Chetan Rana
@chetanr.bsky.social
PhDing, Diplomacy and Disarmament, JNU | Associate Editor, 9DashLine| Indian Foreign Policy, Populism, Indo-Pacific, Myanmar| MUFC 🚩
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Chetan Rana
@chetanr.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hello everyone!
Since Bluesky and its starter packs are kicking off I have curated one to bring together scholars working on Indian Foreign Policy.
Feel free to suggest other potential members or even yourself!
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Since Bluesky and its starter packs are kicking off I have curated one to bring together scholars working on Indian Foreign Policy.
Feel free to suggest other potential members or even yourself!
✨
go.bsky.app/GJaoYpk
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"While Myanmar’s international marginalisation has pushed the SAC towards China, the Beijing-Tatmadaw partnership is one of compulsion [more] than comfort." @9dashline.com #Myanmar www.9dashline.com/article/chin...
9DASHLINE — China is hedging in Myanmar by leveraging its influence
Written by Chetan Rana. Even though Myanmar’s international isolation appears to push it further closer to China, the Sit Tat and the EAOs are simultaneously engaging and contesting with China in diff...
www.9dashline.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"While Myanmar’s international marginalisation has pushed the SAC towards China, the Beijing-Tatmadaw partnership is one of compulsion [more] than comfort." @9dashline.com #Myanmar www.9dashline.com/article/chin...
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A few thoughts on the Kashmir terrorist attack:
The final death toll is unknown, but this is the worst attack since Pulwama in 2019. It is possible it was timed to maximise embarrassment to India, with Vance in New Delhi and Modi in Saudi Arabia. It is highly likely that India will respond... 1/x
The final death toll is unknown, but this is the worst attack since Pulwama in 2019. It is possible it was timed to maximise embarrassment to India, with Vance in New Delhi and Modi in Saudi Arabia. It is highly likely that India will respond... 1/x
April 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A few thoughts on the Kashmir terrorist attack:
The final death toll is unknown, but this is the worst attack since Pulwama in 2019. It is possible it was timed to maximise embarrassment to India, with Vance in New Delhi and Modi in Saudi Arabia. It is highly likely that India will respond... 1/x
The final death toll is unknown, but this is the worst attack since Pulwama in 2019. It is possible it was timed to maximise embarrassment to India, with Vance in New Delhi and Modi in Saudi Arabia. It is highly likely that India will respond... 1/x
For @9dashline.com, I argue that Beijing’s multi-stakeholder engagement with the junta, the EAOs, & the NLD reflects a deliberate effort to maintain influence regardless of Myanmar’s internal political outcomes.
However, the agency of the domestic actors must not be underestimated.
However, the agency of the domestic actors must not be underestimated.
"Even though Myanmar’s international isolation appears to push it further closer to China, the Sit Tat and the EAOs are simultaneously engaging and contesting with China in different sectors" buff.ly/50iUAaS | by @chetanr.bsky.social
9DASHLINE — China is hedging in Myanmar by leveraging its influence
Written by Chetan Rana. Even though Myanmar’s international isolation appears to push it further closer to China, the Sit Tat and the EAOs are simultaneously engaging and contesting with China in diff...
buff.ly
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
For @9dashline.com, I argue that Beijing’s multi-stakeholder engagement with the junta, the EAOs, & the NLD reflects a deliberate effort to maintain influence regardless of Myanmar’s internal political outcomes.
However, the agency of the domestic actors must not be underestimated.
However, the agency of the domestic actors must not be underestimated.
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
'The resilience of the far-right and ethno-populism across the world reflects a near pan-universal rejection of the globalisation agenda. The West needs the labour and not necessarily the labourers'
I write for @ndtvworld.bsky.social on Trump's deportation moves.
www.ndtv.com/opinion/what...
I write for @ndtvworld.bsky.social on Trump's deportation moves.
www.ndtv.com/opinion/what...
Opinion: Opinion | Trump's Deportation Spree Means Little To Geopolitics
The mobility of people, especially from the Global South, is going to be scrutinised and regulated, but it won't have much bearing on state-to-state relations, unfortunately.
www.ndtv.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
'The resilience of the far-right and ethno-populism across the world reflects a near pan-universal rejection of the globalisation agenda. The West needs the labour and not necessarily the labourers'
I write for @ndtvworld.bsky.social on Trump's deportation moves.
www.ndtv.com/opinion/what...
I write for @ndtvworld.bsky.social on Trump's deportation moves.
www.ndtv.com/opinion/what...
Twitter/X has been basically reduced to Musk's Mann ki baat.
January 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Twitter/X has been basically reduced to Musk's Mann ki baat.
Ten men Manchester United beat a twelve men Arsenal!
On to the next round! GGMU! 🔴⚪⚫
On to the next round! GGMU! 🔴⚪⚫
January 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ten men Manchester United beat a twelve men Arsenal!
On to the next round! GGMU! 🔴⚪⚫
On to the next round! GGMU! 🔴⚪⚫
#Manchester United Football Club plays so we remember that there's always a new rock bottom.
December 30, 2024 at 9:04 PM
#Manchester United Football Club plays so we remember that there's always a new rock bottom.
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Manmohan Singh uncaged the Indian Tiger -- I write in Foreign Policy.
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/26/i...
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/26/i...
Manmohan Singh Uncaged the Indian Tiger
A soft-spoken Sikh in a Hindu-majority country, the former two-term prime minister laid the foundations for India’s rapid growth.
foreignpolicy.com
December 26, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Manmohan Singh uncaged the Indian Tiger -- I write in Foreign Policy.
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/26/i...
foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/26/i...
Jack Grealish hasn't scored for City in over a year but the internet makes you feel that Rashford is the worst player in Manchester.
Yes, he hasn't been great the past 1.5 seasons. But he has had multiple 20+ G/A seasons. Surely there's a player that the club can do with.
Yes, he hasn't been great the past 1.5 seasons. But he has had multiple 20+ G/A seasons. Surely there's a player that the club can do with.
soccer players on a field with emirates palace banners
ALT: soccer players on a field with emirates palace banners
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Jack Grealish hasn't scored for City in over a year but the internet makes you feel that Rashford is the worst player in Manchester.
Yes, he hasn't been great the past 1.5 seasons. But he has had multiple 20+ G/A seasons. Surely there's a player that the club can do with.
Yes, he hasn't been great the past 1.5 seasons. But he has had multiple 20+ G/A seasons. Surely there's a player that the club can do with.
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Historians long ago identified the pattern of "working towards the Führer" (not equating Trump and Hitler). Underlings get creative in targeting supposed enemies. Then they invent new enemies. All to please the person at the top (who might not even care or, for that matter, know the new enemies).
Same move here. Mob boss style. You just let your broad wishes be known and let underlings do the rest while maintaining deniability https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/08/us/trump-interview-news/71b8f1ff-5c45-5069-b53e-970870a929e7?smid=url-share
December 8, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Historians long ago identified the pattern of "working towards the Führer" (not equating Trump and Hitler). Underlings get creative in targeting supposed enemies. Then they invent new enemies. All to please the person at the top (who might not even care or, for that matter, know the new enemies).
The November edition of @9dashline.com's monthly newsletter, The Navigator, is here.
Please check it out and do subscribe! ✨
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Please check it out and do subscribe! ✨
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THE NAVIGATOR
Welcome to the November edition of The Navigator. This month has been defined by developments that highlight both challenges and frustrations on the global and regional stage. In this issue, we examin...
open.substack.com
November 30, 2024 at 12:14 PM
The November edition of @9dashline.com's monthly newsletter, The Navigator, is here.
Please check it out and do subscribe! ✨
open.substack.com/pub/9dashlin...
Please check it out and do subscribe! ✨
open.substack.com/pub/9dashlin...
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The United States is actively participating in genocide.
November 24, 2024 at 11:41 PM
The United States is actively participating in genocide.
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📣 The latest edition of #India Watch Briefing is out!
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India Watch Briefing #11
India’s Confidence in Navigating Trump 2.0
indiawatchbriefing.substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:48 PM
📣 The latest edition of #India Watch Briefing is out!
Subscribe to receive updates on Indian foreign policy, with insights into its relations with the EU and China 👇
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The TV media will avoid conversations about the continuing violence in #Manipur because it represents the two key things.
1. The absolute state failure in ensuring ethnic harmony and easing tensions at an early stage.
Does India even have a Home Minister?
1. The absolute state failure in ensuring ethnic harmony and easing tensions at an early stage.
Does India even have a Home Minister?
November 19, 2024 at 3:32 AM
The TV media will avoid conversations about the continuing violence in #Manipur because it represents the two key things.
1. The absolute state failure in ensuring ethnic harmony and easing tensions at an early stage.
Does India even have a Home Minister?
1. The absolute state failure in ensuring ethnic harmony and easing tensions at an early stage.
Does India even have a Home Minister?
Govt's response is to just lockdown the city as much as possible.
This is not governance and this cannot be an annual policy.
This is not governance and this cannot be an annual policy.
If you spend any considerable time outside, you will start feeling irritation in your eyes and throat.
The city is choking. Again.
The city is choking. Again.
Not a very blue sky in Delhi NCR.
November 19, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Govt's response is to just lockdown the city as much as possible.
This is not governance and this cannot be an annual policy.
This is not governance and this cannot be an annual policy.
If you spend any considerable time outside, you will start feeling irritation in your eyes and throat.
The city is choking. Again.
The city is choking. Again.
November 18, 2024 at 11:19 AM
If you spend any considerable time outside, you will start feeling irritation in your eyes and throat.
The city is choking. Again.
The city is choking. Again.
Not a very blue sky in Delhi NCR.
November 18, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Not a very blue sky in Delhi NCR.
IDF's *invasion* of Lebanon
NEW | The IDF’s ground operation in Lebanon has enabled the IDF to begin taking steps to return Israelis to their homes.
Returning Israelis to their homes in the north is the objective of the campaign in Lebanon.
Returning Israelis to their homes in the north is the objective of the campaign in Lebanon.
November 18, 2024 at 2:00 AM
IDF's *invasion* of Lebanon
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Zionism is a racist colonial ideology addicted to violence.
November 17, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Zionism is a racist colonial ideology addicted to violence.
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What do you call BlueSky users?
Skywalkers?
Skywalkers?
November 16, 2024 at 1:20 PM
What do you call BlueSky users?
Skywalkers?
Skywalkers?
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Who gives a shit
Will Melania be living in the White House for Trump’s second term? Probably not
Will Melania be living in the White House for Trump’s second term? Probably not
Incoming first lady is planning to split her time between New York and Florida during her husband’s presidency
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Who gives a shit
Guns and Hoaxes
November 17, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Guns and Hoaxes
9dashline has put together a forum to discuss the impact of Trump 2.0 on the politics and partners in the Indo-Pacific.
Give it a read 👇🏽
www.9dashline.com/article/in-f...
Give it a read 👇🏽
www.9dashline.com/article/in-f...
9DASHLINE — In Forum: Donald Trump re-elected, the Indo-Pacific reacts
In this In Forum, 9DASHLINE asks several experts what to expect from the next US administration and its potential impact on the Indo-Pacific region.
www.9dashline.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 AM
9dashline has put together a forum to discuss the impact of Trump 2.0 on the politics and partners in the Indo-Pacific.
Give it a read 👇🏽
www.9dashline.com/article/in-f...
Give it a read 👇🏽
www.9dashline.com/article/in-f...