Fiona Raval
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🧭 Blog post: How BIMSTEC Can Deliver a Regional HADR Framework by Learning from SAARC’s Failures This piece by @only_fions and @bantirani_patro argues that streamlining HADR is crucial for BIMSTEC to remain relevant and avoid sharing the fate of SAARC.
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This piece argues that streamlining HADR is crucial for BIMSTEC to remain relevant and avoid sharing the fate of SAARC.
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In this co-authored piece for @ISDP_Sweden, Fiona @only_fions & I analyse why #BIMSTEC should prioritise an institutionalised #HADR framework, as well as the lessons it can learn from #SAARC’s failures in devising the same.👇🏼
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This piece argues that streamlining HADR is crucial for BIMSTEC to remain relevant and avoid sharing the fate of SAARC.
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Authored by IPCS’ Fiona Raval, Siddharth Anil Nair and Tapan Bharadwaj, the report recommends regional complementarity to address natural disasters. At the launch, Fiona Raval & Tapan Bharadwaj presented the report's key findings. Read the report here: https://t.co/7QnSUtd3Qt
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On 8 July, IPCS launched a new report—'Harmonising HA/DR in the Bay of Bengal'—at the BIMSTEC Secretariat in Dhaka. @BimstecInDhaka Secretary General Mr. @IndraManiPR and Additional Secretary Mr. Abdul Motaleb Sarker, Director (SAARC & BIMSTEC), @BDMOFA led the launch.
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🚨🚨NEW REPORT🚨🚨 Delighted to release our new report 'From Trees to Forests: The Evolution of India-Middle East Ties Post 2014' by @BashirAliAbbas. Read now to understand how India's Middle East policy evolved through distinct phases—from enhancing bilateral relationships
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In my latest for @IndianExpress, I write on President Trump's unprecedented meeting with Syria's Al-Sharaa. Why were US sanctions on Syria removed? What does it mean for the region? @CSDR_India @HappymonJacob @MohanCRaja @johnstanly @dhamugaddam @Harpoonleader @YashMor5
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India’s latest “pushback” of undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingya refugees violates the right to equal protection and international law. My piece for @frontline_india: https://t.co/wGNBfrfNKN
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Assam’s crackdown on undocumented migrants and Rohingya refugees exposes constitutional breaches, diplomatic tensions, and grave risks to vulnerable populations amid rising nationalist politics.
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Incredibly horrific, absolutely shameful
Indian authorities have allegedly thrown 43 Rohingya refugees detained from New Delhi into international waters near the maritime border with Myanmar, forcing children, women, and the elderly to swim to safety with life jackets provided to them. https://t.co/6hroubC8dy
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The death toll from the attack on a school in Sagaing’s Depayin Township currently stands at more than 20 and is expected to rise Read more: https://t.co/97gbKDr8Jz Follow us on Bluesky! https://t.co/2bp3g4mF8Y
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Exclusive: Just two months before the Apr 22 attacks there was an unprecedented spike on Maxar's portal in orders for satellite images for Pahalgam. (1/n)
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Maxar Technologies began receiving orders for high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam in June 2024, just months after a Pakistani geospatial firm indicted by the US became a partner.
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Incomplete and misleading update. “Operation Sindoor is an ongoing operation, and while India does not want to escalate the situation at this point, it will hit back if Pakistan strikes, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told an all-party meeting today.” https://t.co/FW17MvQyZV
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Operation Sindoor is an ongoing operation, and while India does not want to escalate the situation at this point, it will hit back if Pakistan strikes, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told an all-pa...
Breaking India Pakistan tensions Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tells political parties "Operation Sindoor is not over"
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On India's #OperationSindoor, read my latest for @IndianExpress. A short thread on the main three takeaways, in the posts below. @MohanCRaja @LtGenHooda @CSDR_India @HappymonJacob @Harpoonleader @Ajaybis @kartha_tara
https://t.co/DLI222nAwD
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Operation Sindoor 2025 Analysis: Beyond the military objective, what purpose did Tuesday night’s action serve? How does the 2025 action differ from – and build on – the Indian actions of 2016 and...
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As security analysts, are we allowed to talk about the devastating human costs of imposing a water blockade in peak summers? Or is "human security" just a low hanging agenda to raise think tank funding during peacetime?
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Exciting chat with Dr. Ali Riaz for @IPCSNewDelhi’s Parallax. We dig into where Bangladesh stands today. A conversation on transition, identity and the path ahead. Watch here:
#IPCSParallax | Bangladesh After Hasina 🎙️In the latest episode of IPCS Parallax, Fiona Raval (@only_fions) returns with Dr. Ali Riaz to unpack Bangladesh’s political crisis, youth-led rebellion and its shifting national identity. Watch: https://t.co/uKU8Eig5AE
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In my latest for @IndianExpress, I write on: 👉How did the India-Pakistan 'ceasefire' evolve? 👉Why do violations occur? 👉How do crises affect the ceasefire? https://t.co/6nCm0ebH5e
@HappymonJacob @MohanCRaja @rwac48 @LtGenHooda @bsdhanoa @sranjan46809 @CSDR_India @YashMor5
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Gurugram's growth model is a paradox of gleaming malls & high-rises built atop broken promises & bulldozed communities. Latest example: battle for a slum called Premnagar Basti, built 20 yrs ago, revealing how India’s privatised city building works, @br0uli reports
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That’s more than 6 planned, in-person events a DAY.
#Latest — Following the Pahalgam attack, Hindu far-right groups have launched a coordinated nationwide campaign of hate and intimidation against Muslims — exploiting the tragedy to stoke communal tensions, incite violence, and push for social and economic boycotts. Details:
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Thai authorities have taken the drastic step of dismantling the sheltering centre as well as the office of MHAC operated by Ye Min, also known as the AAC alliance group, in Maesot, a border town with Myanmar. The AAC alliance group, officially recognized as the Myanmar
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@BashirAliAbbas assesses the escalatory potential of India and Pakistan's responses in the aftermath of Pahalgam, arguing that "Any Indian military action will have to match or surpass the scale of the Balakot airstrikes, to restore public faith in Indian deterrence against
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While both India and Pakistan's current raft of measures to Pahalgam are inherently non-escalatory, they contain potential for military escalation.
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Israel didn’t make the desert bloom, but it did make a semi-arid Mediterranean region flammable.
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