#Asia

THREAD: a recent NYT story detailed allegations that Pres. Ghani delayed an early breakthrough in Afghan peace talks.... it also alluded to an intriguing sub-plot: international community's hope that Dr.
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in asia, many things aren’t taken as seriously as they are here. this is why wayv- or other idols do things thinking it’s okay. this includes fatphobia and some other
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My five conclusions on the #GIC annual report today: look out for a full article on @euromoney later today. 1. Lim Chow Kiat didn't predict a global pandemic, but GIC
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Third of Japan companies based in UK fear Brexit will hurt business. 10% will reduce presence in UK. None are going to expand. 1/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Third-of-Japan-companies-fear-Brexit-will-hurt-busines
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We are all busy, so will compress the new BP review of world energy into three key charts. Here is No1 - primary energy demand up 1.3% (below 10yr trend):
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After Swan rightly notes that regardless of the bounty story, Intel says Russia is supplying weapons to the Taliban, and asks “Isn't that enough to challenge Putin over the killings
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I wanted to expand a little bit more on what it would mean to have an IR/strategy curriculum that actually took in the history of the rest of the world,
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Monu and Aamya live in the world's most polluted capital, New Delhi. We @nytimes spent an entire day filming and measuring how much air pollution they breathe to see if
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The current US approach to promoting human rights in East Asia is too geopolitical, punitive, & inconsistent. It promotes backlash without tangible improvements.The US must adopt a new multipronged approach
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A word I've been thinking about in my research a lot lately is 'encyclopaedic' and its application by modern scholars to medieval maps. Indulge me, if you will, in some
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Thread / Spam A lot of tweets already been spent on this 'India vs S Asia' discussion. So, apologies to those have exposure to my tweets. But making an attempt
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oh anyways guys i want to share about what i know at how to watch mtv world stage indonesia:- first in order to watch it, you can watch it trough
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The United States and China got their "report cards" from Southeast Asia this week via @ISEAS's 2021 Survey.This should be required reading for anyone focused on dynamics in Asia. How
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Breaking: the BBC publishes some of the most horrendous evidence yet of what happens in Xinjiang's camps. Endemic rape, brutal sexual torture of women, electric batons inserted into vaginas, Uyghur
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Why Japan should have the capability to counterattack enemies - this is a good summary of where we are. Let us reflect upon some of the points in it.1. Vocabulary.
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Ganesha - The God of Asia (Thread)As promised, here are 8 traces of Lord Ganesha from various countries & across many centuries. This thread is based on the book, "Ganesha
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