Shreyas Shende
@shreyas-shende.bsky.social
Interested in South Asian security, dev & policy issues; UChicago & Ashoka University alumnus; previously at CSIS & Carnegie India; write a regular newsletter on Indian national security & public policy issues at indialog.substack.com
1/ Quino Energy recently announced a $10 million investment from Hyderabad-based sustainable energy firm ATRI Energy Transition to scale up production of its clothing dye-based electrolyte in 🇮🇳.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
1/ Quino Energy recently announced a $10 million investment from Hyderabad-based sustainable energy firm ATRI Energy Transition to scale up production of its clothing dye-based electrolyte in 🇮🇳.
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Yes: a key question in the coming eco-ideological Cold War will be how India positions itself between the Green Entente and the Axis of Petrostates
Thread on India @thepolycrisis.bsky.social:
"What provides India greater freedom of choice & sovereignty? Locking into hydrocarbon coalitions or doubling down on a green electrostate track?How India chooses will shape the destiny of 1.4Bn citizens—& the world"
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind...
"What provides India greater freedom of choice & sovereignty? Locking into hydrocarbon coalitions or doubling down on a green electrostate track?How India chooses will shape the destiny of 1.4Bn citizens—& the world"
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind...
India in the New Global Order | Shreyas Shende
Between hydrocarbon coalitions and the green electric development
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October 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Yes: a key question in the coming eco-ideological Cold War will be how India positions itself between the Green Entente and the Axis of Petrostates
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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1/ For this edition of the Polycrisis, we asked Shreyas Shende, who runs the fantastic Indialog newsletter, to analyse the momentous breakdown in India-US relations.
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Check it out --India in the new global order
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phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind...
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Check it out --India in the new global order
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind...
October 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
1/ For this edition of the Polycrisis, we asked Shreyas Shende, who runs the fantastic Indialog newsletter, to analyse the momentous breakdown in India-US relations.
indialog.substack.com
Check it out --India in the new global order
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind...
indialog.substack.com
Check it out --India in the new global order
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind...
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“What provides India greater freedom of choice and sovereignty? Locking into hydrocarbon coalitions or doubling down on…a green electro-state track? How India chooses to address this question will shape the destiny of its 1.4 billion citizens—and the world.”
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October 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“What provides India greater freedom of choice and sovereignty? Locking into hydrocarbon coalitions or doubling down on…a green electro-state track? How India chooses to address this question will shape the destiny of its 1.4 billion citizens—and the world.”
- @shreyas-shende.bsky.social
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1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.
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China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
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September 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
1/ Really insightful piece by @tdeol.bsky.social on how NDCs can be a helpful entry point to properly integrate health in the climate change response: bit.ly/4nylKRV
September 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
1/ Really insightful piece by @tdeol.bsky.social on how NDCs can be a helpful entry point to properly integrate health in the climate change response: bit.ly/4nylKRV
/ The teams at Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab & the Watson School at Brown (Mathias Larsen & Xiaokang Xue) published
an excellent report on the scale and scope of Chinese clean-tech manufacturing investments overseas:
bit.ly/3Ih0pxc
an excellent report on the scale and scope of Chinese clean-tech manufacturing investments overseas:
bit.ly/3Ih0pxc
September 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
/ The teams at Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab & the Watson School at Brown (Mathias Larsen & Xiaokang Xue) published
an excellent report on the scale and scope of Chinese clean-tech manufacturing investments overseas:
bit.ly/3Ih0pxc
an excellent report on the scale and scope of Chinese clean-tech manufacturing investments overseas:
bit.ly/3Ih0pxc
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Footnote 8 gives a plug for @shreyas-shende.bsky.social and Rudra Chaudhuri's chapter, “The Research and Analysis Wing” in Institutional Roots of India’s Security Policy edited by Milan Vaishnav. For #India scholars, definitely give this collection a look.
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The Research and Analysis Wing
AbstractThe Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), India’s external intelligence agency, has been in operation for over five decades, yet the organization
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August 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Footnote 8 gives a plug for @shreyas-shende.bsky.social and Rudra Chaudhuri's chapter, “The Research and Analysis Wing” in Institutional Roots of India’s Security Policy edited by Milan Vaishnav. For #India scholars, definitely give this collection a look.
academic.oup.com/book/56133/c...
academic.oup.com/book/56133/c...
1/ Latest in Indialog: indialog.substack.com/p/state-of-r...
Using the 2025 @nature.com Index to examine the R&D landscape and explore two questions: 1) how are Indian institutions placed in the index? and 2) how has China performed over the past decade?
Using the 2025 @nature.com Index to examine the R&D landscape and explore two questions: 1) how are Indian institutions placed in the index? and 2) how has China performed over the past decade?
July 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
1/ Latest in Indialog: indialog.substack.com/p/state-of-r...
Using the 2025 @nature.com Index to examine the R&D landscape and explore two questions: 1) how are Indian institutions placed in the index? and 2) how has China performed over the past decade?
Using the 2025 @nature.com Index to examine the R&D landscape and explore two questions: 1) how are Indian institutions placed in the index? and 2) how has China performed over the past decade?
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Mr. Miyazaki sir, I love your movies about how capitalism and the destruction of nature are evil, I made a shitty facsimile of them in a computer that drains reservoirs, do you like it
March 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Mr. Miyazaki sir, I love your movies about how capitalism and the destruction of nature are evil, I made a shitty facsimile of them in a computer that drains reservoirs, do you like it
1/ Thread to keep track of 🇮🇳🇺🇸 ties under Trump 2.0. Starting w this FT piece by @johnreedwrites.ft.com, Andres Schipani & Haohsiang Ko: bit.ly/3DxVIN4
US ultimatums have prompted a "broader realignment on trade by New Delhi" & analysts note 🇮🇳's "meeker" trade stance vis-a-vis the US.
US ultimatums have prompted a "broader realignment on trade by New Delhi" & analysts note 🇮🇳's "meeker" trade stance vis-a-vis the US.
March 11, 2025 at 5:45 AM
1/ Thread to keep track of 🇮🇳🇺🇸 ties under Trump 2.0. Starting w this FT piece by @johnreedwrites.ft.com, Andres Schipani & Haohsiang Ko: bit.ly/3DxVIN4
US ultimatums have prompted a "broader realignment on trade by New Delhi" & analysts note 🇮🇳's "meeker" trade stance vis-a-vis the US.
US ultimatums have prompted a "broader realignment on trade by New Delhi" & analysts note 🇮🇳's "meeker" trade stance vis-a-vis the US.
"Even as 🇨🇳's overall econ faces headwinds, the smaller slice represented by high-tech industries will still present strategic problems for 🇺🇸... it's critical to avoid conflating an economically slowing 🇨🇳 with an industrially & technologically weaker 🇨🇳." @gdp1985.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/41QgKQi
🔗 bit.ly/41QgKQi
March 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"Even as 🇨🇳's overall econ faces headwinds, the smaller slice represented by high-tech industries will still present strategic problems for 🇺🇸... it's critical to avoid conflating an economically slowing 🇨🇳 with an industrially & technologically weaker 🇨🇳." @gdp1985.bsky.social
🔗 bit.ly/41QgKQi
🔗 bit.ly/41QgKQi
Some ways in which the 🇮🇳 govt can deal with 🇺🇸 on trade:
- highlighting the subisidized US agri sector
- underlining the tariff-related concessions already made
- publicly responding to trade-related rhetoric from the Trump admin
More on the India-US trade reln for Indialog: bit.ly/41CFytO
- highlighting the subisidized US agri sector
- underlining the tariff-related concessions already made
- publicly responding to trade-related rhetoric from the Trump admin
More on the India-US trade reln for Indialog: bit.ly/41CFytO
March 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Some ways in which the 🇮🇳 govt can deal with 🇺🇸 on trade:
- highlighting the subisidized US agri sector
- underlining the tariff-related concessions already made
- publicly responding to trade-related rhetoric from the Trump admin
More on the India-US trade reln for Indialog: bit.ly/41CFytO
- highlighting the subisidized US agri sector
- underlining the tariff-related concessions already made
- publicly responding to trade-related rhetoric from the Trump admin
More on the India-US trade reln for Indialog: bit.ly/41CFytO
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14/ The interview is chockful of insights on 🇺🇸 policy in the SA region. Read the interview to understand how U.S. foreign policy towards 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇦🇫🇱🇰🇳🇵🇲🇻🇧🇹🇧🇩 might fare under Trump 2.0: bit.ly/43bOEA3
February 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
14/ The interview is chockful of insights on 🇺🇸 policy in the SA region. Read the interview to understand how U.S. foreign policy towards 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇦🇫🇱🇰🇳🇵🇲🇻🇧🇹🇧🇩 might fare under Trump 2.0: bit.ly/43bOEA3
Thread on India-China ties. Will (hopefully) cover natsec issues, econ ties, and everything in between.
1/ McKinsey report finds that "India is becoming increasingly dependent on upstream imports from China for goods that are then exported to markets such as the US and Europe."
1/ McKinsey report finds that "India is becoming increasingly dependent on upstream imports from China for goods that are then exported to markets such as the US and Europe."
March 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thread on India-China ties. Will (hopefully) cover natsec issues, econ ties, and everything in between.
1/ McKinsey report finds that "India is becoming increasingly dependent on upstream imports from China for goods that are then exported to markets such as the US and Europe."
1/ McKinsey report finds that "India is becoming increasingly dependent on upstream imports from China for goods that are then exported to markets such as the US and Europe."
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1/ PM Modi & Pres. Donald Trump recently concluded their 1st bilateral meeting (following Trump's re-election).
To understand how 🇺🇸 ties with 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇦🇫 & other SA states will fare under Trump 2.0, I spoke w @dsmarkey.bsky.social & @ethrelkeld.bsky.social for Indialog: bit.ly/43bOEA3. Short thread -
To understand how 🇺🇸 ties with 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇦🇫 & other SA states will fare under Trump 2.0, I spoke w @dsmarkey.bsky.social & @ethrelkeld.bsky.social for Indialog: bit.ly/43bOEA3. Short thread -
February 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
1/ PM Modi & Pres. Donald Trump recently concluded their 1st bilateral meeting (following Trump's re-election).
To understand how 🇺🇸 ties with 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇦🇫 & other SA states will fare under Trump 2.0, I spoke w @dsmarkey.bsky.social & @ethrelkeld.bsky.social for Indialog: bit.ly/43bOEA3. Short thread -
To understand how 🇺🇸 ties with 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇦🇫 & other SA states will fare under Trump 2.0, I spoke w @dsmarkey.bsky.social & @ethrelkeld.bsky.social for Indialog: bit.ly/43bOEA3. Short thread -
Trump 2.0's decisions on global health financing might prompt LMICs "to liberate themselves from their long-running dependence on external financiers." Fascinating piece by Dr. Olusoji Adeyi @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social in Development Today journal: bit.ly/4icGFqX. h/t @tdeol.bsky.social
Africa without foreign aid for health: Free at last? | Development Today
The geopolitical vandalism of Trump II could have the unintended consequence of prompting low and middle-income countries, under duress, to liberate themselves...
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February 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Trump 2.0's decisions on global health financing might prompt LMICs "to liberate themselves from their long-running dependence on external financiers." Fascinating piece by Dr. Olusoji Adeyi @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social in Development Today journal: bit.ly/4icGFqX. h/t @tdeol.bsky.social
1/ PM Modi & Pres. Donald Trump recently concluded their 1st bilateral meeting (following Trump's re-election).
To understand how 🇺🇸 ties with 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇦🇫 & other SA states will fare under Trump 2.0, I spoke w @dsmarkey.bsky.social & @ethrelkeld.bsky.social for Indialog: bit.ly/43bOEA3. Short thread -
To understand how 🇺🇸 ties with 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇦🇫 & other SA states will fare under Trump 2.0, I spoke w @dsmarkey.bsky.social & @ethrelkeld.bsky.social for Indialog: bit.ly/43bOEA3. Short thread -
February 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
1/ PM Modi & Pres. Donald Trump recently concluded their 1st bilateral meeting (following Trump's re-election).
To understand how 🇺🇸 ties with 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇦🇫 & other SA states will fare under Trump 2.0, I spoke w @dsmarkey.bsky.social & @ethrelkeld.bsky.social for Indialog: bit.ly/43bOEA3. Short thread -
To understand how 🇺🇸 ties with 🇮🇳🇵🇰🇦🇫 & other SA states will fare under Trump 2.0, I spoke w @dsmarkey.bsky.social & @ethrelkeld.bsky.social for Indialog: bit.ly/43bOEA3. Short thread -
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Treasury Sec Bessant pushing for new universal tariffs on US imports at 2.5 % per this @financialtimes.com report. Prez Trump recently threatened duties on semiconductors, metals & pharma goods.
Overview of 🇮🇳's top exports to 🇺🇸 (via OEC data, @cesifoti.bsky.social, Atlas of Economic Complexity) >>
Overview of 🇮🇳's top exports to 🇺🇸 (via OEC data, @cesifoti.bsky.social, Atlas of Economic Complexity) >>
January 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Treasury Sec Bessant pushing for new universal tariffs on US imports at 2.5 % per this @financialtimes.com report. Prez Trump recently threatened duties on semiconductors, metals & pharma goods.
Overview of 🇮🇳's top exports to 🇺🇸 (via OEC data, @cesifoti.bsky.social, Atlas of Economic Complexity) >>
Overview of 🇮🇳's top exports to 🇺🇸 (via OEC data, @cesifoti.bsky.social, Atlas of Economic Complexity) >>
🇮🇳 govt. to work with Trump admin to "identify & take back all its citizens residing illegally in the US" to avoid a trade war & hope that the 🇺🇸 govt. will "protect legal immigration channels used by its citizens."
January 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🇮🇳 govt. to work with Trump admin to "identify & take back all its citizens residing illegally in the US" to avoid a trade war & hope that the 🇺🇸 govt. will "protect legal immigration channels used by its citizens."
Dr. @jayatighosh.bsky.social explains how the decline in the proportion of unpaid women workers is "almost completely explained by the increase in self-employment" & more on the recent labour force data released by the govt: www.theindiaforum.in/economy/what...
January 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Dr. @jayatighosh.bsky.social explains how the decline in the proportion of unpaid women workers is "almost completely explained by the increase in self-employment" & more on the recent labour force data released by the govt: www.theindiaforum.in/economy/what...
Prof. @raulpachecovega.bsky.social has a helpful blog post on cultivating a sustainable writing habit: www.raulpacheco.org/2025/01/deve...
Developing a sustainable writing practice
One of the first things I teach my students *and* my thesis advisees is how
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January 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Prof. @raulpachecovega.bsky.social has a helpful blog post on cultivating a sustainable writing habit: www.raulpacheco.org/2025/01/deve...
Fascinating paper by Suyash Rai "The approach that the govt. in 🇮🇳 took to scale-up direct benefit transfers led to a lot of wastage of inputs, 100s of millions of accounts that were opened & maintained are not used, and many more are not regularly used." bit.ly/3PmgTnE
January 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Fascinating paper by Suyash Rai "The approach that the govt. in 🇮🇳 took to scale-up direct benefit transfers led to a lot of wastage of inputs, 100s of millions of accounts that were opened & maintained are not used, and many more are not regularly used." bit.ly/3PmgTnE