#BREAKING China’s military spokesman Tan Kefei responds to Australian claim about dangerous Air Force intercept in late May. China says it happened near the (disputed) Paracel islands in SCS. No denial of Aus claim that PLA plane used chaff. Translation: view.inews.qq.com/a/20220607A054…

Peacock of JNU 😍🦚

Thread on what stands out to me about the Agnipath scheme

“We generally don’t tell people who targeted them, but I’m kind of tired of watching shit burn,” the security analyst at the email provider told WIRED. “These guys are not going after terrorists. They’re going after human rights defenders and journalists.” wired.com/story/modified…

To ensure the continuation of the Government including the safety of all citizens I accept the best recommendation of the Party Leaders today, to make way for an All-Party Government. To facilitate this I will resign as Prime Minister.

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A thread on the MANY problems with this article The Conversation U.S. (1/16) (theconversation.com/why-men-overwh…)

Given the confusion and rampant misinformation over U.S. policy towards Taiwan, I have found this one of the best quick explainers for those who understandably remain perplexed on why this controversy refuses to go away: brookings.edu/wp-content/upl…

Super happy that our (Julia Grauvogel ) data feature “Introducing the International Sanctions Termination (IST) Dataset” is published in Journal of Peace Research . 1/7 German Institute for Global and Area Studies journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

In case it is helpful, here is a handout I use in my grad seminars about how to read an academic article and prepare for a graduate seminar: dropbox.com/s/2q08lr4q7yy9…

I was just—casually—reading the #AnnualReport of United Nations Secretary General António Guterres (PDF): un.org/annualreport/f… And there I discovered that there’s a new #UNbudget #transparency website for the UN Secretariat finances: open.un.org/un-secretariat… #UNGA cc Patrick Rosenow

Happy my dataset on leaders in #UN peace operations is now published in Journal of Peace Research. It started with curiosity how many leaders in peace ops Asia has been supplying. Thanks to a group of 💫RAs (JC Camila Bertranou+others) the list turned into a dataset 🧵#peacekeeping

One of the more important issues in peacekeeping right now: IPI's latest on Disinformation Against UN Peacekeeping Operations, written by Albert Trithart. ipinst.org/2022/11/disinf… Intl Peace Institute UN Peacekeeping Jean-Pierre Lacroix

This train sequence was tricky, but the outcome made it all worth it. I can't wait for everyone to see it come to life!

2023 Confucian Studies Summer Institute

This is a block-level city in Jiangsu province, China. A small county called Danyang (丹阳). Clean and beautiful.

#AMU faculty member attends Confucian Studies Summer Institute programme 👉amu.ac.in/news/2023/08/2… G20 United States @PIBHRD Dharmendra Pradhan PMO India President of India Ministry of Education UGC INDIA ANI Press Trust of India 👇Pic

In our latest Crisis Group article, Liesl Louw-Vaudran and I unpack the new UN-AU funding agreement. We break-down the negotiations, discuss why the framework has been such a long-standing policy goal in New York and Addis Ababa, and discuss what comes next. crisisgroup.org/africa/african…

📢 #WednesdaySeminar Title: China’s Expanding Role in UN Peace Operations: Domestic Debate and Developmental Peace 🗓️ 15 January 2025 🕒 3PM IST 📍 Zoom Speaker: Md Yasin Chair: Alka Acharya Registration: bit.ly/15Jan-Reg Details: bit.ly/15Jan-Details