Nicolas Blarel
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Associate Prof @PolSciLeiden . AE @IntlStudiesRev . trained @IndianaUniv @CERI_SciencesPo . IR, FPA, security, migration politics, India.
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After years of involvement in this project, very excited that our co-edited book with
@Crystal_Ennis
on Migration governance in theory & practice in the South Asia to Gulf Corridor is out and open-access () Thanks again to the amazing contributing authors!
This book by
@Crystal_Ennis
and
@nicoblar
enables readers to better understand
#Migration
in
#SouthAsia
and the Gulf, while also providing a model for analyzing global
#MigrationGovernance
in practice in different parts of the world.
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India’s Caravan Magazine wins the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism
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Significant, first India-Israel joint exercise: India participates in IDF’s largest-ever aerial exercise
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“4 years after India & Iran signed an agreement to construct a rail line from Chabahar to Zahedan, along the border with Afghanistan, the Iranian government has decided to proceed with the construction on its own, citing delays from the Indian side”
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Pakistan has “created terrorist groups to be a tool” in its struggle against India says former CIA acting director Michael Morell & alleges that Pakistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world
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Open to hear & read many opinions
@ThePrintIndia
but the use of certain terms & analogies here is not acceptable
Pulitzer to Kashmir photojournalists shows why Trump supporters call some media Lügenpresse
Ram Madhav
@rammadhavbjp
, National General Secretary of BJP, writes
#ThePrintOpinion
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This is getting ridiculous. Given the situation, the participation should have been virtual from the start. Optics over proper protocols.
S Jaishankar to join G7 meeting virtually after possible exposure to
#coronavirus
infection
Follow live updates here:
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So, it's official: . Honored to be promoted to 'universitair hoofddocent' (Associate Professor) at
@UniLeidenNews
@PolSciLeiden
Many thanks to my incredible colleagues (& many more!) for their support. Looking forward to many more years of collaboration!
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"foreign leader"
ISI chief, Faiz Hameed, became first known foreign leader visiting Kabul under Taliban.
Courtesy Siamak Herawi
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Modi’s pandemic choice was to protect his image or to protect India. Sumit Ganguly argues he chose himself
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“India, Japan & France may not be fully aligned in the Indo-Pacific, but they agree enough to work together to promote a stable, prosperous & inclusive regional order”
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It’s now been announced at the
@isanet
governing council: happy to join the
@IntlStudiesRev
editorial team in January 2023. Happy to help start this joint effort between alma mater
@IUBloomington
& my current institution
@UniLeidenNews
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New article out co-written w
@PolSciLeiden
colleague Niels Van Willigen over the conditions under which regional politics can shape foreign policy decisions, with illustrative cases from India. Article is open access!
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Timely academic publication out: happy to share my assessment of whether PM Modi has changed India's Middle East Policy since 2014, with references to the recent Gaza crisis
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'Academics based in India will be under more pressure. Academics based outside India will be discouraged from working on India', restrictions reflect 'New Level of Paranoia on the Part of Indian State' says UCLA historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam, & incidentally brother of current EAM
Revised official guidelines stating that India’s publicly-funded universities need prior approval from the MEA if they want to hold online international conferences on security of the Indian state have drawn flak from academics and organisations in the US
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After openly backing Israel, why is Modi’s India voting at UN like a Congress government? Is India’s vote at the UN against the US on Jerusalem a sign that there is no such thing as the Modi doctrine?
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A future book publication only starts looking real when it becomes available on amazon! Very excited to see this important project co-edited with my incredible colleague
@UniLeiden
@Crystal_Ennis
& with important contributions from a multidisciplinary team
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Special issue of India Review "Opening the Black Box: The Making of India's Foreign Policy" edited with
@PaliwalAvi
out soon. Many thanks to
@maheshshankar7
@manjeetsp
@karthiknach
Chris Alden, Klaus Brummer, Maya Chadda & Jivanta Schottli for contributing. Look fwd to comments!
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New Air India slogan: bridging regions? In historic first, Saudi Arabia allows flights to Israel over its airspace
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Problematic analogies now abound such as: Can India respond like Israel following the Pulwama attack? () Misdiagnosis & Israel-envy were also present in the post-Uri & surgical strikes debates, see
@shashj
's excellent pc at the time
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"UAE cannot be considered as any other nation, as their rulers have underlined. Indians, especially Keralites have contributed immensely in their nation building,” says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, following central Indian government’s decline of aid offer
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After Saudi Arabia, UAE could seek early repayment of loan to Pakistan
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Happy to see our article with
@NielsvWilligen
now published in an
@EuroJournIR
issue. Coincidentally, the same issue includes
@PolSciLeiden
colleagues
@Buitelaartom
& Gisela Hirschmann, & Jan Aart Scholte cc:
@LUCIRLeiden
@GtgcLeiden
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The Call for papers for the European Initiative for Security Studies
@EISSnetwork
annual conference on 27-28 June 2024 at
@CharlesUniPRG
is out! Send us your paper & panel proposals, & spread the word!
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In a new pc for
@ForeignPolicy
, Sumit Ganguly and I look at whether recent Islamophobic comments against India’s Muslim minority could affect its growing ties with the UAE & Saudi Arabia
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More evidence of a long planned decision? Modi govt reportedly told US about plans to scrap Article 370 twice — last week and in February
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Following the latest announcement from the US, UK, Australia on the Indo-Pacific, and the French reaction, a good friend reminded me of this great EH Carr quote (cited by Mearsheimer)…
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Dear Delhi friends, thanks to
@CarnegieIndia
@PaliwalAvi
and I will have a chance to present & discuss with
@Rudra_81
our India Review special issue on unpacking the black box of India's FP making (should be online soon!) Join us on Monday February 3rd!
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@ConstantinoX
BUT that could change if EU powers were more sensitive to India's security issues...;-)
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Interested in India's security policies? Devesh Kapur and Rohan Mukherjee have brought together an incredible set of papers in a special issue of India Review...
@rahulsagar
@Kate_let
@Rudra_81
@clary_co
@srinathraghava3
@pstanpolitics
&
@NarangVipin
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Right before PM Modi's visit: Air India to commence New Delhi-Tel Aviv flights by May
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Following last year’s successful inaugural event, the 2nd European Scholars of South Asian International Relations (ESSAIR) Conference will take place on 8-9 July 2021 both at Leiden University & online. Please find the CFP via Submit and share the news!
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It was an honor to be invited to Grand Tamasha & to talk with the great GT host
@MilanV
about India’s shifting policies towards the Middle East/West Asia. Thanks again to Milan,
@CarnegieEndow
, Mira & rest of the team for this opportunity
New
#GrandTamasha
out now:
@nicoblar
, author of the definitive book on India-Israel ties, joins me to talk about India’s evolving stance in the Middle East.
He breaks down how the Modi government is responding to the events unfolding in Israel and Gaza.
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An Indian Civil engineer was fired by an MNC in Kuwait for posting offensive comments against Muslims and the Tablighi Jamaat congregation on social media
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It's now website official: thrilled again to join the
@IntlStudiesRev
editorial team along with Sumit Ganguly,
@HussBanai
@coboje
@justbeatrix
@Crystal_Ennis
@degal
Kate Vernallis & Aashna Khanna
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“Tankers are offloading millions of barrels of Iranian oil into storage tanks at Chinese ports, creating a hoard of crude sitting on the doorstep of the world’s biggest buyer”
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Modi government ministers prefer Oxford, Harvard for their children’s education and not IIT, IIM
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This was fast: China arguing Afghanistan withdrawal is a signal to other US partners like Taiwan about Washington’s resolve…
China’s Global Times warns Taiwan that the US will abandon it, like it did Aghanistan, “once war breaks out” (not “if”). “The island's defense will collapse in hours and the US military won't come to help.”
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The European Scholars of South Asian International Relations are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for our 3rd Annual Conference on 23-24 June 2022. Given the pandemic & to maximise participation, it will take place online. CfP details here:
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Not sure there is any connection with Canada-Issue spat. This is consistent with KSA's position on Kashmir at OIC, and remains mainly rhetoric. A week earlier, MBS announces IMEEC in Delhi...
#SaudiArabia
has shocked India with its stand on the Jammu and Kashmir issue at a meeting organised by the
#OIC
on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly
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PM Modi to embark on 2-day maiden visit to Israel on July 5, 1st by an Indian PM, defence, tech top agenda
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Lots of signaling for French involvement in the Indo-Pacific: India, France, Australia trilateral dialogue scheduled a week after the French-led La Pérouse joint naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal ends on April 7
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Indeed a first in India-Gulf defense ties cc:
@HTAlhasan
@CamilleLons
In a first India’s Army Chief, Gen MM Naravane will be visiting Saudi Arabia next week. Apart from meeting military brass, he will be addressing Saudi Arabia’s National Defence University. The COAS will also be touring UAE. The 2-country trip is sure to be watched very closely
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Another twist in vaccine diplomacy & narrative competition: after China put pressure on Paraguay to ditch Taiwan in exchange for shots, India stepped in to help, Taiwan’s foreign minister said
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Great to see PMs Trudeau & Rutte being asked sharp questions by our students in our good old 2.02 lecture room at
@UniLeiden
Now, question to
#IIRLeiden2021
students, should I also pull up my sleeves when lecturing? 🙄
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Little known fact: how India helped to create Ghana’s intelligence service. Great pc from
@PaliwalAvi
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The Handbook is now real! Thanks again to the efforts of my co-editors Sumit Ganguly &
@manjeetsp
& the contributors who provided us with many great papers...opening new debates over India’s national security for the coming years!
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Sovereign states have been mythologized as the natural unit of political order. History shows how new they are—and how we can think beyond them. Great pc from
@PolSciLeiden
colleague Claire Vergerio
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Western standards of human rights “do not apply to India”, says Home Minister Amit Shah
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The head of NASA branded India’s destruction of one of its satellites a “terrible thing” as it created 400 pieces of orbital debris and led to new dangers for astronauts aboard the International Space Station
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Reached a very busy Delhi (first visit in a while). Looking forward to the discussions and meetings in the coming days
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Sharing again a pc I wrote for
@TIME
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A new piece on the India-Israel-Palestine triangle co-authored with Sumit Ganguly for
@ForeignPolicy
: Modi walking a tightrope on the Gaza crisis
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India and Israel sign agreement to expand cooperation in cyber security
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Happy to announce that tomorrow Leiden University will host Prime Minsters Justin Trudeau & Mark Rutte to its campus. Some of our
@PolSciLeiden
students will be in attendance & hopefully asking the tough questions on climate change in the run-up to COP26
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Indian Navy planning to build six nuclear attack submarines: Navy to Parliamentary panel
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From Gulf Rupee to RuPay: reviving old trade & financial ties
It is hard to imagine, but before the discovery of oil, it was the
#Indian
Rupee which was used as the official currency of countries in the Persian Gulf, from Kuwait to Oman. Discover the story of the unique ‘Gulf Rupee’.
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This is an important debate, for sure. But where was all this outrage then?
"Seldom in history have barons or private corporations grown so powerful that they completely eclipse nation states and legal authorities. This feudalism is... capable of far greater individual control, threatens personal liberties..." (
@Iyervval
writes)
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My latest pc on the implications of the Israeli elections for ties with India, especially wrt India & Modi becoming directly part of Netanyahu’s electoral campaign. Thx to
@KabirTaneja
&
@orfonline
for this opportunity
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IR colleagues, we're hiring an Assistant Professor in Global Transformations and Governance Challenges as a joint appointment in
@fggaleiden
&
@PolSciLeiden
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Of interest to all India watchers, happy to help organise & present in the
@CERI_SciencesPo
@GIGA_Institute
@IRSEM1
3-day conference "The Regional Stakes of India's Foreign Policy" dec 8-10, all online, so please register & join!
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Sharing a good pc from
@MohanCRaja
on Macron's visit to India, which rightly argues India-France bilateral summits need to go beyond statements on "strategic autonomy" or preference for a "multipolar" world & discuss concrete cooperation
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India, France explore 3rd country projects in Western Indian Ocean region
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The entire community of analysts of India’s foreign policy just regularly hitting refresh on the BLS visa service website this morning.
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3 more days before my co-edited book with
@Crystal_Ennis
comes out open access! It includes great contributions from authors coming from various disciplines on different facets of migration governance from South Asia to the Gulf states
This book by
@Crystal_Ennis
and
@nicoblar
enables readers to better understand
#Migration
in
#SouthAsia
and the Gulf, while also providing a model for analyzing global
#MigrationGovernance
in practice in different parts of the world.
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Revised official guidelines stating that India’s publicly-funded universities need prior approval from the MEA if they want to hold online international conferences on security of the Indian state have drawn flak from academics and organisations in the US
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@PaliwalAvi
agreed. Always surprised to see EU decision-makers & think tankers surprised. That being said, the Jaishankar statement at MSF over the Russia and China situations to be different for now seems to indicate this could change if EU powers gave different signals in the Indo-Pacific
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En route to Montréal &
#ISA2023
(first one in person since…Toronto 2019!) look forward to panels, discussions, catching up with friends & colleagues, & to the first
@IntlStudiesRev
meeting with the new editorial board & team
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According to this report, Israel plans to transport goods from India via UAE to bypass Houthi attacks
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#academicjob
we are hiring two assistant professors at
@PolSciLeiden
in “Energy and Environmental Politics and Policy”AND “Democratic Citizenship”. Come join us! &
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Mark your calendars as we are organising on April 27 the launch of the new Oxford Handbook of India's National Security (co-edited with Sumit Ganguly and
@manjeetsp
) at the NNML. We are honoured to have Ambassador Shivshankar Menon and Dr. Raja Mohan discussing the book!
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Only in India? One month after Netanyahu’s visit, Iranian President Rouhani also set to visit India on Feb. 15
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IR colleagues, a reminder we are looking for a Full Professor of IR with specialisation in International Conflict and Conflict Resolution. Deadline is coming up soon, January 7! Come join us or spread the news. Happy to answer any questions via e-mail!
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Wow. 50 years later, India to finally make it to the OIC as guest of honour. Long way from the Rabat fiasco. Important to remember India was present at the incipient stages f the organisation in 1969:
India to be guest of honour at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for the first time, Sushma Swaraj to address inaugural plenary on March 1. Bangladesh and Turkey had proposed India being granted observer status.
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Putting an end to speculation over Israel-Pakistan normalization? Israel’s regional cooperation minister says 2 more countries to normalise ties with Israel. 1 in Gulf but not KSA. Other, further east, a “Muslim country that is not small” but not Pakistan
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EAM Jaishankar still not on the list?
Antony Blinkens first calls, according to his tweets:
Canada
Mexico
Japan
South Korea
France
Germany
UK
NATO (Sec Gen)
Australia
Philippines
Thailand
Israel
Iraq
Afghanistan (president)
EU
Italy
Jordan
South Africa
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#jobalert
position of Lecturer in Modern South Asian Culture at
@LeidenHum
Leiden University Institute for Area Studies
Deadline is 1st September & starting date is January 2023. Please consider applying or share on your networks!
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Coronavirus has not suspended politics – it has revealed the nature of power
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Reminder: 3rd ESSAIR (online) conference is coming up next week! Do attend to hear about the latest groundbreaking research on the IR of South Asia, as well as Kanti Bajpai's keynote on 'South Asia as a Region: War, Inter(-Dependence), Identity' More here:
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Pakistan long sought to internationalise the problem of Kashmir, hoping to change the territorial status quo. India’s decision to repeal Art 370 has had the opposite effect for
@husainhaqqani
It makes Kashmir an internal issue for India as well as Pakistan
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"Many IR scholars access history through reading historians or through synthetic accounts; they encounter history by and large through secondary sources. One consequence is that they are often a generation or more behind university historians"
After a long lag, we're back!
Here's Theory Talk
#75
, Tarak Barkawi from
@LSEIRDept
on IR after the West & why the best comes from the margins in IR, by
@Jethro0
.
Enjoy!
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IR colleagues considering submissions to
@IntlStudiesRev
or other
@isanet
journals in the future, the ISA Publications Committee is sharing some guidance on AI tools
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Happy to share this co-authored piece with
@Mathieu_Droin
@rajesh_basrur
@JyotsnaMehra
on how a common quest for “strategic autonomy” has been facilitating India-France collaboration (despite disagreements). Longer version & argument in a coming pc with
@CSIS
#Opinion
| Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to France will highlight the strong bilateral relationship between the two countries
✍🏻
@nicoblar
,
@Mathieu_Droin
,
@rajesh_basrur
,
@JyotsnaMehra
#HTPremium
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Interesting talk from
@Hg_Meijer
on European approaches towards the rise of China.
@LUCIRLeiden
@ISGA_Hague
@PolSciLeiden
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As I initially embarked on a PhD in comparative politics, comparing the processes leading to dissidence & waves of linguistic reorganisation in post-independence India (project abandoned to move to an IR thesis), Paul Brass' work was a great inspiration. RIP
RIP Paul Brass! Your “Theft of an Idol” and “Language, Religion and Politics in North India” were seminal, shaping scholarship and leaving a huge impact.
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This kind of admission that this government has no control over events contradicts earlier self-congratulating PR over management of the covid crisis. It’s time to take responsibility & concentrate all focus on dealing with this crisis.
Once-in-a-century pandemic can’t be laid at govt’s door- The New Indian Express
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Yet, Morrison signed off to a statement mentioning Fr & Aus were “committed to strengthening industrial and capability-centred cooperation and underpinned the importance of the future submarine programme” on August 30th…rewriting history is impossible here
The French “would have had every reason to know that we had deep and grave concerns”, Australian PM Scott Morrison said.
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Indian defense jugaad? Here is a story of how the Indian Air Force brought Israel, France & Russia weapons technology (without their assistance) together
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But it won’t.
“India is the only big power that can draw on decades of friendship to pressure Moscow. That means New Delhi is uniquely positioned not just to shore up its own geopolitical position but also to prevent a deeply destabilizing and violent conflict.”
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