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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
As everyone knows, the Country of Canada has treated the United States very unfairly for decades. Now, things are turning around for the U.S.A., and FAST! But imagine, Canada is building a massive bridge between Ontario and Michigan. They own both the Canada and the United States side and, of course, built it with virtually no U.S. content. President Barack Hussein Obama stupidly gave them a waiver so they could get around the BUY AMERICAN Act, and not use any American products, including our Steel. Now, the Canadian Government expects me, as President of the United States, to PERMIT them to just “take advantage of America!” What does the United States of America get — Absolutely NOTHING! Ontario won't even put U.S. spirits, beverages, and other alcoholic products, on their shelves, they are absolutely prohibited from doing so and now, on top of everything else, Prime Minister Carney wants to make a deal with China — which will eat Canada alive. We’ll just get the leftovers! I don't think so. The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup. The Tariffs Canada charges us for our Dairy products have, for many years, been unacceptable, putting our Farmers at great financial risk. I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve. We will start negotiations, IMMEDIATELY. With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset. The revenues generated because of the U.S. Market will be astronomical. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 19h
Looks like the UK will soon have its 7th prime minister in ten years. Let’s hope this one is indeed lucky.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 2d
The decision of my university's email system to block review requests from manuscript central is generating more mixed feelings than I would have anticipated. It doesn't help that I still get the irritated follow up messages from editors asking why I haven't replied.
a man with a mustache is laughing with his mouth open in a blurry photo .
ALT: a man with a mustache is laughing with his mouth open in a blurry photo .
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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 2d
Very hard to imagine that a major Indian paper would have published a picture like this under Trump 1.0.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 3d
It has to be noted that New Delhi has so far refused to confirm that India will indeed stop or slow the flow of Russian oil. And let's not forget that China continues to import this oil in considerable quantities, with little or no response from Washington. 2/2

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 3d
I am relieved to see this climbdown from the Trump administration, removing the 25% additional tariff on India imposed due to the latter's imports of Russian oil. But damage is still being done to US credibility and the US-India relationship. 1/2 www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/t...
Trump signs executive order announcing removal of 25% penalty tariff on India for buying Russian oil
Trump signs executive order announcing removal of 25% penalty tariff on India for buying Russian oil | World News
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 4d
Anit, rather. Cursed spell correct.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 4d
Yes, I was also thinking about Anita’s book. What worries me are the strategic implications of certain kinds of operation - certainly we saw that causing big issues during Sindoor, where Indian efforts at achieving escalation dominance unnerved external observers.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 4d
"Jo ucchit samjho woh karo..." says a Defence Minister to a General. Not my area, but I think that what is emerging about what happened in 2020-21 and in May 2025 might well lead scholars to revise their understandings of India's civil-military relations. theprint.in/defence/augu...
August 29-30, 2020: Inside details of how Indian Army surprised China at Rechin La & PLA ‘blinked first’
Some of the Army's finest—17 Mountain Strike Corps, Para SF & Special Frontier Force—had taken part in the operation to dominate areas along LAC.
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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 4d
Extraordinary that Russian operations depend on a US system - and the Kremlin allows it. Also extraordinary that the US permits this.
stratcomcentre.bsky.social SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 5d
Mass reports of Russian operations paralyzed at the front in the aftermath of losing Starlink.

"Command and control of troops at the front is virtually paralyzed.

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SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 5d
Mass reports of Russian operations paralyzed at the front in the aftermath of losing Starlink.

"Command and control of troops at the front is virtually paralyzed.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 5d
A rather stern local. Jakarta.

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Blue Security @bluesecprogram.bsky.social · 5d
OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 18 | Ensuring Cybersecurity in Ports for Major Port States in Southeast Asia by Su Wai Mon and Vu Hai Dang.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 5d
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · 49m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn · Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 5d
President Trump said India is going to stop buying Russian oil. Such a move is easier said than done.
Why India Will Struggle to Reduce Its Reliance on Russian Oil
India relies on Russia for roughly a third of its oil imports, up from just 2% before Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022.
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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 6d
Or Rafales…
lanoszka.bsky.social Alexander Lanoszka @lanoszka.bsky.social · 6d
Someone should write an op-ed titled 'Why Canada needs the Gripen to make its future nuclear deterrent against the United States credible'. It will get published somewhere.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 6d
It is sexism all the way down.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---

TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.

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Alexander Lanoszka @lanoszka.bsky.social · 6d
Someone should write an op-ed titled 'Why Canada needs the Gripen to make its future nuclear deterrent against the United States credible'. It will get published somewhere.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---

TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.

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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 7d
Volume of Russian and Iranian oil loitering at sea is hitting records
• Indian and Chinese buyers/ports are increasingly fearful of falling foul of sanctions
• Tankers become 70% less productive (in tonne-miles) in six months after being placed under US sanctions
www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 8d
50,000 fatalities a year - and perhaps more. Not as deadly as the awful roads (150,000+ per year) but still a lot of avoidable deaths. www.bbc.com/news/article...
India's snakebite crisis is killing tens of thousands every year
A new report has found that 99% of healthcare workers in India face challenges administering antivenom.
www.bbc.com

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 8d
Nobody in Britain pays any attention to Australian politics, but One Nation overtaking the Coalition in the polls has distinct parallels with Reform leading the Conservatives. Parties on the radical right are coming for centre right parties across the world...

Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 9d
The biggest operation in a while, I think.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 9d
Pakistan forces kill 145 militants after attacks Balochistan, chief minister says reut.rs/45C0xA0
Pakistan forces kill 145 militants after attacks Balochistan, chief minister says
Pakistan's security forces killed 145 militants over 40 hours after coordinated attacks across Balochistan, the chief minister of the southwestern province said on Sunday, as the authorities battle one of the deadliest flare-ups in years.
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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 10d
As someone posted the other day, we need to be thinking about mandating or allocating time consuming off line hobbies to the over-50s.

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 10d
Lol
davidho.bsky.social David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10d
It’s like living in China, but without the trust in science, progress on renewable energy, uptake in EVs, amazing high speed rail network, and great food.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com

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Finite @finite187.bsky.social · 10d
I have long been of the opinion that its not kids we need to ban from social media, but the elderly.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist
Shy 63-year-old’s decision to blow up London traffic camera linked to online conspiracy theories and Islamophobia
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10d
It’s like living in China, but without the trust in science, progress on renewable energy, uptake in EVs, amazing high speed rail network, and great food.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 12d
There is probably a good book to be written about how UK foreign policy lurches backwards and forwards between often risible moralism (remember the "ethical foreign policy"...) to near xenophobia without ever approaching a happy medium.