Frank O'Donnell

@frank11285.bsky.social

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Senior Research Adviser, Asia-Pacific Leadership Network
Nonresident Fellow, Stimson Center South Asia Program
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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 01:17 UTC

I definitely have not had an anaphylactic nut allergy from birth, including right through the 1990s, no sir.

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Unofficial Reuters (World) Bot @reuters-world-rss.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 12:02 UTC

Exclusive: India races to build power plants in region claimed by China

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[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 12:22 UTC

Flooding in northern Bangladesh displaces 40,000 people, shuts schools

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 03:17 UTC

It was a common euphemism for Jews who marched with MLK and others

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:34 UTC

At the end of this eight month period (February 2024), the White House publicly put out a health summary from Biden’s physicians. It says there were “no findings consistent with any cerebellar or other central neurological disorder, such as … Parkinsons.” www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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[ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 13:56 UTC

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:12 UTC

“China has much more to gain from resumed testing than we do,” said Dr.[Siegfried] Hecker, the former Los Alamos director. “It would open the door for others to test and reignite an arms race to the peril of the entire world. We shouldn’t go there.” This is the world Trump and his enablers want.

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:11 UTC

His Mouser's Government

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 15:07 UTC

Yes, Starmer bending the knee is now established protocol for an incoming PM

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Sense Hofstede @sehof.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:49 UTC

Japan, Philippines defence pact negotiations nearing conclusion, ambassador says – Reuters

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[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 10:11 UTC

India, China foreign ministers agree to resolve border issues at earliest

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[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:54 UTC

My recent East-West Center piece discusses reform of the Indian defense procurement process - which the FRCV is presently mired in - as a key priority for the Modi 3.0 government www.eastwestcenter.org/publications...

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[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:52 UTC

Indian T-90 and T-72 tank modernization progressing slowly. T-72s undergoing life extension to bring them into five decades of operational service, to compensate for delays in their 1,770 indigenous Future Ready Combat Vehicles (FRCV) replacement program.

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 11:30 UTC

i was just going to make a post about this. if trump decides you are an enemy of the state or a “threat to national security” and has you deported, citizenship or not, there’s nothing you can do to get home. he has full legal power to render you stateless.

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 19:30 UTC

Wise decision by the former Indian envoy to not attach himself by name to these comments. Really stuck his neck out here. (from www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)

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[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

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b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 12:56 UTC

i think we should see the Trump v. United States ruling as a group of Republican apparatchiks taking their opportunity to vindicate Nixon and write the unitary executive into the Constitution. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 13:13 UTC

New restricted-access GAO report produced last week - "Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications: DOD Should Expeditiously Complete Actions Necessary to Fully Implement Governance Reform - GAO-24-106790C" www.gao.gov/reports-test...
nukesky

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[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 11:55 UTC

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[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 21:23 UTC

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 17:53 UTC

The Supreme Court’s ruling putting presidents above the law must be understood not simply as a grant of immunity for past crimes, but an enthusiastic endorsement of those he will commit if given the chance. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:18 UTC

Chief Justice Roberts decrees the end of DOJ independence in an offhanded sentence on page 20.

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 12:17 UTC

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Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 12:15 UTC

This surely comes from the Scarfolk Council archives?!

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[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 15:09 UTC

Indian XIV Corps suffers loss of T-72 tank with 5 personnel, during a training exercise in which it attempted to cross Shyok river near Saser Brangsa in Eastern Ladakh.
twitter.com/firefurycorp...
www.ndtv.com/india-news/5...
southasiasky

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Matteo Piasentini @matpiasentini.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 02:18 UTC

Great quote from Prof. Acharya’s analysis: “While the Asia Pacific and East Asia are anchored on multilaterals — such as APEC, the ASEAN Regional Forum, the East Asia Summit — the Indo-Pacific rests on minilaterals, such as the QUAD.”

eastasiaforum.org/2024/06/13/t...

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 14:54 UTC

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[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 12:26 UTC

apnews.com/article/d938...
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[ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 22:44 UTC

In a new East-West Center Asia-Pacific Bulletin piece, I outline the Indian foreign policy challenges and opportunities for Modi's third term - www.eastwestcenter.org/publications...

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Sense Hofstede @sehof.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 12:34 UTC

US, Canada, Japan, and Philippines conduct exercises in South China Sea – Reuters: ‘in Manila’s exclusive economic zone’

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[ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 02:28 UTC

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[ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 00:10 UTC

Pleased that our article on #BRICS and pathways for building policy convergence in informal institutions is among @ejir.bsky.social's most-read in the last 6 months- journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 14:16 UTC

Today's Supreme Court decision means that bump stocks—which allow AR-15-style rifles to fire automatically, like a machine gun—are no longer prohibited under federal law. The Trump administration first imposed the ban after the Las Vegas massacre. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 11:15 UTC

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 23:19 UTC

That is, assuming the bill becomes law.

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[ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 23:17 UTC

Keep an eye out for whether Indian naval/airports or bases appear as potential logistics options in this mandated review report (if an unclassified version is produced) - www.defensenews.com/congress/202...

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Sense Hofstede @sehof.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 20:23 UTC

US mulls new actions against China firms supplying Russia defence sector – Reuters

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Sense Hofstede @sehof.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 20:25 UTC

Xinhua and Reuters presidents hold talks on cooperation – Xinhua english.news.cn/20240613/d40...

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Sense Hofstede @sehof.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 20:25 UTC

Xinhua and AP presidents discuss media cooperation – Xinhua

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 20:31 UTC

This game broke my hands.

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[ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 18:25 UTC

southasiasky

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 09, 2024 at 11:45 UTC

I have read plenty of articles about how The Kids Today don’t play outside anymore, but would like to read one about how the olds today want to sic the cops on them the moment they step outside

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 08, 2024 at 13:27 UTC

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Sense Hofstede @sehof.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 17:03 UTC

Dutch defence ministry says that navy ship HNLMS Tromp was encircled by two Chinese fighter jets and its NH90 helicopter was approached by two Chinese fighter jets and a helicopter. Just as with recent Australian and Canada harassment, while monitoring UN sanctions on North Korea, in East China Sea.

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 16:02 UTC

“At events with Sunak and cabinet ministers, party staff have sometimes been seen having difficulty recruiting enough activists to attend and stand with placards for the cameras with the prime minister.”

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Sense Hofstede @sehof.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 11:11 UTC

How China could quarantine [rather than blockade] Taiwan – CSIS ChinaPower

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Sense Hofstede @sehof.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 10:40 UTC

The Philippines bats for Asean coast guard protocol amid South China Sea woes – The Inquirer

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Sen. Gogurt taking notes on a criminal conspiracy @ugarles.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 17:55 UTC

you've been hit by you've been struck by

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