This wide-ranging interview with Lt Gen D S Hooda deserves wider circulation. He discusses India’s internal and external security challenges, sheds light on the 2014 Chumar stand-off, and says he is “shocked” by the situation in #Manipur . youtu.be/tw3wBoxIghk?fe…

This wide-ranging interview with Lt Gen D S Hooda deserves wider circulation. He discusses India’s internal and external security challenges, sheds light on the 2014 Chumar stand-off, and says he is “shocked” by the situation in #Manipur . youtu.be/tw3wBoxIghk?fe…

Interesting panel discussion now on at Faculty of Arts on The 4 Billion Election Year, being moderated by Tim Lynch with Edward Goldring Seraphine F. Maerz and Kidjie Saguin as panelists.

Quoted by the Slovak newspaper - Pravda! Thanks to Google translate, I know what it says. Ian Hall
Konflikt a Čína? Na hranici nám už zomreli ľudia, reagoval šéf indickej diplomacie na otázku Pravdy spravy.pravda.sk/svet/clanok/70…

I spoke with Aaron Fernandes from SBS Australia for this story on the Indian elections. Also quoting Robin Jeffrey and Manoj Joshi from ORF. sbs.com.au/news/podcast-e…

A re-elected BJP govt will open Thiruvalluvar cultural centres globally to enhance India’s soft power. Why are the Asian powers relying on cultural figures from over 2,000 years ago to project their soft power? #Confucius #Thiruvalluvar

What day would that be?

East Asia Explorer: March 2024
- by Amb. Biren Nanda, Dr. Pradeep Taneja, Jayantika Rao T.V., and Anshita Shukla

Read: cutt.ly/Vw3CAbOL

In this issue, Dr. Pradeep Taneja (谭雷笳) analyses the political crisis in Myanmar that started with the coup d’état in February 2021, which

My latest piece for East Asia Explorer: No end in sight to conflict in Myanmar. Delhi Policy Group
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2024 is the year that democracy around the world is put to the test.

Emma Shortis joins a panel of experts in international affairs for a forum at Alfred Deakin Institute.

📅 6 - 7:30pm, Thurs, 21 March, at Deakin Uni.
Tito Ambyo (arsisto.bsky.social) Pradeep Taneja (谭雷笳) Greg Barton @gregbarton.bsky.social

eventbrite.com.au/e/2024-the-yea…

My interview with Channel News Asia earlier today. channelnewsasia.com/watch/prospect…

Who needs a nuclear sub when you’ve got HMAS Otway protecting you in the middle of Holbrook, NSW! 😀⚓️

🗓 Please join us on Thursday 21 March for our first policy forum of the year: '2024 – The Year That Democracy Around the World Is Put to the Test' featuring Tito Ambyo (arsisto.bsky.social), Pradeep Taneja (谭雷笳), Emma Shortis & Greg Barton @gregbarton.bsky.social.

Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/2024-the-yea…

India’s silicone valley #Bengaluru faces a serious #water crisis. Water.org Water.orgSafeIndia
Half-bucket baths, waste water for mopping: Crisis worsens in Bengaluru

hindustantimes.com/cities/bengalu…

Interesting stuff. The US being Southeast Asia's most important partner for military exericises isn't surprising, but some might more intrigued that the fact that Japan and Australia come 2nd and 3rd. And that India is 4th, significantly ahead of China. lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

Major story: India's Defence Secretary calls China bully at the LAC, says he hope friends in the US will stand with India 'in case we need their support'. Dinakar Peri reports.
thehindu.com/news/national/…

After 21 rounds of talks between Indian and Chinese military commanders, there is no breakthrough on the border.

hindustantimes.com/india-news/no-…

The Peace Research Institute Oslo has announced that the founder of peace research studies Norwegian scholar and activist Prof. Johan Galtung has died, age 93. Galtung’s influence is pervasive and foundational in peace and conflict research. RIP prio.org/news/3505

Could the #Atmnirbhar Bharat campaign of the Modi government - not mentioned in this article - be responsible for the relative drop in FDI as a share of GDP?
Foreign investors love Indian stocks, but India not as much asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Foreig… via Nikkei Asia

Interesting insights into the thinking of a Chinese scholar - Jin Canrong - in this thread. “US is in menopause” and “India is a maid who wants to be madam.”