Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

Suggestions here - from anonymous sources - that the alleged perpetrators of the bombing outside Delhi's Red Fort were panicked into the attack, having originally planned a bigger one for the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition on 6 December. www.indiatoday.in/india/story/...

Vladimir Putin will visit India on 5 December - his first since his invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/p...

every company in 2025

The Zeiten, they are wending. 61% of Germans say their country invested too little in its military capabilities. 66% say we relied too much on the US for our security.

It’s time for politicians to lead on Asia capability, because business won’t, the public and media pundits are sceptical, and universities have lost most of their social licence. So, time to act, and talk less, before it is too late… asialink.unimelb.edu.au/diplomacy/po...

Peter Varghese on Australia's "Asian journey" and the struggle to attain, value and fund "Asia literacy". asialink.unimelb.edu.au/diplomacy/as...

Good. So it should.

The last 48 hours in South Asia: India hints that what might have been a bomb attack in Delhi may have been the work of Pakistan-backed actors, while Pakistan implies it was a false flag attack orchestrated by Indian intelligence. Then a bomb goes off in Islamabad... 1/x

Drop crocs.

A pivot...to West Asia. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Pakistan threatens strikes on Afghanistan following suicide bombing by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) in the middle of Islamabad. Defence minister blames India "pulling strings" in Kabul. www.dawn.com/news/1954496...

The death toll from what is presumed here to be a suicide bombing in Islamabad has risen to 12. www.dawn.com/news/1954458...

At least eight people were injured after a blast took place outside a local court in Pakistan's Islamabad on Tuesday afternoon. The cause of the blast was not immediately known. More details 🔗 www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/e...

"In a post on X on Saturday, Xue [China's consul general in Osaka] shared a news article about Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan and commented 'the dirty neck that sticks itself in must be cut off'." www.reuters.com/world/china/...

If this was a terrorist attack, it will test the Modi government’s promise that the ceasefire in May was just a ceasefire, not a peace settlement. But New Delhi doesn’t have clear or clean options for further strikes. www.bbc.com/news/article...

You probably know what a FONOP is. But do you really? open.substack.com/pub/kimherio...

The Pakistani economy is in dire straits. A prolonged war could bleed its economy further.

Pluribus. Alien Virus Zombie Altruists.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

I will admit, I am curious to see how all this ends.

Reports across the Middle East that Syria has given the US an airbase outside of Damascus and has given the Trump organization exclusive rights to build a new hotel there. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

👇I have to write something on Trump's policy towards India and I don't know where to start. There are no frameworks other than court politics, personal interests, and 1980s (and/or 1880s?) nostalgia.

... and Leicester... Languages, History... It's so easy to destroy, so hard to create. So much talent. So many lives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

“The thought process that a Modi-Trump meeting would be able to set the clock right has been replaced by avoiding any meeting,” writes Shanthie Mariet D’Souza in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/will-trade-deal-repair-india-us-ties

AI: From bubble to bailout in how many Scaramuccis?

The new issue of Asian Politics & Policy has a bunch of good articles on Myanmar, where the conflict drags ever on, and the broader effects on Southeast Asia. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19430787...

“This country was built on whaling. Australia used to have a thriving whaling industry until it shut down by woke leftists. City elites simply wouldn’t understand the quiet dignity of turning a majestic marine mammal into lamp fuel”.

"On one side are dishonest authors and institutions seeking to inflate their reputations. On the other are industrial-scale productions of fake science publications and publishers charging spiralling publication fees to maximise their profits."

What a time to be alive.

#China: It has been two years since Minnie Chan, a defence reporter at the #SCMP, disappeared during a trip to Beijing after covering a military conference. As the general indifference surrounding her case raises fears of state repression, RSF urges the Chinese regime to disclose her whereabouts.

Idly reading through an enterprise agreement and…oh… I had no idea there were set rates for that kind of thing.

"Sources at Parliament, who wouldn’t speak on the record for fear of retribution, said the letter ...revealed how China’s government monitors New Zealanders ...they believe China is sending people to spy on events organised by Kiwi supporters of Taiwan."

UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China

Last month saw a new high in 2025 for Russian missiles fired at Ukraine. It happens when peaceniks/refuseniks + useful idiots continue to hope or believe Putin wants to negotiate, refuse to punish, or even try to stop the indicted war criminal. 2 choices. Stop Russia or condone killing civilians.

“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”

Amazing set of photos of Trump showing Xi a note that cracks him up, and more, from their meeting this week. Source: www.whitehouse.gov/gallery/pres...

NEW from me: Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent. That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀

They’ve seen how that ends.

Et tu, The Economist? Really? It is possible to be a bit too clever and a bit too cute.

Depressing to see that Indian communities in Australia are now being targeted with these phone scams, which have long been a problem for Chinese communities, including international students. This message has been posted on the Indian High Commission's website.

AUKUS Plan B just swung into view...

SOKUS is now a thing?

The Japanese PM looked forward to a "golden chapter" in the strategic partnership. We're a year or so away from "Gold Special Strategic Partnerships", aren't we? They're starting to sound like airline loyalty programs. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-mod...

Could be worse, but sheesh. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Meanwhile.

Kallas talking again about her infamous meeting with Wang Yi in the Economist Kallas says “his message was that it’s not in their interest that this war [in Ukraine] stops, because then America’s attention will turn to China.”

Oh jolly good.