSC; Says, 'the country is becoming more powerful with each passing year under the leadership of PM Modi' Vdo source: Kremlin

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And then Jaishankar makes a very big claim (p. 9.05) to be an exceptional rising power: "The goals we have set for ourselves will make us different from all those whose rise preceded ours". 10/x

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3 years

Still have doubts about the ISI’s ties to the Taliban? 🙇🏻‍♂️

Tanvi Madan

@tanvi_madan

3 years

Sources: "head of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, who was in Kabul,...backed the Haqqanis over Baradar" "little-known Mullah Mohammad Hassan was chosen as PM instead of Baradar" cuz "he has better links with 🇵🇰 & isn’t a threat to the Haqqani faction"

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A couple of things arising from Indian PM Modi's visit to Papua New Guinea and meeting with Pacific leaders - India is extending visa on arrival to Pacific states (ahem, Australia) and Modi is meeting the NZ PM too.

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4 years

This is really bizarre - Andrew Forrest gets PRC Consul-General in Victoria, Zhou Long, to gatecrash Greg Hunt's press conference. Odd, irregular and concerning.

Greg Hunt blindsided as Chinese consul-general crashes press conference

Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt was blindsided by a mining billionaire decision to invite a top Chinese diplomat to speak at their press conference.

www.brisbanetimes.com.au

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1 year

Rats ate 500kg of marijuana, claim Uttar Pradesh police at court hearing into its disappearance. "The Mathura police, in its clarification to the court, said 'Being small in size, rats have no fear of police...'"

Uttar Pradesh: Rats ate 500kg marijuana, Mathura cops tell court | Agra News - Times of India

A report submitted by Mathura police to a special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (1985) court claimed that rats "ate" over 500 kg of m

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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7 months

And he notes that India facilitated the inclusion of the African Union in the G20, again using the language of "giving voice" (c. 4.50), and suggests the UNSC might learn from this change and be more inclusive and representative. 6/x

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Jaishankar then argues (c. 2.55) that the G20 shows that "diplomacy and dialogue" is essential in a "diverse" international order, especially "at a time of [sharp] East-West polarisation" and a "deep" North-South "divide". 4/x

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2 years

It is rarely appreciated that France has both Australia and the US surrounded.