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Modern technology and cost pressures prompt some to argue they are irrelevant. But embassies still have a role. > Do We Still Need Embassies? by @moiragallaga @Diplomat_APAC thediplomat.com/2013/09/do-we-…
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MOIRA GALLAGA
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MOIRA GALLAGA
@moiragallaga
Columnist at the @Inq_Opinion, Author. Former Presidential Protocol Officer to 3 Philippine Presidents.
Stockholm, Sweden Katılım Temmuz 2009
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@HelenClarkNZ @TheEconomist The stakes are really high, and this could go either way.
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Agree with @TheEconomist assessment on #US_Iran talks: There’s still a chance to reach a deal; there’s also a chance the war, & the chaos in energy markets, is about to get worse”. Danger of each side misreading the other. Whole world affected by impasse:
economist.com/middle-east-an…
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@NewYorker The Americans and the Iranians are fighting 2 different wars, respectively.
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Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth might wish that they lived in a world where whoever dropped the most bombs got whatever he wanted. But the war has shown that this isn’t true. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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@HelenClarkNZ Is there any difference between his speeches and his social media posts? 🤔🙏
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POTUS “primetime nationwide address on war with #Iran caused widespread bewilderment, with commentators voicing shock at his vow to continue bombing to “bring them back to the stone ages”. Some describe speech as regurgitation of his social media posts. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…
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@CollinSLKoh Defensive measures only? Meaning Iran will be free to take potshots at vessels crossing the Strait without consequence.
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A sign of what's to come in future. If Indo-Pacific maritime chokepoints are blocked, and if any of these P5 member states who happen to be belligerents wield their vetoes, we should forget about a mandate for necessary military force to lift blockades. apnews.com/article/iran-s…
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@Biesan_AK @FarnoushAmiri So, that resolution is still pending, interesting. Russia benefits from the continued closure of the Strait, so no surprise if it will veto the resolution. Let's see how this develops...
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Update: hearing from sources that the vote on the Bahrain draft on Strait of Hormuz is not even a done deal on Saturday with some members requesting for it to take place on Monday since everyone had prepared for the vote to happen today and that changed all of a sudden.
Also hearing from sources that the fear of a veto might be the delay knowing that the Russian position has not changed.
Again, let’s wait and see.
بيسان أبو كويك Biesan Abu-Kwaik@Biesan_AK
Per diplomatic sources apparently the vote has been pushed now to Saturday at 11.
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MOIRA GALLAGA retweetledi
SEC RUBIO: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Every problem in the Middle East tracks back to Iran.
Hezbollah? Iran.
Shia militias that are destroying and threatening Iraq? Iran.
Hamas? Iran.
The Houthis? Iran.
The Assad when he was in Syria? Iran.
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MOIRA GALLAGA retweetledi
Education is a human right, not a privilege.
See how @UNESCO works around the world to ensure everyone, everywhere can access quality education. unesco.org/en/education
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Ceasefire talks between the US and Iran are under way in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad – the first direct in-person talks between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. US Vice President JD Vance leads the US delegation. He met Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif ahead of ceasefire negotiations. Iranian officials, including Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, also met Sharif.
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Pope Leo XIV@Pontifex
War divides; hope unites. Arrogance tramples upon others; love lifts up. Idolatry blinds us; the living God enlightens. All it takes is a little faith, a mere “crumb” of faith, in order to face this dramatic hour in history together — as humanity and alongside humanity. #Peace vatican.va/content/leo-xi…
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MOIRA GALLAGA retweetledi
‼️ JUST IN:
Negotiations are underway right now between the U.S. and Iran in Pakistan.
VP JD Vance just met face-to-face with Pakistan’s Prime Minister as talks kick off.
Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil.
Mossad Commentary@MOSSADil
🇵🇰🇺🇸 WATCH: Pakistani F-16s escorted a US delegation into Pakistan for Iran peace talks, reportedly carrying JD Vance, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff. High-stakes diplomacy amid rising regional tensions. Stay connected, follow @MOSSADil.
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Pope Leo XIV's Prayer Vigil for Peace on Saturday, April 11, will see faithful from different continents light candles with fire from the Lamp of Peace in Assisi.
vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2…
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Join Pope Leo XIV in praying for peace.
Follow the Vigil live on vaticannews.va, Facebook Live, or the Vatican News English YouTube channel.
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Malacañang on election of coup leader Min Aung Hlaing as Myanmar’s new president: “PH encourages renewed momentum toward the full and effective implementation of the 5-Point Consensus… the cessation of violence & facilitating the delivery of humanitarian assistance” to Myanmar. | via @_katrinadomingo
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@sciencekonek That's interesting information. Probably not that useful, but interesting nonetheless.
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#SciFeature 𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗣 🌎
Ever wondered what’s on the other side of the Earth if you dug straight down from the Philippines? You’d end up in South America, hitting parts of Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia!
An antipode is a spot on Earth that lies directly opposite another, representing the farthest point from it. Picture a line cutting through the Earth’s center—where it exits the surface are two antipodes.
Some famous antipode pairs include New Zealand and Spain, or Argentina and China. But since oceans cover most of Earth, only about 15% of land has land opposites.
For the Philippines, most islands align with Brazil’s Amazon region (Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Pará, Amazonas), while Northern Luzon points toward Bolivia and Batanes toward Paraguay. With dense forests and farmland on the other side, no major Philippine city has a big-city counterpart! #geography #EarthMonth
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@EvanFeigenbaum @CarnegieEndow - That effect is already happening.
"At the end of the day, it is pure fantasy to believe these will have zero effect on U.S. posture in Asia."
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I write for @CarnegieEndow on how abstract debates about geopolitics in Washington belie the harsh realities now facing governments, firms, and people across Asia. Five weeks into the war, Asia has faced a grim picture that may soon yield politically fraught policy trade-offs and difficult fiscal constraints. Asia faces a double whammy of pain from the United States: a year of erratic American trade policies and fresh tariffs, which have undermined many of the region’s prevailing developmental assumptions, and now American policy in the Middle East, which threatens to wreck Asian energy security while forcing politically fraught, socially unpalatable, and deeply unpopular fiscal and programmatic choices. Colin Powell famously told the president in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, “you break it, you own it.” In many respects, and to many Asian ears, current American messaging stands Powell’s alleged aphorism on its head—“I break it, you own it.” In strategic terms, I argue, this is not a winning message for the United States in Asia. carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/…
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@ForeignAffairs @NeilQuilliam1 @SanamVakil "To protect their interests, they will need to build collective capacity, manage rivalries, and shape the balance of power themselves."
foreignaffairs.com/persian-gulf/a…
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“To better protect themselves, Gulf leaders must now try to wrest some autonomy from the United States by strengthening cooperation, foremost among themselves,” argue @NeilQuilliam1 and @SanamVakil.
foreignaffairs.com/persian-gulf/a…
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@RnaudBertrand Yes, this isn't a good look for the Americans.
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Breaking news: when you're at war with a country and your treaty allies are starting to negotiate their own side deals directly with the "enemy", it's not exactly a sign of impending victory...
Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro@SecLazaro
Productive call today with Iranian FM Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi. Building on recent talks, we reached a positive understanding on the safety of our seafarers and the security of our energy supply. Grateful for the warm spirit of cooperation. 🇵🇭🇮🇷
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Indeed, the time is now, and if Europe fails, that's it; there won't be a second chance. But the silver linings include JEF and other coalitions within coalitions, that move and build faster than the rest.
The EU, as such, might well prove to be like the WTO, a structure of the past.
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@SariArhoHavren @MarioNawfal Good to know that there are a few silver linings and hopefully they act quickly on those.
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🇫🇷 Macron just told the world Europe wants out from under both China and the U.S.
"We don't want to be the vassals of two dominant powers."
The third bloc is trying to exist.
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Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇮🇷🇫🇷 Macron: bombing countries doesn't fix them, and the last 20 years prove it Iraq. Afghanistan. Libya. He listed the receipts The man Trump called a punching bag just delivered the most coherent foreign policy statement of the entire war
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@vtchakarova But doesn't the EU have a tendency to ignore the concerns of their members on their eastern flank?
@ZelenskyyUa @kajakallas
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Zelensky is pointing to a new trend post-ceasefire with Russia, when European powers will have to build credible deterrence to co-exist with Russia while avoiding the worst-case scenario of direct military clash amid new Cold War 2. The Eastern Flank will be the new Iron Curtain.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський@ZelenskyyUa
If the United States truly thinks about withdrawing from NATO, then European security will be based solely on the European Union. But not in its current form. I think that the EU is in a situation where it needs more countries. The UK, Ukraine, Türkiye, and Norway. These are four strong countries, which are part of Europe. Together, the UK, Ukraine, and Türkiye have armies that are stronger than Russia's army. Without Ukraine and Türkiye, Europe can’t match Russia. With the four countries on board you can wrest control of the seas, have secure skies and the largest land forces. It’s not about offense, because when Russia makes the decision to have an army of 2.5 million people by 2030, Europe has to think about security and how to preserve its independence. The UK once was a member of the EU. There are concerns about agriculture when it comes to Türkiye. But you can manage all of this if you have a really great economy. But security comes first, economy second. Not vice versa. From an interview on The Rest Is Politics podcast (5/5).
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