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Ian Hall
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Professor of International Relations at Griffith University, India’s foreign policy, Indo-Pacific stuff, snakes when I find one. Usual caveats.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10h
Just sent out this free piece. The response to the execution of Alex Pretti reveals how we have gotten into this mess. The anger is not directed at Trump, who caused this whole situation. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Whitewashing Of Trump
It Is Never His Fault When It Always Is: A Case Study
open.substack.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 13h
Xi Jinping will be pleased. A "new era" indeed. Yikes.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 1d
A chopping board? That’s…ominous…

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 1d
Note too that if the EU gets this trade deal over the line, it will have done better than the first Trump admin, which failed to negotiate one, and the second one, which has so far failed to negotiate one.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 1d
This ranting and raving does not make the US look strong, regardless of the rights and wrongs. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/f...
US secy Scott Bessent ballistic over EU's trade deal with India, says ‘financing war against themselves' via Russian oil
"Just to be clear again, the Russian oil goes into India, the refined products come out, and the Europeans buy the refined products,” Scott Bessent said| India News
www.hindustantimes.com

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d
End of an era for some of us. RIP.
Sir Mark Tully obituary
BBC correspondent and author whose sensitive reporting from India made him a revered public figure in the subcontinent
www.theguardian.com

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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 2d
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 2d
Suggestion: let’s have a Cathy Freeman Day. 25 September or nearest Monday. It can replace the problematic one… and we need more public holidays in the second half of the year.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 2d
Ha! I've never seen those clips. Fab.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 3d
Very much a read. It’s about regional Queensland, folks.

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 3d
OK kids Antony is now on to it...
antonygreen.com.au/the-coalitio...
The Coalition Split and the Re-emergence of One Nation
Despite denials, I find it hard to believe that this week’s split in the Coalition doesn’t stem from the reported surge in support for One Nation. Perhaps this week is not all about One…
antonygreen.com.au

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 3d
*Queensland outside Brisbane.

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 3d
It doesn’t take a lot of words to explain why the Coalition is imploding. Just one. Queensland.

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Coalition shambles can trace its genesis to precisely one spot
To understand what’s happening, you have to understand the Queenslanders. For that, you don’t need common sense, or rationality
www.thenewdaily.com.au

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CNN @cnn.com · 4d
Zhang Youxia, the senior of the two vice chairs of the powerful Central Military Commission, is the latest figure to fall in a long-running purge of military officials.
China’s top general under investigation in latest military purge | CNN
The Chinese military’s top general is being investigated for suspected serious violations of discipline and law the Defense Ministry said Saturday,
www.cnn.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 4d
Never change, universities.

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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 4d
"Do you believe (X) is a threat to Canada?"

🇺🇸 USA:
🔴 Threat: 71%
🟢 Not A Threat: 16%
🟡 Neutral: 13%

🇷🇺 Russia:
🔴 Threat: 61%
🟡 Neutral: 24%
🟢 Not A Threat: 14%

🇨🇳 China:
🔴 Threat: 60%
🟢 Not A Threat: 21%
🟡 Neutral: 19%

Nanos / Nov 2, 2025 - (Released Today)

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hard-bo̾il̾e̾d̾Gardner @kgardner.bsky.social · 4d
New Yorker cartoon by Ivan Ehlers
New Yorker cartoon by Ivan Ehlers: Want to watch coverage of the politicians encouraging fascism or the politicians doing absolutely nothing to stop it?

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Barry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 5d
A post-by-post dissection of the Nazi and neo-Nazi tropes used in U.S. government social media accounts. By @alibreland.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com.
The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda
Government social-media managers have transformed official feeds.
www.theatlantic.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 5d
Move over, democratic peace theory. Glittery condo peace theory has dropped.
whodat35.bsky.social Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 6d
There are many who do not see GAZA as Kushner and Trump’s commercial real estate development to profiteer from. The bogus “Board of Peace” is hawking a real estate development at Davos today:

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 5d
Correct.
couts.bsky.social Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 6d
NEW: "Imagine you were Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping ... What exactly would you do differently ... other than enact the ever more reckless agenda that Donald Trump has pursued since he became president last year? Nothing." @vermontgmg.bsky.social for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/donald...
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
www.wired.com

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 6d
There are many who do not see GAZA as Kushner and Trump’s commercial real estate development to profiteer from. The bogus “Board of Peace” is hawking a real estate development at Davos today:

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 6d
NEW: "Imagine you were Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping ... What exactly would you do differently ... other than enact the ever more reckless agenda that Donald Trump has pursued since he became president last year? Nothing." @vermontgmg.bsky.social for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/donald...
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
www.wired.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 6d
I don't think we can rule out the possibility that these things are actually intended to tank the market and thereby facilitate another round of short selling by insiders - apart from being useful distractions, of course.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 6d
He isn't a well man.

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CNA @channelnewsasia.bsky.social · 6d
In Davos speech, Trump repeatedly refers to Greenland as 'Iceland'
In Davos speech, Trump repeatedly refers to Greenland as 'Iceland'
DAVOS: US President Donald Trump repeatedly made an apparent gaffe in a speech on Wednesday (Jan 21) to world leaders assembled in Switzerland by referring to "Iceland" several times instead of his much-coveted Greenland, with the White House furiously denying any confusion on his part.The 79-year-old Republi
www.channelnewsasia.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 6d
The battleship tangent is special.
ruthdeyermond.bsky.social Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 6d
Lots of stories about Trump saying he won't use force to take Greenland. He said that, but also that the US "probably won't get anything, unless I decide to use excessive strength and force", so I wouldn't take this at face value. Here's the whole, mad section of the speech:

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 6d
Lots of stories about Trump saying he won't use force to take Greenland. He said that, but also that the US "probably won't get anything, unless I decide to use excessive strength and force", so I wouldn't take this at face value. Here's the whole, mad section of the speech:

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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 7d
“The strong do what they can" is what Athens said right before destroying itself. New piece on the Carney Doctrine, Vaclav’s grocer, and American hubris.
hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...
The Strong Will Suffer What They Must
Vaclav's Grocer and American Hubris
hegemon.substack.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 7d
Catching up on some historical parallels.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 7d
Brilliant - glad to see this happening!