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Indian Foreign Policy| Indo-Pacific| Formerly @MEAIndia @StimsonCenter | @UniofOxford Antonian @OfficialUoM alumna | Young Leader @PacificForum | Views personal|

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Jyotsna Mehra

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🧵 For @CSIS , @Mathieu_Droin @nicoblar @rajesh_basrur and I explore the 🇫🇷&🇮🇳 understanding of ‘strategic autonomy’ that guides their respective foreign policies, and makes them reliable partners for each other

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France and India: Two Nuances of 'Strategic Autonomy' | CSIS

Narendra Modi’s presence as a guest of honor on Bastille Day is testament to a thriving Franco-Indian relationship. The strength of this partnership rests on convergent visions of multipolarity and...

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4 times more than India

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The EU has bought more Russian energy than China since February 2022

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In the words of the most valorous deployed at the world’s highest and coldest battlefield… 📍Nubra, Ladakh, India

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Domestically, Newsclick has a predictably jaundiced view of everything in India. But a quick glance at some of NewsClick’s commentary on foreign affairs reveals a narrative we have seen before : The West is using “naive” India as a pawn in its great game against China to the

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Delhi Police raid journalists: "...a [NYT] report claimed that the news portal was part of a global network that received funding from American billionaire Neville Roy Singham, who allegedly works closely with the Chinese government media machine."

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Interesting stuff: NZ-China rift widens over the last few days over NZ’s Huawei blocking, and then NZ becomes the first country to pass a parliamentary motion condemning the attack in Pulwama

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Significant. New Zealand is the very first country to pass a motion in their parliament against the Pulwama terror attack in Kashmir in support of India. Global consensus growing in support of New Delhi. More to come soon.

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📍LOC viewpoint Thang, Ladakh- Thang is India’s northern most village- among the Balti villages retaken from Pakistan by India in 1971.

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“In 2021 Mr. Trudeau aligned himself with agitators who were campaigning against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agriculture privatization. Meanwhile, Canadian trade policy has long had India in its crosshairs over the latter’s heavy-handed subsidies and elaborate state

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Nathan Punwani

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My @WSJopinion letter on why Indians are incensed with @JustinTrudeau He claims to support Indian farmers yet he filed a WTO suit against #India over farm subsidies & MSP. He squashed the Canada truckers strike yet asks other nations to respect dissenters

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I write for @orfonline : "A careful analysis of the information and political space in India reveals that substantial efforts are being made by the PRC to frame a ‘party-positive’ public opinion in New Delhi— Beijing’s regional geo-strategic competitor"

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Delighted that this paper that I wrote while at ORF is out, just as discussions are on for an earlier Quad meet this year. From a hesitant testing of waters in 2007, to a confident embrace in 2020, I trace the domestic debates in 🇦🇺🇮🇳🇯🇵🇺🇸that have brought back the Quad: 1/n

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As the Quad reappeared in Manila in 2017, doubts about its robustness also returned. Domestic debates in Australia, India, Japan and the US reveal that a pronounced China threat has been bringing the Quad countries closer, writes @JyotsnaMehra :

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While the rest of us are still unable to come to terms with the horrors Hamas has inflicted upon innocent people in Israel… another such march in the UK. Makes so much sense to wave the flag of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, as you call for Palestine to be free “from the river to

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Birmingham. Why is this happening on the streets of Britain after the rape, murder, kidnapping and unrelenting bombing of innocent people?

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An important bilateral that was long forgotten, gaining tremendous momentum rather quickly- thanks to active recognition of convergence on strategic issues 🇮🇳 🇪🇬 Another major Eastern Mediterranean partnership that India is investing in along with Greece, Cyprus, and Israel

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Sidhant Sibal

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Egyptian President Sisi reaches Delhi. This is his 2nd visit to India this year. He was earlier in Delhi as Republic day guest. Egypt is an invited country for the G20 summit.

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The visionary who made many see the “Confluence of the Two Seas” and proposed the “Asian Democratic Security Diamond” when geopolitical interests had only just started converging. A long standing friend of India, a real titan of our times. #ShinzoAbe

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A very happy Diwali, friends. 🪔✨

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"Along with Korea, three other nations, including Japan, India and Germany, were proposed as possible new members [of expanded Five Eyes]."

Five Eyes invitation may come with costs

South Korea has received a fresh invitation from the world’s most exclusive intelligence-sharing alliance, the so-called Five Eyes, but experts warn there is no such thing as a free lunch in diplom...

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Silver Lining

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Three years of working on Indian foreign policy at the Policy Planning Division of @MEAIndia came to an end this week. Privileged beyond belief that I got this chance to learn from the best @anupamifs @doctorsumitseth as India rode through global disruptions and won big.

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Foreign Labour Young Tourists Women with children Elderly Helpless families IDF soldiers

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Aviva Klompas

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Thailand confirms that 11 of its nationals were taken hostage by Hamas and are presumably being held in Gaza.

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Tried delving into a range of topics in Hindi and English for @TimesGlo podcast. My main points: •India batting for the Global South also serves Western interests •BIMSTEC>SAARC more reflective of contemporary economic/political/strategic realities of the region • Without an

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Times Glo

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India's Foreign Policy | Pakistan India diplomacy Our podcast featuring @JyotsnaMehra will be premiering today at 8 PM Pakistan Time on our YouTube channel. In this episode, we delve into a comprehensive discussion of India's Foreign Policy and the intricacies of Pakistan-India

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The bulk of this brief press release on the meeting with Trudeau: “Prime Minister conveyed our strong concerns about continuing anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada. They are promoting secessionism and inciting violence against Indian diplomats, damaging

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PIB India

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PM @narendramodi 's meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada Read here: @PMOIndia

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A true privilege to meet the External Affairs Minister today. Everyday at the Policy Planning Division brings incredible challenges and offers fresh insights into the management of our foreign policy. 🇮🇳

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The parent company of TikTok

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Fergus Ryan

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Here's a pic of Bytedance employees attending a CCP study session. They regularly get together to study Xi Jinping's speeches & pledge loyalty to the party.

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It never feels like a big India win without outrage in the UK over this paltry“aid” that India keeps refusing 😆

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Daily Express

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Being taken for a ride! #India lands on moon after taking £2.3bn in UK aid over five years #Chandrayaan -3 @benbabib6

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Pentagon has got something to say

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NEWS: U.S.-India Relationship Critical to Free, Open Indo-Pacific

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Israel-Palestine: An emerging point of departure in the domestic political consensus we have on foreign policy in India

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Geeta Mohan گیتا موہن गीता मोहन

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#Breaking Congress extends support to the Palestinian cause! "The CWC expresses its dismay and anguish on the war that has broken out in the Middle East where over a thousand people have been killed in the last two days. The CWC reiterates its long-standing support for the

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Personal appeal for enhancing reach: My friend’s brother was killed as he made his way into his car on a busy street in Amritsar. A life so tragically&needlessly lost over a case of mistaken identity 13 days&the accused is absconding Utter breakdown of law and order

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#justiceforvisheshgupta #jusiceforvishesh #justiceforvishu @CMOPb @OPSoni_inc @kvijaypratap @aajtak @PunjabGovtIndia @AmitShah @ShashiTharoor @PMOIndia @BhagwantMann @msisodia @nsui @AkshaySharmaOrg @ArvindKejriwal @CHARANJITCHANNI @Sukhjinder_INC @rssurjewala @mlkhattar

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Taiwan turns to India to shake off shackles of China dependence via @financialtimes

Taiwan turns to India to shake off shackles of China dependence

Xi Jinping’s sabre-rattling over unification prompts rethink on market exposure

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An incredible privilege, a serious responsibility. Happy #IndependenceDay

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Jyotsna Mehra

4 years

As a brand new Delhiite, happy to have already debuted at @thedelhiwalla 😄

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mayank austen soofi—Monsieur Swann, c’est moi

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Because the Elegant Mrs Dalloway Said She would Do the Shopping Herself... in Mask!

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@Iyervval @ARYNEWSOFFICIAL Tbf, she also said “Taiwan”

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Reports from earlier this year on “foreign interference” in Canada: •For months, Justin Trudeau’s government had dillydallied on allegations that China sought to interfere in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian elections, in favour of Trudeau’s Liberal Party. •Trudeau appointed his

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Making it official: Recruiting members of banned Tanzims in para military troops.

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Hamid Mir حامد میر

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Pakistan decided to take over madrasahs of banned outfits and recruit their members in para-military troops in December 2018 but implementation delayed due to financial constraints now Govt decided to allocate funds for this project in coming budget @Asad_Umar

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@Iyervval @HuaweiMobile Looks like it.

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“Until Monday, that rat’s nest was almost entirely about Liberal roadblocks to any public reckoning with Beijing’s agents of influence in this country and their monkeywrenching of the 2019 and 2021 federal elections to the Liberals’ advantage. It’s another story now, and its

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Terry Glavin 格立文

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India's distrust of the Trudeaus goes back decades. Pierre refused to extradite the Khalistanis who went on to plot & rehearse the Air India bombing right under the noses of the RCMP & CSIS. After Justin's Monday melodrama, trust has collapsed entirely.

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Frankly, India doesn’t really need better ties with Islamabad. India only has to keep Pakistan’s adventurism in check. Nothing more. Pakistan not only needs “normalcy” in ties with India (historically, that has meant trade + terror) in light of the economic crisis, but also to

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Jaishankar - 0 Bilawal - 1 Jaishankar: with hot-headed, schoolboyish & undiplomatic statement came across as a BJP politician - not a FM. Bilawal with measured & articulate responses that problematize loose narratives around terrorism comes across as a FM & statesman.

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Jyotsna Mehra

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Looking forward to an exciting year as a @SAVoices Visiting Fellow. Thrilled to be a part of this cohort and working with the dynamic @SAVoices team at the @StimsonCenter

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Stimson Center

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We are thrilled to announce our 2021 cohort of @SAVoices Visiting Fellows, @hussainkashifGB , @KashoonLeeza , @JyotsnaMehra , and @MHNpp ! We are excited to work with them as they develop their research this year. Stay tuned for more on @SAVoices :

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@orfonline Indian newspapers: glossy China Daily inserts about Tibet’s “shining years of success” under the CCP, and op-eds authored by high-ranking Chinese diplomats — justifying the actions of the HK police against “radicals” or singing praises in honour of the “Xi Path to Prosperity.”

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Happy Deepawali, fam Now to the fireworks-almost after a decade ;)

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With African Union now in the G20, India is pushing forward an alternate model of Global South engagement: one that accords due recognition to concerns and interests of the Global South, while allowing space for effective collaboration with Global North. Reflective of India’s

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The EU and Africa are partnering to address the continent’s priorities. → Ensuring food security → Securing the means to fight climate change → Attracting investments I welcome @_AfricanUnion as a new full member of the G20. The G20 has much to win from a strong African

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@swarajkumar224 @ShivAroor @narendramodi He was filling the gap, more like. Someone from the forces as CDS was needed to improve coordination and jointness between services.

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“The new structure will be more corporate in nature. MEA will build a series of ‘verticals’ like economic& trade diplomacy, development partnership, consular, emerging technology etc. Each of these verticals will be headed by the equivalent of ‘political directors’ ”

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The Times Of India

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MEA starts its biggest internal rejig in 50 years

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Obviously, noticing how the more generous ones are concentrated along the eastern coast/Indian Ocean littoral

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Dhruva Jaishankar · ध्रुव जयशंकर

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India's lines of credit to Africa (as of March 1, 2019)

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Mother’s work and care-bringing a bit of the tropics to the dreary North Indian summer.

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@orfonline Social Media: Banned in China, PRC's ‘twiplomats’ have taken to Twitter to confront critics of BRI & ‘debt-traps’ in India’s neighbourhood, responding to Xinjiang-related condemnation w/ racially charged come-backs, and threatening defenders of Taiwan’s independence with “fire”.

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Celebrating Diwali at home after years. Here’s wishing everyone love and light! Happy Diwali ✨

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On whether the Southern Indian Ocean is the area of primary importance for 🇫🇷 in the IOR, the French Naval Chief at @orfonline today: No. Southern IOR is a question of sovereignty (home to overseas territories) for us, and the Northern Indian Ocean is a question of strategy.

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Politics:Beijing’s attempts to build lucrative relationships with a diverse array of Indian political leaders require serious attention, considering how severely such suspiciously developed relationships have impacted domestic debates on China in other countries, especially AU&NZ

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This tweet from @SrBachchan has now been deleted. What (or who) would have caused a hugely influential celebrity who got thousands of (mainly, Indian) fans talking about WHO’s collusion with the CCP to delete his tweet? He had retweeted (with comment) the following image of Dr T.

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"While London is reaching out to New Delhi as a part of Global Britain’s Indo-Pacific pivot, India has also been reimagining its relationship with the UK" @RobertClark87 & I for @9DashLine - @SAVoices

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Global Britain and India: A New Agenda for Cooperation – South Asian Voices

A new age of India-UK geostrategic relations is underway as London's Global Britain policy integrates the country deeper into the Indo-Pacific.

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Films: "The possible collateral damage of China’s sharp power could be borne by India’s film industry. With Indian films developing a large fan base in China, one wonders whether Bollywood will start losing its essential Indian flavour and sinicise itself"?

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Academia: Indian institutions continue to enter research partnerships w/ PRC’s. As examples from elsewhere show, injections of yuan in foreign academia from PRC institutions that have institutionally mandated restrictions on academic freedom have allowed PRC to export regression

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The last two years working under @anupamifs have been incredible. With his great love for research& fresh ideas, we have always been encouraged to think outside the box. Wishing Prof Ray the very best as he takes over as Permanent Representative to UN Conference on Disarmament🇮🇳

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“India is engaged in discussions with Southeast Asian nations, such as Singapore and Thailand, to facilitate the cross-border trade of renewable energy (RE) electricity. Plans include establishing grid connections both underwater and on land, contingent on cost factors. This

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@fawadchaudhry Woh toh theek hai. But did you check with bosses in Beijing before tweeting this? 🤭 NZ just called upon China to end human rights violations in Xinjiang at the UN.

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“China is actually ageing more rapidly than Japan was (in the 1990s) which has led to predictions that it will ‘grow old before it grows rich’ — a kind of demographics-caused middle-income trap.” China’s Japanification

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China’s Japanification

The good, bad and ugly, according to JPMorgan

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Jyotsna Mehra

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As an Oxford alumna, I am terribly dismayed but sadly not surprised at the vitriol that has been directed at @Rashmidvs . Our views evolve with time. Ideas flourish in an environment where you are not punished for wrongthink & for your background. This is not the first time.

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Naomi Canton

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Rashmi Samant was so traumatised when she got back to India after a torrent of online abuse at Oxford that she was hospitalised. She is now in India doing her masters online and missing out on the real Oxford experience she had paid thousands for.

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India could soon become a 'NATO ally' as US lawmakers introduce a new bill. In other news, Russia confers on Modi its highest civilian honour. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Now that news of PRC coast guards near Indian oil blocs off the Vietnamese coast is breaking, perhaps its time to revisit the fundamental mismatch over SCS between Indian Maritime Security Strategy (secondary area of interest) and Indo Pacific vision (w/ASEAN centrality)?

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Indo-Pacific News - Geo-Politics & Defense

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@rdmartinson88 @SCS_news #VanguardBank Thread: A possible new development here. Chinese coast guard ships near India's ONGC block 0.61 in #Vietnam 's EEZ. Need to get further confirmation of this. @rdmartinson88 @SCS_news @CollinSLKoh

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The ever so witty Shabana Azmi was at ours in Amritsar, yesterday for dinner-and (believe it or not) we ended up having a conversation about FONOPs and South China Sea

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An important relationship underpinned by a growing recognition of our shared values and interests. This policy planning dialogue was held today, as new arenas of cooperation emerge between India and Germany:

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Anupam Ray

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I began my diplomatic career in Germany;it was a privilege to conduct a policy dialogue with Germany today. @planungsstab & we had an excellent meeting. This is 1st in a series of policy planning conversations with a most valuable partner with whom we have a win-win relationship

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So this requires “academic consensus outside the push&pull of geopolitics”? Harrowing photo collection shows true horror of Armenian Genocide

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Revisiting my Feb piece on the need for 🇮🇳’s partners to pay greater attention to 🇮🇳’s concerns in the Western Indo-Pacific. Wondering whether what’s happened over the last month+1/2 signal minor shift?: Int responses to Pulwama+Balakot+PRC’s Azhar shield

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Indo-Pacific And India: Mapping It Right

To spruce up the collective and cooperative security architecture in the Indo-Pacific, countries will have to re-assess threats across the wider region.

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Out of bounds for tourists until recently, thanks to better connectivity and social media exposure, Turtuk, the largest among the retaken Balti villages, is now seeing a significant rise in the number of Indian and International tourists making their way to the far end of the

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Electric cab, and the fabulous Ms Devi behind the wheel. @BluSmartIndia

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Excellent discussion on the future of Pax Americana-looking at global expectations from the US amid growing domestic polarisation #Raisina2022 @LisaCurtisDC @MalikAshok @LynnKuok @carlbildt @DCTwining @INDSRTW

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As is tradition with Chinese envoys to Nepal, he also sounds very patronising towards his host country His Excellency taking on the charge to enlighten Nepal about the “reality” of its imports from India and Nepal’s “very weak agricultural sector” that has “become weaker with

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Sidhant Sibal

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"India opened..but we did not see economic booming, only after recent year we saw soaring", Chinese Amb to Nepal Song comparing Chinese economy; Song questioned Nepal's economic independence, given its reliance on importing agricultural products and electricity from India.

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US Amb to Canada “Cohen’s remarks were not wise. He appeared on television for its own sake, stirred the pot, but ultimately said nothing. From his perspective, he simply wanted to be available for Canadian TV. Indians should understand US diplomacy and Canada. American

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Michael Rubin

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“Interpreting American thinking on Khalistan terrorism and India-Canada tensions” #India #Canada #HardeepSinghNijjar

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So why did Xi not show up, again? US and EU back new India-Middle East transport corridor | Financial Times

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US and EU back new India-Middle East transport corridor

Project agreed on G20 sidelines would counter growing Chinese influence in Arab states

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Delighted that this policy memo I worked on last year as a @StimsonCenter @SAVoices Visiting Fellow is now out:

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An Evolving Agenda for the Quad • Stimson Center

Quad leaders must develop a robust agenda that delivers meaningful success in pandemic cooperation, emerging technologies and defense and security.

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25 years of France-India strategic partnership. IAF #Rafale flypast over the Champs-Élysées #BastilleDayParade

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No real Christmas trees, but at least there is warm Punjab sun. And a set of Santas so multicultural Justin Trudeau would approve. Merry Christmas ✨🎄🎉

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Brace yourselves for the HUGE DIPLOMATIC VICTORY FOR PAKISTAN tweets: President Trump made to believe that finding Hafiz Saeed required a 10 year search

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After a ten year search, the so-called “mastermind” of the Mumbai Terror attacks has been arrested in Pakistan. Great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find him!

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@AdityaRajKaul Important in the light of this development to understand how partnerships are shaping more broadly: France wants to (has been) play(ing)a major role partnering with India in the Indo-Pacific.

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On the wider geopolitical implications on BRI & 🇮🇳🇦🇫🇺🇸-🇨🇳🇵🇰 of the partial revocation of the #Article370 . A crisp thread:

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Indo-Pacific News - Geo-Politics & Defense

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Its clear that #Pakistan plans a massive insurgency campaign on steroids against #India that would be backed by the military. India's response should be to retaliate with even greater force so that Pak has to pay an unbearable price for each of its actions.

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Here comes PRC talking about “sovereignty and territorial integrity” 😍:

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People's Daily, China

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China urges all sides, especially the US, to refrain from escalating the situation, a FM spokesperson said on Fri in response to the strike on Baghdad, reiterating that China opposes the use of force and Iraq’s sovereignty and territorial integrity should be respected.

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Aptly based to do all the India in the Indo Pacific thinking...

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Star Panel here at #ITF17 discussing India&US on Indo Pacific, trade and CAATSA, Afghanistan @Cold_Peace_ @AbercrombieCara @tanvi_madan

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Delighted at being selected as a @PacificForum Young Leader. Through the Pacific Forum, I look forward to engaging with an international network of foreign policy practitioners and observers in an attempt to understand India's rise and role in the Indo-Pacific.

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Robust methodology(w/ earliest data going back to early days of the conflict) shows what gets conveniently overlooked:On average, people of the valley spend more and are better off than rest of the country

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@ElliottZaagman His Twitter tirade has been on for months. Pakistani women being trafficked to PRC or Huawei getting blocked in Australia? He’d post multiple videos/day of Pakistanis giving random free stuff to Chinese visitors out of *pure love* or crazy camera zoom in features of Huawei sets

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Notable among foreign nationals who have been awarded India’s #PadmaShri this year: Prof @BobThurman : Prolific scholar of Tibetan Buddhism, and author of several books including “Why the Dalai Lama Matters:His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World”1/n

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The Quad has been very active recently. As a @SAVoices Visiting Fellow with the @StimsonCenter , I have been working on a policy brief on the path ahead for our partnership with 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇯🇵. Just presented my findings on this as this project develops. Watch this space.

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Stimson Center

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🔴LIVE NOW: @SAVoices Visiting Fellows @hussainkashifGB , @KashoonLeeza , @JyotsnaMehra & @MHNpp present their research & policy recommendations on South Asian security issues after a year-long fellowship. Tune in below:

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Significant. Keeping an eye out for more on this:

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Tom Nash

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My sources are saying that the vibe in KSA (Saudi) is that a deal with Israel must happen as soon as possible. Context: Iran attempted to stop the Israel KSA and U.S. deal by getting Hamas to murder civilians and getting Israel to respond so the Hamas can scream “genocide” and

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Expect ISPR to spin this as “MAJOR DIPLOMATIC VICTORY FOR PAKISTAN”

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State_SCA

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Contrary to press reporting, the Indian government did not consult or inform the US Government before moving to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status. - AGW

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Where the I2U2 is a majorly geoeconomics-focused initiative (anchored by largely converging security interests), we’ve now had high level talks between IN-KSA-UAE-US with a more explicit security focus, and a commitment to hold regular discussions. Another minilateral in the

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Former Indian Amb to US, @NavtejSarna speaking immaculately in Amritsar on Punjab’s immense role vis-a-vis 🇮🇳’s independence: Jaliahwalla Bagh&coercive recruitment of armymen for WW1 lead to to rev. uprisings famously personified by the likes of Bhagat Singh &Udham Singh

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India’s thinktank space has evolved in its size&vibrancy. Thinktanks are critical to the development of our foreign policy agenda. Yesterday’s interaction with Delhi-based thinktanks was a critical and timely step in enhancing government-thinktanks engagement:

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Ambassador 𝙳𝚛 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚝 𝚂𝚎𝚝𝚑 🇮🇳

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@MEAIndia @harshvshringla Foreign Secretary @harshvshringla ’s interaction with, New Delhi based, Think Tanks. +More in the offing Cc: Think Tanks outside the capital

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Excited to be here in Hanoi for the 12th #CSCAP General Conference. Hoping to take home perspectives on ASEAN (dis)unity, maritime security& New Cold War vs Hot Peace debate. Grateful to @PacificForum for offering early-career researchers like myself such invaluable opportunities

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Every day at the PP Division is an intensive learning experience. Thank you, @anupamifs @doctorsumitseth

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Anupam Ray

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I have an outstanding team of researchers in Policy Planning Division. I introduced them to Foreign Secretary @harshvshringla to whom I report and who is a consumer of a lot of our products. @JayannaKrupakar @Shahana629 @JyotsnaMehra @ShreepathJ @doctorsumitseth

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To my friends celebrating, Merry Christmas! Wishing everyone here a delightful festive season.

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Here’s to an unstoppable, aspirational India Incredible feat @isro @Chandrayaan3

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“China’s dedication to promote a pluralistic world order has been reduced to a mere narrative aimed at propelling its own rise” An important piece by @jppjagannath1

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Xi’s lost chance in Asia

Beijing's political goodwill has been met with strong resistance from across the world, with even Europe realizing the perils of China's “wolf warrior” diplomacy.

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Significant development: Imp to note the division will be headed for the moment by js @VDoraiswami (also heads B’desh&Myanmar desk)- Act East(SE Asia) bedrock of India’s IndoPacific thinking, much like other IndoPacific partners

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In a show of intent, external affairs ministry sets up Indo-Pacific wing

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Difficult read “Several of these rape victims appear to have been later executed. Others were taken to Gaza. In photographs released online, you can see several paraded through the city’s streets, blood gushing from between their legs.”

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KL’s China Town- and there is an OYO here, from the Gurgaon based, SoftBank backed hotel chain that’s reportedly on the path to become PRC’s biggest hotel chain:

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Personally, a heartening news for us Amritsaris to potentially have Amb Puri, an accomplished diplomat and an authority on national security represent us in LS. Remains to be seen if+how local issues direct electoral decisions in the city-Punjab has often voted against the flow.

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Hardeep Singh Puri (मोदी का परिवार)

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Deeply honoured & blessed to be nominated as @BJP4India candidate from Guru ki Nagri Amritsar. I humbly accept the opportunity bestowed upon me by my party to serve this holiest of holy city & its people. I seek the blessings of Wahe Guru & love of the people of Amritsar.

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Critical&extensive research by @BaldingsWorld , together w/ @JohnHemmings2 provides more evidence for the undecided: Out of a sample of 25000 CVs, 100 CVs of Huawei employees reveal established connections to PRC military&intel agencies: via @telegraphnews

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It was great fun talking to @Shehzad_Ind and @RShivshankar yesterday. Amritsar heard their sharp takes on the democratisation of the global media space, the future of journalism and the role an evolving media will play in helping us achieve India @100 goals. As expected, there was

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A lovely conversation with the people of Amritsar thanks to @AmritsarFlo @RShivshankar

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