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because quad is driven by their state department not big lobbying firms. lobbying firms are not involved because it is an informal alliance, not a treaty alliance, which in turn means there is no big money backing it.

as you said, these are for domestic consumption. but also a record for future historians, depending on who wins, narrative will be spun accordingly. if CCP wins, they will write, we have warned our adversary they didn't listen. if U.S wins, they will write, hard power is everything not statements.

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned US President Joe Biden not to 'play with fire' on Taiwan, reports AFP, citing state media US President Joe Biden spoke today with Chinese President Xi Jinping "to maintain & deepen lines of communication between the US & PRC & responsibly manage our...

i am reading this as attempts of monkey balancing by Australian Dy. PM. CCP is not naive, they know exactly what they are doing i.e bullying. ====== Australia's Defence minister @RichardMarlesMP in Delhi: It is critical that China’s neighbours do not see this build-up as a risk for them...

almost all major points being debated within US think tanks about china over the past few years have made it to the speech. Tibet got added into the human rights violations list along with xinjiang. Process got kick started in WH, now it's on to senate and congress. ====== Secretary of State...

so it was IPEF, TPP and UNSC seat discussions.

Cleo paskal was on CNN, which is a good thing.

lots of think tank conversations happening between US and Japan in Washington DC, have to wonder what's cooking !!! simplest explanation is leadership change in Japan.

there was an old post of mine implying that if there is a choice between going after china or russia, muricans would choose russia because russians as an enemy is an idea muricans are comfortable with and have decades of expertise on, but not china. looks like this is what is happening.

There was a poll conducted by brookings india in 2019 among senior retired bureaucrats and other senior people in Delhi circles, they felt china is our number one enemy not Pakistan. this is after Bhutan standoff before Galwan. Indian Govt downplayed china as an adversary, but Indian...

“what we did was clumsy. It was not done with a lot of grace”

Not related to QUAD per se, but good to see murican bureaucracy waking up to the fact that CCP was walking all over them for atleast two decades now. let's hope our bureaucracy and judiciary wakes up too, this is not the time for idealogical point scoring. ============= .@SecBlinken created a...

This one is simple to explain, he did it because he knew there won't be any blowback on him. he is protected by democrats. Let's not forget he made the call to PLA after his call with Nancy Pelosi. This lady

Trump has taken care of this bit, recognition of PRC influence operations with in US and abroad are part of the US security doctrine now. CIA will ensure Tsai doesn’t “defect”, or atleast they will try.

continuing with this line of thought.. if Taiwan signs a security pact with the muricans, India will face the full brunt of chini frustration because we won’t sign a pact. Hence the quad an informal arrangement, so that india is not completely out of the loop.

unlike Afghanistan, taiwan is a test case for “defending democracy against expansionist powers”. Theoretically if something happens to Taiwan, US’s core leverage with rest of the world collapses I.e democracy, and with it their numero uno status accorded by rest of the world. it’s not the case...

Take two things into account - current rhetoric within Taiwan against china is partisan, the original political party which created Taiwan is now pro-china and are sitting in opposition. If they come to power, this whole anti-china rhetoric might just fade away. -Xi is currently running a...

U.S. troops rotating into Taiwan for training -sources https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-troops-rotating-into-taiwan-training-sources-2021-10-07/

For clarification, not saying such a conversation has not happened. i am saying impact of that conversation is exaggerated by narrative builders. let contemporary "non-durbari" indian historians/academics take this up, and validate the claim and prove there is a link. we are not in a hurry, we...

is there a corresponding resolution from white house, US senate or congress declaring it as their foreign policy? sure, leaders have conversations, and their durbaris make it seem as if one conversation changed the world. Obama in 2012 apparently said to his staff once "afghanistan?, is it...