Ben Bland
@benjaminbland
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Director, Asia-Pacific @ChathamHouse. Ex @LowyInstitute in 🇦🇺 & @FT in 🇮🇩 🇻🇳 🇭🇰 🇨🇳. Author:📘Man of Contradictions & 📕Generation HK. Brentford FC fan
London, United Kingdom
Joined April 2009
Good piece by our South Asia watcher @Chietigj on a difficult foreign policy year for Narendra Modi and why India’s cherished strategic autonomy can sometimes look more like strategic aloofness
foreignpolicy.com
Why 2025 has been Modi’s most difficult foreign-policy year.
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Good piece by our South Asia watcher @Chietigj on a difficult foreign policy year for Narendra Modi and why India’s cherished strategic autonomy can sometimes look more like strategic aloofness
foreignpolicy.com
Why 2025 has been Modi’s most difficult foreign-policy year.
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My recent @ChathamHouse piece calling for closer Europe-Taiwan cooperation is cited here:
theguardian.com
China angered by the address, criticising Europe for allowing ‘separatist activities’ to be carried out in parliament building
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Free, human-generated advice for people using generative AI to draft basic work emails: 1) Don't do it. 2) If you do, remove the ChatGPT wording "Of course, here's a draft email you can send" before you send the email.
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Sleigh the season with the most personal gift around. Get them a Cameo video!
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Free, human-generated advice for people using generative AI to draft basic work emails: 1) Don't do it. 2) If you do, remove the ChatGPT wording "Of course, here's a draft email you can send" before you send the email.
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I'm pleased to have been elected to the board of @BeesUnited, which is the only fan group in the Premier League with a seat on the main board of its club. Hoping to do my bit to preserve the history and heritage of the mighty but humble Brentford FC.
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Had a good discussion about Donald Trump's trip to Asia and the wider geopolitical implications on the Battle Lines podcast with my (very) former employer The @Telegraph. Thanks @venetiarainey
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I'm pleased to have been elected to the board of @BeesUnited, which is the only fan group in the Premier League with a seat on the main board of its club. Hoping to do my bit to preserve the history and heritage of the mighty but humble Brentford FC.
beesunited.org.uk
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China presents an intelligence challenge of unprecedented scale and ambition. It is not only the world’s largest authoritarian regime but an economic and technological superpower, writes @benjaminbland for @ChathamHouse. https://t.co/NbNrJblTmW
chathamhouse.org
China is both an important economic partner and a systemic rival to the UK. This poses a unique challenge, which demands a long-term response.
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With US leadership in doubt, can its allies chart their own course? If 🇺🇸 allies in Europe and the #IndoPacific fail to do more together, they will not have the resources or scale to thrive in these uncertain times, writes @benjaminbland for @NPR. https://t.co/TLE168GH4l
npr.org
U.S. allies in Europe and the Indo-Pacific are showing willingness to coordinate and cooperate across a wide range of shared interests, from trade to defense and alliance management to China.
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The UK needs to do more to tackle the very real threat of Chinese espionage, infiltration and influence operations. It should pool expertise and resources with key partners in Europe & Asia to expand public awareness about China, writes @benjaminbland. https://t.co/NbNrJbmrcu
chathamhouse.org
China is both an important economic partner and a systemic rival to the UK. This poses a unique challenge, which demands a long-term response.
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While we are often caught up in news-cycles looking for the “next big story”, it is helpful to let the dust settle and examine at an important development through the benefit of hindsight. I do so in two interviews for the @abcnews ‘Rear Vision’ podcast and @dgquarterly magazine,
abc.net.au
India and China - one of the most complex and consequential relationships in modern geopolitics.
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The alleged China espionage case currently roiling Westminster should be a wake-up call for the UK to take a much more concerted approach toward understanding China, and the risks it presents, I argue in my latest @ChathamHouse commentary
chathamhouse.org
China is both an important economic partner and a systemic rival to the UK. This poses a unique challenge, which demands a long-term response.
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While all countries spy on and seek to influence each other, China presents an intelligence challenge of unprecedented scale and ambition. Read @benjaminbland's (@CHAsiaPacific) latest analysis for Chatham House⤵️ https://t.co/PI6vYCu1SZ
chathamhouse.org
China is both an important economic partner and a systemic rival to the UK. This poses a unique challenge, which demands a long-term response.
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The alleged China espionage case currently roiling Westminster should be a wake-up call for the UK to take a much more concerted approach toward understanding China, and the risks it presents, I argue in my latest @ChathamHouse commentary
chathamhouse.org
China is both an important economic partner and a systemic rival to the UK. This poses a unique challenge, which demands a long-term response.
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🚨Last chance to register for tomorrow's webinar with @Sinostrategy, Yi-Chieh Chen @ISDP_Sweden, @benjaminbland & @JKynge to discuss what Europe & Taiwan can learn from each other to navigate shared challenges amid ⬆️ China–US competition. Register now!👇 https://t.co/NiVy24WTlF
chathamhouse.org
What can Taiwan and Europe learn from each other to navigate shared challenges amid escalating China–US competition?
From chips to #USChina tensions: How can Taiwan & Europe work together to manage shared challenges? Join our webinar: 🔹Alexander Huang @Sinostrategy 🔹Yi-Chieh Chen @ISDP_Sweden 🔹@benjaminbland 🔹Chair: @JKynge 📅 16 Oct ⏰ 09:45 BST 📍 Online 🔗 https://t.co/NiVy24WTlF
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From chips to #USChina tensions: How can Taiwan & Europe work together to manage shared challenges? Join our webinar: 🔹Alexander Huang @Sinostrategy 🔹Yi-Chieh Chen @ISDP_Sweden 🔹@benjaminbland 🔹Chair: @JKynge 📅 16 Oct ⏰ 09:45 BST 📍 Online 🔗 https://t.co/NiVy24WTlF
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From chips to #USChina tensions: How can Taiwan & Europe work together to manage shared challenges? Join our webinar: 🔹Alexander Huang @Sinostrategy 🔹Yi-Chieh Chen @ISDP_Sweden 🔹@benjaminbland 🔹Chair: @JKynge 📅 16 Oct ⏰ 09:45 BST 📍 Online 🔗 https://t.co/NiVy24WTlF
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Join us for this webinar on Thursday on how Europe and Taiwan can work together more effectively, and read my recent piece on this here:
chathamhouse.org
Through deeper ‘officially unofficial’ partnerships Taipei and European countries can learn from each other and build resilience in an era of US-China rivalry.
From chips to #USChina tensions: How can Taiwan & Europe work together to manage shared challenges? Join our webinar: 🔹Alexander Huang @Sinostrategy 🔹Yi-Chieh Chen @ISDP_Sweden 🔹@benjaminbland 🔹Chair: @JKynge 📅 16 Oct ⏰ 09:45 BST 📍 Online 🔗 https://t.co/NiVy24WTlF
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Join us for this webinar on Thursday on how Europe and Taiwan can work together more effectively, and read my recent piece on this here:
chathamhouse.org
Through deeper ‘officially unofficial’ partnerships Taipei and European countries can learn from each other and build resilience in an era of US-China rivalry.
From chips to #USChina tensions: How can Taiwan & Europe work together to manage shared challenges? Join our webinar: 🔹Alexander Huang @Sinostrategy 🔹Yi-Chieh Chen @ISDP_Sweden 🔹@benjaminbland 🔹Chair: @JKynge 📅 16 Oct ⏰ 09:45 BST 📍 Online 🔗 https://t.co/NiVy24WTlF
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