Ian Hall
@drianhall.bsky.social
Professor of International Relations at Griffith University, India’s foreign policy, Indo-Pacific stuff, snakes when I find one. Usual caveats.
Behold the sharp wit and subtle banter of debate in the Mother of Parliaments!
February 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Behold the sharp wit and subtle banter of debate in the Mother of Parliaments!
Very hard to imagine that a major Indian paper would have published a picture like this under Trump 1.0.
February 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Very hard to imagine that a major Indian paper would have published a picture like this under Trump 1.0.
A rather stern local. Jakarta.
February 5, 2026 at 1:23 AM
A rather stern local. Jakarta.
Xi Jinping will be pleased. A "new era" indeed. Yikes.
January 28, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Xi Jinping will be pleased. A "new era" indeed. Yikes.
Never change, universities.
January 24, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Never change, universities.
Catching up on some historical parallels.
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Catching up on some historical parallels.
What a paragraph. Reminds you of what political journalism used to be like. From this Renfrew Christie obituary. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
January 15, 2026 at 9:39 PM
What a paragraph. Reminds you of what political journalism used to be like. From this Renfrew Christie obituary. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Compost bin visitor.
January 10, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Compost bin visitor.
Folks, I know no one wants to listen to professors anymore, but here’s Google’s AI on Thucydides, the strong and the weak, and all that…
January 4, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Folks, I know no one wants to listen to professors anymore, but here’s Google’s AI on Thucydides, the strong and the weak, and all that…
If I could turn back time
If I could find a way
I'd take back those words that have hurt you and you'd stay
If I could reach the stars, I'd give 'em all to you
Then you'd love me, love me like you used to do, ohh...
If I could find a way
I'd take back those words that have hurt you and you'd stay
If I could reach the stars, I'd give 'em all to you
Then you'd love me, love me like you used to do, ohh...
December 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If I could turn back time
If I could find a way
I'd take back those words that have hurt you and you'd stay
If I could reach the stars, I'd give 'em all to you
Then you'd love me, love me like you used to do, ohh...
If I could find a way
I'd take back those words that have hurt you and you'd stay
If I could reach the stars, I'd give 'em all to you
Then you'd love me, love me like you used to do, ohh...
The verbal lengths to which we will go to avoid the word "basing".
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The verbal lengths to which we will go to avoid the word "basing".
Writing is my passion.
December 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Writing is my passion.
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!
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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!
Idly reading through an enterprise agreement and…oh… I had no idea there were set rates for that kind of thing.
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Idly reading through an enterprise agreement and…oh… I had no idea there were set rates for that kind of thing.
Depressing to see that Indian communities in Australia are now being targeted with these phone scams, which have long been a problem for Chinese communities, including international students. This message has been posted on the Indian High Commission's website.
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Depressing to see that Indian communities in Australia are now being targeted with these phone scams, which have long been a problem for Chinese communities, including international students. This message has been posted on the Indian High Commission's website.
Again. Really? We're still doing this?
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Again. Really? We're still doing this?
Welcome to Queensland.
October 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Welcome to Queensland.
Really @internationalintrigue.io? Really??
October 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Really @internationalintrigue.io? Really??
Wildlife day today. Roos at the dam this morning and this fella at Griffith Nathan campus this arvo.
September 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Wildlife day today. Roos at the dam this morning and this fella at Griffith Nathan campus this arvo.