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
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
3/ Operationalising health in NDCs: "A more holistic integration can be possible by including elements of mitigation, loss & damage, financing, monitoring & implementation, & governance."
Highly recommend subscribing to climate+health if you work on #climate #health or #development
Highly recommend subscribing to climate+health if you work on #climate #health or #development
September 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
3/ Operationalising health in NDCs: "A more holistic integration can be possible by including elements of mitigation, loss & damage, financing, monitoring & implementation, & governance."
Highly recommend subscribing to climate+health if you work on #climate #health or #development
Highly recommend subscribing to climate+health if you work on #climate #health or #development
2/ Health in NDCs: "Poorer & more climate-vulnerable countries tend to have a society-centric approach to developing NDCs, integrating health while advocating for tech transfer, sustainable dev & climate finance."
🔗http://bit.ly/4nylKRV
🔗http://bit.ly/4nylKRV
September 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
2/ Health in NDCs: "Poorer & more climate-vulnerable countries tend to have a society-centric approach to developing NDCs, integrating health while advocating for tech transfer, sustainable dev & climate finance."
🔗http://bit.ly/4nylKRV
🔗http://bit.ly/4nylKRV
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
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- Chinese investments incl 60 projects exceeding $1 billion
- The database catalogues 461 green tech mfg projects announced from 2011 to 2025 (first half) + consists of low carbon tech such as batteries, electric buses, NEVs, solar, wind & more
bit.ly/3Ih0pxc
- Chinese investments incl 60 projects exceeding $1 billion
- The database catalogues 461 green tech mfg projects announced from 2011 to 2025 (first half) + consists of low carbon tech such as batteries, electric buses, NEVs, solar, wind & more
bit.ly/3Ih0pxc
September 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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- Chinese investments incl 60 projects exceeding $1 billion
- The database catalogues 461 green tech mfg projects announced from 2011 to 2025 (first half) + consists of low carbon tech such as batteries, electric buses, NEVs, solar, wind & more
bit.ly/3Ih0pxc
- Chinese investments incl 60 projects exceeding $1 billion
- The database catalogues 461 green tech mfg projects announced from 2011 to 2025 (first half) + consists of low carbon tech such as batteries, electric buses, NEVs, solar, wind & more
bit.ly/3Ih0pxc
2/ Key points:
- Chinese firms have pledged at least $227 billion across green mfg projects
- Investments surged post 2022, w 387 projects (80% of the total) launched since then
- ASEAN hosts the most projects + in 2024, the MENA region's share jumped to 20% of all new deals
- Chinese firms have pledged at least $227 billion across green mfg projects
- Investments surged post 2022, w 387 projects (80% of the total) launched since then
- ASEAN hosts the most projects + in 2024, the MENA region's share jumped to 20% of all new deals
September 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
2/ Key points:
- Chinese firms have pledged at least $227 billion across green mfg projects
- Investments surged post 2022, w 387 projects (80% of the total) launched since then
- ASEAN hosts the most projects + in 2024, the MENA region's share jumped to 20% of all new deals
- Chinese firms have pledged at least $227 billion across green mfg projects
- Investments surged post 2022, w 387 projects (80% of the total) launched since then
- ASEAN hosts the most projects + in 2024, the MENA region's share jumped to 20% of all new deals
/ 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
12/ 2 articles on the thaw (?) in 🇮🇳🇺🇸 ties point to extensive outreach. Suhasini Haidar & TCA Sharad Raghavan report on the Ind Amb to USA's work & high level outreach to Sec. Rubio + K. P. Nayar mentions a conv bw Pres Trump a private Indian citizen (???).
September 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
12/ 2 articles on the thaw (?) in 🇮🇳🇺🇸 ties point to extensive outreach. Suhasini Haidar & TCA Sharad Raghavan report on the Ind Amb to USA's work & high level outreach to Sec. Rubio + K. P. Nayar mentions a conv bw Pres Trump a private Indian citizen (???).
5/ Latest in Indialog: key voices on 🇮🇳🇨🇳 ties as PM Modi visits China for the first time in 7 years as India's ties with 🇺🇸 are strained: indialog.substack.com/p/views-onfr...
September 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
5/ Latest in Indialog: key voices on 🇮🇳🇨🇳 ties as PM Modi visits China for the first time in 7 years as India's ties with 🇺🇸 are strained: indialog.substack.com/p/views-onfr...
11/ 2 diff outlets cite "Indian diplomatic experts" stating that Pres. Trump attempted to call PM Modi multiple times in search of a compromise & that PM Modi has "refused to take the calls."
x.com/thorstenbenn... & asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/co...
x.com/thorstenbenn... & asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/co...
August 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
11/ 2 diff outlets cite "Indian diplomatic experts" stating that Pres. Trump attempted to call PM Modi multiple times in search of a compromise & that PM Modi has "refused to take the calls."
x.com/thorstenbenn... & asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/co...
x.com/thorstenbenn... & asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/co...
10/ Resharing my interview with @dsmarkey.bsky.social & @ethrelkeld.bsky.social. We covered a lot of ground on the past & possible futures of the India-US rln and it is imp to underline a key point from the conv: Indian officials should expect a lot more uncertainty.
🔗 bsky.app/profile/shre...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
10/ Resharing my interview with @dsmarkey.bsky.social & @ethrelkeld.bsky.social. We covered a lot of ground on the past & possible futures of the India-US rln and it is imp to underline a key point from the conv: Indian officials should expect a lot more uncertainty.
🔗 bsky.app/profile/shre...
🔗 bsky.app/profile/shre...
4/ Naushad Forbes on the importance of funding firms: "The right R&D pipeline in firms will act as a pull on the public research system like no other. It is inadequate investment in innovation and R&D by Indian industry that is the single factor hindering our national innovation system."
July 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
4/ Naushad Forbes on the importance of funding firms: "The right R&D pipeline in firms will act as a pull on the public research system like no other. It is inadequate investment in innovation and R&D by Indian industry that is the single factor hindering our national innovation system."
4/ Former FS & China scholar Shyam Saran: "In discussions relating to econ relations, one Chinese interlocutor said that India should realise that "China can do without India, but India could not do without China," pointing to its inability to do without Chinese intermediate & components."
July 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
4/ Former FS & China scholar Shyam Saran: "In discussions relating to econ relations, one Chinese interlocutor said that India should realise that "China can do without India, but India could not do without China," pointing to its inability to do without Chinese intermediate & components."
3/ How are Indian institutions placed? The top ranking org is the Indian Institute of Science (a +100 years old public institute that was initially set up by Jamsetji Tata) at #205. Of the top 25 Indian institutes in this list, only two are private firms -- the rest are all state institutions:
July 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
3/ How are Indian institutions placed? The top ranking org is the Indian Institute of Science (a +100 years old public institute that was initially set up by Jamsetji Tata) at #205. Of the top 25 Indian institutes in this list, only two are private firms -- the rest are all state institutions:
2/ One of the most striking things about going through this data is the rise of Chinese (& Asian) orgs. Contrast the top 10 'Research Leading' institutes list from 2016 and 2025:
In 2016, there was only one 🇨🇳 institute in the top 10. By 2025, this number had jumped to eight out of 10.
In 2016, there was only one 🇨🇳 institute in the top 10. By 2025, this number had jumped to eight out of 10.
July 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
2/ One of the most striking things about going through this data is the rise of Chinese (& Asian) orgs. Contrast the top 10 'Research Leading' institutes list from 2016 and 2025:
In 2016, there was only one 🇨🇳 institute in the top 10. By 2025, this number had jumped to eight out of 10.
In 2016, there was only one 🇨🇳 institute in the top 10. By 2025, this number had jumped to eight out of 10.
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?
9/ Sharp piece in @foreignaffairs.com by Ashley Tellis @carnegieendowment.org: "Although India has grown in economic strength over the last two decades, it is not growing fast enough to balance China, let alone the United States, even in the long term." www.foreignaffairs.com/india/indias...
June 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
9/ Sharp piece in @foreignaffairs.com by Ashley Tellis @carnegieendowment.org: "Although India has grown in economic strength over the last two decades, it is not growing fast enough to balance China, let alone the United States, even in the long term." www.foreignaffairs.com/india/indias...
8/ Amb. Arun K. Singh (former Amb to 🇺🇸) argues that three Ts - TRUST, tariffs, Trump - in the India-US reln need to be tended to. Also points out the reported depletions in the US NSC (in-charge of TRUST) & the awkward optics (for 🇮🇳) of the ongoing trade talks --
carnegieindia.org/posts/2025/0...
carnegieindia.org/posts/2025/0...
June 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
8/ Amb. Arun K. Singh (former Amb to 🇺🇸) argues that three Ts - TRUST, tariffs, Trump - in the India-US reln need to be tended to. Also points out the reported depletions in the US NSC (in-charge of TRUST) & the awkward optics (for 🇮🇳) of the ongoing trade talks --
carnegieindia.org/posts/2025/0...
carnegieindia.org/posts/2025/0...
7/ Students from 🇮🇳 & 🇨🇳 account for more than half of all US international students: www.ft.com/content/65b4...
June 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
7/ Students from 🇮🇳 & 🇨🇳 account for more than half of all US international students: www.ft.com/content/65b4...
6/ Interesting comments by 🇮🇳 FM Dr. Jaishankar at Carnegie India’s Global Tech Summit on 🇮🇳🇺🇸 trade talks: high degree of urgency in New Delhi, quick responses by DC & 🇮🇳 has conducted more rounds of talks w 🇺🇸 in last 6 weeks than w 🇪🇺 in 2 years —
🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
April 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
6/ Interesting comments by 🇮🇳 FM Dr. Jaishankar at Carnegie India’s Global Tech Summit on 🇮🇳🇺🇸 trade talks: high degree of urgency in New Delhi, quick responses by DC & 🇮🇳 has conducted more rounds of talks w 🇺🇸 in last 6 weeks than w 🇪🇺 in 2 years —
🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
5/ Pres. Trump threatens secondary sanctions on 🇷🇺 amid tensions around 🇷🇺🇺🇦 ceasefire talks -- “anybody buying oil from 🇷🇺 will not be able to sell their product, any product, not just oil, into the 🇺🇸" bit.ly/4iWPsOE
🇮🇳 imported $48.6bn of 🇷🇺 crude oil in 2023: bit.ly/41QdFzY
🇮🇳 imported $48.6bn of 🇷🇺 crude oil in 2023: bit.ly/41QdFzY
March 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
5/ Pres. Trump threatens secondary sanctions on 🇷🇺 amid tensions around 🇷🇺🇺🇦 ceasefire talks -- “anybody buying oil from 🇷🇺 will not be able to sell their product, any product, not just oil, into the 🇺🇸" bit.ly/4iWPsOE
🇮🇳 imported $48.6bn of 🇷🇺 crude oil in 2023: bit.ly/41QdFzY
🇮🇳 imported $48.6bn of 🇷🇺 crude oil in 2023: bit.ly/41QdFzY
3/ On the changing India-China relationship and the role played by the United States: "India is now motivated to prepare for the worst-case scenario, mitigating Trump-related risks by seeking reconciliation with China." Keji Mao in @scmpnews.bsky.social
🔗 www.scmp.com/opinion/asia...
🔗 www.scmp.com/opinion/asia...
March 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
3/ On the changing India-China relationship and the role played by the United States: "India is now motivated to prepare for the worst-case scenario, mitigating Trump-related risks by seeking reconciliation with China." Keji Mao in @scmpnews.bsky.social
🔗 www.scmp.com/opinion/asia...
🔗 www.scmp.com/opinion/asia...
4/ IND & US have sped up tariff & trade talks ahead of Apr. 2 deadline: Amiti Sen reports for The Hindu BusinessLine
➖ US wants major tariff cuts on cars, bikes, alcohol, agri products
➖ IND reportedly agrees to a phased tariff red plan
➖ Tariff cuts for US may cover many industrial goods
➖ US wants major tariff cuts on cars, bikes, alcohol, agri products
➖ IND reportedly agrees to a phased tariff red plan
➖ Tariff cuts for US may cover many industrial goods
March 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
4/ IND & US have sped up tariff & trade talks ahead of Apr. 2 deadline: Amiti Sen reports for The Hindu BusinessLine
➖ US wants major tariff cuts on cars, bikes, alcohol, agri products
➖ IND reportedly agrees to a phased tariff red plan
➖ Tariff cuts for US may cover many industrial goods
➖ US wants major tariff cuts on cars, bikes, alcohol, agri products
➖ IND reportedly agrees to a phased tariff red plan
➖ Tariff cuts for US may cover many industrial goods
3/ Knock-on effects of the US admin making steep cuts to international aid programs: Johns Hopkins University loses $800 mil in funding over several years - leads to layoffs in 44 countries - impacts a program that improves HIV outcomes in 🇮🇳
🔗: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
🔗: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
March 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
3/ Knock-on effects of the US admin making steep cuts to international aid programs: Johns Hopkins University loses $800 mil in funding over several years - leads to layoffs in 44 countries - impacts a program that improves HIV outcomes in 🇮🇳
🔗: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
🔗: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
2/ Import tariff cuts offered by GoI were "considered inadequate" bc the 🇺🇸 wants "steep concessions in almost all areas, incl agri products." Lang from this Amiti Sen report is striking: consultations are being held in 🇮🇳 on the "extent of market openings the industry & farm sectors can handle."
March 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
2/ Import tariff cuts offered by GoI were "considered inadequate" bc the 🇺🇸 wants "steep concessions in almost all areas, incl agri products." Lang from this Amiti Sen report is striking: consultations are being held in 🇮🇳 on the "extent of market openings the industry & farm sectors can handle."