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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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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 3h
I did not know until today that USINDOPACOM uses the date / month / year system, not the weird American month / date thingy. www.pacom.mil/Media/NEWS/N...
www.pacom.mil

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 8h
This is very different from how it has been reported in the Japanese press, but this is *exactly* what they've been worried about in Tokyo.

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 1d
Mr. Xi reached out to Mr. Trump because a Japanese leader is taking her country’s strongest stance since World War II to assert that Taiwan’s security is also Japan’s security www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
China and Japan Are in a Showdown, With Trump in the Middle
www.nytimes.com

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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 1d
'The 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine drew from a Russian-authored paper submitted to the Trump administration in October, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The Russians shared the paper with senior U.S. officials in mid-October' www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 1d
Oh good. I need to refresh my corporate fraud and corruption training. Should come in useful in this new age of grift, unchecked power, and the rules-don’t-apply.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 2d
I’m going to be thinking about this all day now.
andrewmartin.bsky.social Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 2d
When Tony Blair came to power in 1997, the UK economy was bigger than China and India combined.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 2d
On Russia, is JD Vance the one to really worry about? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Surprise envoy pushing Ukraine ‘peace’ plan belies Vance influence on US policy
Army secretary Daniel Driscoll presented a Russian wishlist, highlighting differences with the administration
www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 2d
When Tony Blair came to power in 1997, the UK economy was bigger than China and India combined.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 3d
Another big attack in Pakistan. www.dawn.com/news/1957041...
Federal Constabulary headquarters in Peshawar under attack: police
Area being cordoned off, says Peshawar CCPO.
www.dawn.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 3d
I’m not sure what they have put in the water at DFAT recently, but whatever they have done has stimulated the writing of a lot of new diplomatic memoirs. Looking forward to reading this one from Lachlan Strahan…all 550-odd pages!

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 3d
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 4d
Americans and their food. I will never understand these abominations.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d
The marshmallows are necessary. nyti.ms/43KOVtp
"Marshmallows belong on sweet potato casseroles. And I won't hear otherwise." - Eric Kim, food columnist.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d
The marshmallows are necessary. nyti.ms/43KOVtp
"Marshmallows belong on sweet potato casseroles. And I won't hear otherwise." - Eric Kim, food columnist.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 4d
And Trump looks even weaker than before. Putin might not be a strategic genius but he knows how to humiliate.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 4d
Trump threatens to sanction Russia, Russia offers to talk, convinces Witkoff to sell something patently unacceptable to Trump, Ukraine rejects, Europe gets jumpy, Trump backs down, Putin wins again - still no sanctions, no peace deal, no US commitment to Kyiv; even more trans-Atlantic mistrust.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 6d
Globalisation is *so* back.

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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 6d
🤦‍♂️ Vance advises Ukrainians and Russians to "trade and travel" instead of "killing each other"
Vance advises Ukrainians and Russians to "trade and travel" instead of "killing each other"
US Vice President JD Vance has said he believes that Ukraine and Russia should trade and engage in "cultural exchanges" instead of fighting.
www.pravda.com.ua

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 8d
Amen to that.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 8d
Finally, some public protests about the horrendous pollution in northern India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/d...
Delhi brings out biohazard masks, cylinders to air its disgust | Delhi News - The Times of India
New Delhi: Mehani, a 25-year-old research scholar, stood at Jantar Mantar coughing vigorously while clutching on to a poster that read, \"I am here for.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 8d
Consciousness of gilt
Trump meeting with Zelinski in the Oval Office in March. There are seven gold trophies on the mantle, but the mantle as yet remains white marble. Trump in the Oval Office in June. The seven trophies remain on the mantle but now there are two random large tacky gilt moldings on the fireplace and there are gilt andirons. Trump in the Oval Office in July. There are now nine golden trophies, some guilt on the wall and the whole fireplace is now decorated in Random gilt. Trump in the Oval Office today. One gold trophy that was not gold has been replaced, the mantle itself is now painted gold and there is a ridiculously ornate gilt fireplace screen added to all the other gilt.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 9d
Millions across northern India have spent weeks living under a toxic blanket of smog. The air is choked with particulates from the seasonal burning of rice-paddy stubble on nearby farms, mixed with industrial and vehicular emissions. See more photos:
Photos: India’s Polluted Skies
Millions across northern India have spent recent weeks living under a toxic blanket of smog. The air is choked with particulates from the seasonal burning of rice-paddy stubble on nearby farms, mixed with industrial and vehicular emissions.
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Australian Strategic Policy Institute @aspi-org.bsky.social · 9d
'The fact that Indian intelligence agencies had discovered the broader plot before the bombing may reduce the pressure on the Indian government to respond with overt force,' writes Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan.
Delhi terror attack heightens India-Pakistan tension | The Strategist
A powerful car bombing near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro Station has ratcheted up existing tensions between Delhi and Islamabad. While a motive for the 10 November attack is yet to be specified, the perpetr...
www.aspistrategist.org.au

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 9d
By 2035.
If Dassault can built them that fast (they’re really, really slow).

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 9d
100 Rafale jets for Ukraine.
Probably.
Maybe.
If someone finds the money for it.

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La promesse de vente de Rafale à l’Ukraine, une annonce forte au financement très incertain
Comme toutes les lettres d’intention, celle signée par Emmanuel Macron et Volodymyr Zelensky, lundi, n’est pas un contrat en bonne et due forme, mais la simple formalisation de négociations en cours.
www.lemonde.fr

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 9d
Bangladesh’s former leader, in exile in India, sentenced to death for her crackdown on anti-government protests. www.bbc.com/news/live/cp...
Ex-Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death over brutal protests crackdown - follow live
The former prime minister, who is living in exile in India, was tried in her absence over a deadly crackdown on protests last year.
www.bbc.com

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 10d
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 10d
An interesting piece on why political “start-ups” fail in India, even when led by savvy operators like Prashant Kishor. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Prashant Kishor: Why India's political start-ups rarely succeed
Prashant Kishor’s new party, Jan Suraaj, created a media splash but flopped, winning no seats in Bihar.
www.bbc.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 11d
Given that he’s 75 and smokes multiple packs a day, it may be that he’s just got a health issue.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 11d
Where’s Sergei, Australian edition. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
He was Putin's top ally on the world stage. And then, he was gone
For more than two decades, Sergey Lavrov has been Russia's top foreign diplomat, representing the Kremlin's regime around the world, but late last month, he disappeared.
www.abc.net.au

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 11d
Tributary system with American characteristics.
mims.bsky.social Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 11d
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.

How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.

www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com