Ian Hall
Professor of International Relations at Griffith University, India’s foreign policy, Indo-Pacific stuff, snakes when I find one. Usual caveats.
- Reposted by Ian HallOnce again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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- I am relieved to see this climbdown from the Trump administration, removing the 25% additional tariff on India imposed due to the latter's imports of Russian oil. But damage is still being done to US credibility and the US-India relationship. 1/2 www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/t...
- "Jo ucchit samjho woh karo..." says a Defence Minister to a General. Not my area, but I think that what is emerging about what happened in 2020-21 and in May 2025 might well lead scholars to revise their understandings of India's civil-military relations. theprint.in/defence/augu...
- Extraordinary that Russian operations depend on a US system - and the Kremlin allows it. Also extraordinary that the US permits this.
- A rather stern local. Jakarta.
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- Reposted by Ian HallJournalism literally dying in darkness
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- Or Rafales…
- It is sexism all the way down.
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- Reposted by Ian HallVolume of Russian and Iranian oil loitering at sea is hitting records • Indian and Chinese buyers/ports are increasingly fearful of falling foul of sanctions • Tankers become 70% less productive (in tonne-miles) in six months after being placed under US sanctions www.economist.com/finance-and-...
- 50,000 fatalities a year - and perhaps more. Not as deadly as the awful roads (150,000+ per year) but still a lot of avoidable deaths. www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Ian HallAlso evidence that essentially eliminating irregular immigration - as Australia has - doesn't, by itself, stop the radical right.
- The biggest operation in a while, I think.
- As someone posted the other day, we need to be thinking about mandating or allocating time consuming off line hobbies to the over-50s.
- Lol
- There is probably a good book to be written about how UK foreign policy lurches backwards and forwards between often risible moralism (remember the "ethical foreign policy"...) to near xenophobia without ever approaching a happy medium.
- Reposted by Ian HallMiddle aged white men (and I’m 49, so I’m in the demographic) absolutely need ridiculous Dad Hobbies or they get squirrely. I think if you’re can’t prove you have a preexisting Dad Hobby or 2 by age 45, you get entered into a national hobby draft and get assigned one. It would solve so many things.
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- Reposted by Ian HallNew: Tesla 4th quarter profit plunges 61% year-over-year; annual profit down 46% the brand damage: -1 million lost vehicle sales, per study -Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25 -Lower total production/deliveries than '24 -Lost crown as world's leading EV seller wapo.st/3LYTef1
- Reposted by Ian HallJust sent out this free piece. The response to the execution of Alex Pretti reveals how we have gotten into this mess. The anger is not directed at Trump, who caused this whole situation. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
- Xi Jinping will be pleased. A "new era" indeed. Yikes.
- Note too that if the EU gets this trade deal over the line, it will have done better than the first Trump admin, which failed to negotiate one, and the second one, which has so far failed to negotiate one.
- This ranting and raving does not make the US look strong, regardless of the rights and wrongs. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/f...
- This ranting and raving does not make the US look strong, regardless of the rights and wrongs. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/f...
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- Reposted by Ian HallEnd of an era for some of us. RIP.
- Suggestion: let’s have a Cathy Freeman Day. 25 September or nearest Monday. It can replace the problematic one… and we need more public holidays in the second half of the year.
- Very much a read. It’s about regional Queensland, folks.
- *Queensland outside Brisbane.
- It doesn’t take a lot of words to explain why the Coalition is imploding. Just one. Queensland. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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- Never change, universities.
- Reposted by Ian HallA post-by-post dissection of the Nazi and neo-Nazi tropes used in U.S. government social media accounts. By @alibreland.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com.
- Move over, democratic peace theory. Glittery condo peace theory has dropped.
- Correct.
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- He isn't a well man.
- The battleship tangent is special.
- Catching up on some historical parallels.
- Reposted by Ian HallHappy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
- Denmark denied him use of Greenland airspace? [apparently a fault with the aircraft but what is a bit of irresponsible speculation between friends, eh...]
- INBOX: Air Force One (tail number 29000), which was carrying President Trump from Washington, D.C. to Davos, Switzerland, appears to be turning back. (h/t @PollTracker2024/X) globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=adfdf9
- CEO gaslighting.
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- There is already evidence that foreign leaders are avoiding meetings with Trump and refusing to go to DC. This isn't going to help matters - nor is it going to help the US get what it wants in the world.
- Out now in Asian Security: Christopher K. Colley and Prashant Hosur Suhas examine India's internal balancing challenges in the aftermath of the Galwan clash with China in 2020. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- I am really pleased to join the editorial team at #AsianSecurity, joining Amy Freedman, Andrew Oros, Chin-Hao Huang, and Lionel Fatton. The journal aims to be "the foremost journal on all aspects of national and international security in Asia". www.tandfonline.com/journals/fas...
- India is buying gold and selling US treasuries, while European states have increased their holdings. This headline here implies China is doing much the same as India, but it has not sold as much. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/a...
- India looks to UAE for civilian nuclear technology. In the past, India would have looked to Russia. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-...
- India is sceptical about Trump's "Board of Peace", worrying that it may undermine the UN and that it might focus on Kashmir at some point. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/w...
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- Good thread.
- THREAD The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web. We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
- Reposted by Ian HallWe couldn’t possibly change the date. It’s just not something we do.
- What if…just speculating here…Barack Obama just gave King Donald his Nobel Peace Prize? Would that put an end to this madness?
- Reposted by Ian HallAfter years of criticising Davos, Nigel Farage heads to Davos
- I can't wait to see how this is sane-washed by the media.
- "AI is asbestos in the walls of our society." Cory Doctorow www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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- Reposted by Ian HallAgain it is something that people in previous eras have commented on but I still find it just astonishing to witness in my own: fascism is somehow the natural ideology of loser men, just all of our most pathetic and contemptible instincts rendered into a worldview.
- Reposted by Ian HallBREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
- What a paragraph. Reminds you of what political journalism used to be like. From this Renfrew Christie obituary. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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- "crapule historic" is a very fitting phrase.
