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Sriyansh Mohanty

@Aanshtweets

PhD Scholar | Research Interests: IR, International Security, Alliances, Strategic Affairs, Geo-politics, Indo-pacific | Views are personal.

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Vasundhara Sirnate
Vasundhara Sirnate@vsirnate·
This is the Leader of the Opposition in India. Today he is echoing what India’s historical stance has been in the face of global war. This man’s great grandfather was Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Indian PM, who lobbied both the USSR and the US to stop the Korean War. During Nehru’s time, India also came up with a PoW repatriation formula in 1952 which led to the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission overseeing the transfer of prisoners of the Korean War. Today, in India we have a government that governs through suppression and cannot find the morally right words to signal an objection to what is a clear genocidal threat by the man at the head of the world’s most powerful military. Therefore, I am glad that at least someone in an important elected position in the world’s largest democracy (India) has said something that signals that all is not morally lost in India. Thank you for your kind attention to this matter.
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Sriyansh Mohanty@Aanshtweets·
Many analysts will dismiss Pakistan's efforts simply because of their preconceived biases against Islamabad. But from a geostrategic perspective, Pakistan has played this remarkably well.
Avinash Paliwal अविनाश पालीवाल@PaliwalAvi

that’s why it was imp to take Pakistan’s efforts seriously & not as a ‘desperate attempt to remain relevant’. in a world as divided as ours, being a good ‘dalaal’ (broker) is the most difficult thing to be. glad that a ceasefire is in effect. Iran set the terms, not the US.

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Sriyansh Mohanty@Aanshtweets·
As an Indian, I haven't seen a better execution of geostrategy than what 🇵🇰 has managed to pull off. I can go on and criticise 🇵🇰 but I don't have a domestic political agenda. Don't know how long this will last, but the efforts taken by our neighbour deserve appreciation.
Dan Qayyum@DanQayyum

Reposting this. Pakistan's position in this conflict is the product of a rare and unrepeatable combination: a Muslim-majority nuclear state with a Shia minority large enough to give Iran cultural stakes, a Sunni majority large enough to give the Gulf states political comfort, a border with Iran, a defence pact with Saudi Arabia, a strategic partnership with China that Tehran values, a warming with Washington that Tehran cannot afford to antagonise, no American military bases on its soil, a military that proved itself in live combat less than a year ago, a competent political leadership and a foreign minister who has grown into the moment, and a diplomatic tradition of studied neutrality that every party in this conflict has at various points relied upon.

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Nirupama Menon Rao 🇮🇳
Nirupama Menon Rao 🇮🇳@NMenonRao·
What stands out here is not only the scale of what is unfolding, but the language that is being used to frame it. When a President speaks of “a whole civilization” potentially dying within hours, that is not routine strategic signalling. It is apocalyptic framing. It collapses the distinction between regime and people, between military objective and societal existence. Once that line is blurred, everything that follows becomes easier to justify. At the same time, the operational picture is methodical, almost clinical. Infrastructure is being unpicked layer by layer: energy, transport, command, revenue streams. This is not a single strike; it is a design to disable a state’s ability to function. In military terms, it is coercive degradation. In human terms, it is something far more consequential, because civilian life is inseparable from that infrastructure. The human chains complicate this further. They are not just acts of protest; they are strategic interventions. They seek to force a moral reckoning by placing civilians directly in the path of force. That does not make the situation symmetrical, but it does make it more volatile. Every decision now carries not just military risk, but reputational and ethical cost that will reverberate far beyond the region. There is also a deeper question about credibility. If the United States proceeds with strikes that visibly endanger civilian concentrations or essential services, it risks undermining the very principles it has long invoked, distinction, proportionality, restraint. Those are not abstract legal terms; they are the foundation of how power claims legitimacy. And then there is the regional spillover. Iran’s warning about energy flows is not idle rhetoric. The Gulf is not a distant theatre; it is the circulatory system of the global economy. We are already seeing the early tremors, oil prices, supply disruptions, logistical strain. Escalation here does not remain contained. So the decision before Washington is not simply whether to act, but how far it is prepared to go and what it is prepared to lose in the process. Military advantage can be calculated. Moral authority, once forfeited, is much harder to recover. The moment is not just about Iran. It is about the thresholds the international system is willing to cross, and the precedents it is willing to set, in full view of the world.
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Sriyansh Mohanty@Aanshtweets·
Brute force decides battles but attrition decides futures. Once the price of war crosses a certain threshold, the initiator is locked in, because there's no path to victory, no room to negotiate, and no dignity in walking away.
Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social@TrumpDailyPosts

Donald J. Trump Truth Social 04:05.26 08:03 AM EST Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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vir sanghvi@virsanghvi·
Reality check from @ShekharGupta . India vs China on fertiliser & energy dependence. We are running scared because of what the war will do our supply. China saw this coming, planned for it & is sitting pretty. India also knew it might happen & announced grand plans. But such is our system (& the people who run it) that nothing much or substantive came of the plans & so we worry about energy & fertiliser shortages today
Shekhar Gupta@ShekharGupta

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’… Why is India gas-starved while China sits pretty.. #NationalInterest for the week… theprint.in/national-inter…

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Raj Malhotra
Raj Malhotra@Rajmalhotrachd·
Dear Philip Pilkington @philippilk When you first put pen to paper to author The Collapse of Global Liberalism, one has to wonder: did you feel the immense, chilling weight of the metahistorical prophecy you were bringing into existence? As we breathe the geopolitical air of this very moment—April 2026—we are no longer dealing in abstracts. The skies over the Middle East are heavy with the kinetic realities of the US-Israel-Iran conflict. The unipolar illusion hasn't just fractured; it has shattered into a million unrecoverable pieces. Reading your book today isn't an academic exercise; it is a spine-tingling experience of watching a master architect’s blueprint come to life with terrifying, millimeter-perfect precision. You warned us that the liberal world order was suffering from terminal, systemic necrosis. Today, as global supply chains reroute, as the Strait of Hormuz burns, and as the West suffocates under its own ideological contradictions, we see exactly what you saw. Yet, out of this intense geopolitical crucible, a new titan is rising. The Republic of India hasn't just survived the collapse you predicted—it has masterfully weaponized your exact diagnosis to forge an unstoppable civilizational renaissance. Here is the analysis of your masterwork, mapped onto the beating heart of our present reality. 🧵👇
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Sriyansh Mohanty@Aanshtweets·
It's worth noting that those who question @NMenonRao ma'am have not walked a mile in her shoes, let alone matched a quarter of her contributions to this country's foreign policy. The criticism comes from a place of noise. She speaks from a place of experience.
Nirupama Menon Rao 🇮🇳@NMenonRao

I am no stranger to criticism and have learnt, over time, to absorb it without losing focus. That is part of public life. What is harder to accept is the steady erosion of civility in our discourse. Disagreement is essential; derision and vituperative, personal slander is not. A confident society does not fear dialogue—it conducts it with balance, clarity, and respect. As for me, I follow the teaching of Sri Ramakrishna and his advice: “forbear, forbear, forbear.” That has guided me through my life’s journey.

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Reza Nasri
Reza Nasri@RezaNasri1·
Sure—let Iran abandon drones and missiles and fight with bayonets and swords, while we continue arming an expansionist and genocidal Israel to the teeth. Sounds like a bright future! And this is coming from the administration’s top diplomat, speaking of “reasonable” negotiations.
Department of State@StateDept

SECRETARY RUBIO: Iran must abandon their drone and missile programs and nuclear ambitions. If they do, Iran’s future can be bright. But they have to choose that path, and for 47 years, they’ve refused it.

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Sriyansh Mohanty@Aanshtweets·
"the refusal to engage has never prevented conflict, only ensured its return." It takes courage to speak with such clarity when jingoism is loud. @NMenonRao ✨
Nirupama Menon Rao 🇮🇳@NMenonRao

Woman to woman. Diplomacy does not require trust; it requires judgment. And the refusal to engage has never prevented conflict, only ensured its return. The stance you take imagines itself as hard-headed realism. In practice, it is closer to emotional absolutism: once betrayed, always beyond conversation. States that think like that don’t become strong—they become predictable. And predictability, in geopolitics, is a weakness others learn to exploit. A mind that insists history must not be repeated should at least notice how often it is repeated by those who refuse to move beyond it.

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Sidhant Sibal
Sidhant Sibal@sidhant·
US congressional research report says Pakistan continues to harbour India focused terror groups. JEM has 500 'armed supporters', Hizbul Mujahideen has 1500 cadre. Operations have failed to defeat 'terror groups that continue to operate in Pakistan soil' Full Report:
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Sidhant Sibal@sidhant

Pakistan continues to harbour terror groups against India, warns US Congressional report. It says Terror Group Hizbul Mujahideen has a cadre of 1500 who seek "independence for Kashmir or annexation of UT of J&K into Pakistan." Reporting. wionews.com/world/pakistan…

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Gokul Sahni
Gokul Sahni@Gokul_Sahni·
“Trump’s miscalculation has left in place a regime that, aside from assuring its own survival, is now singularly focused on inflicting as much damage on the U.S. and its allies as it possibly can.” 1/6
POLITICOEurope@POLITICOEurope

COMMENTARY: Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel in a war against Iran is a far bigger strategic error than George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq. It is also one with far greater strategic consequences. 🔗 politico.eu/article/iraq-i…

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Kelly Grieco
Kelly Grieco@ka_grieco·
Look at what Iran has been hitting since Feb. 28: radar systems, SATCOM terminals, tankers, and now an AWACS. That's not random. It's a systematic attack on the infrastructure that makes U.S. air power function. Iran's running an asymmetric counter-air campaign. A 🧵.
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Hamza Lakdawala
Hamza Lakdawala@hamzamlakdawala·
They don’t make films like these anymore. These are the type of films which gave Bollywood its signature identity abroad - big stars, lavish sets, terrific music and dancing, and happy endings. What happened to Bollywood? Why can’t we have Main Hoo Na or Munna Bhai MBBS nowadays?
Vinay@DilSeTunes

Farah Khan’s single take song 🎶 camera dances with the performers like an invisible partner ✨

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