Navdeep Suri

Ex-Amb of India to UAE, Egypt & HC to Australia. Translator. Traveller. Views are personal. Retweets ≠ endorsement.

[Asia Society India Centre @AsiaSocietyIC]

We sat down with Ambassador @navdeepsuri, former Indian Ambassador to Egypt and the U.A.E to discuss what he believes is the biggest obstacle to a U.S.-Iran agreement and whether any agreement risks becoming a temporary ceasefire rather than a lasting geopolitical settlement.

[Navdeep Suri @navdeepsuri]

Good to see such a detailed piece on The Sacred Amritsar festival in @Outlookindia

[Sanjoy K Roy @SanjoyRoyTWA]

https://t.co/oz7hP2RGWA @JLFLitfest @jaipur

[Faridoon Shahryar @iFaridoon]

"The true essence of Qawwali is not performance… it is surrender.” ❤️✨
An absolutely fascinating conversation with the legendary @arrahman sir on music, spirituality, Sufi traditions and the timeless power of Qawwali.
Some memorable moments from the conversation:
🎵 “Music becomes meaningful when it connects you to something higher.”
🎵 “Qawwali is not just about singing, it is about creating a collective spiritual experience.”
🎵 “The purity of intention is what gives music its soul.”
🎵 “Great music transcends language, culture and boundaries.”
Listening to Rahman Saab speak about the deeper philosophy behind music is an experience in itself.
Full conversation on @faridoonshahryar youtube channel

[FT Weekend @ftweekend]

Himalayan vistas and breathtaking altitude form the backdrop to striking artworks with a focus on the environment: https://t.co/IwgB1VKaql

[Evan A. Feigenbaum @EvanFeigenbaum]

The problem is that the current system is precisely what enabled the United States to threaten India with unilateral tariffs, and link Delhi's third country relationships, i.e., India-Russia, to layered unilateral American "penalties" — and this is against the backdrop of a long history of Indian experience with economic coercion. The existing system enables American economic statecraft in ways that many in Delhi consider to be inimical to India's national interest. And that has been a hard circle to square for a long time.

To wit, I well remember conversations in the 2000s around the civil nuclear deal. The nub of that was that the United States could not have a "strategic partnership" with India, on the one hand, while making it the #1 target of American nonproliferation sanctions, on the other. And this historical neuralgia hasn't entirely dissipated because the tariff debacle of the last year— alongside American strategic choices with Pakistan, issue linkages touching India's relations with third parties, and so on—have eroded trust.

This is precisely what I was getting at in this essay for @CarnegieEndow last year: https://t.co/9ImufcXVTh

[Navdeep Suri @navdeepsuri]

My comments on @TheLallantop on Trump’s demand for KSA and others to join the Abraham Accords. Kite flying or a backdoor effort to undermine negotiations with Iran?

[The Lallantop @TheLallantop]

आज #Duniyadari में अब्राहम अकॉर्ड्स की चर्चा

- अब्राहम अकॉर्ड्स क्या हैं?
- इज़रायल से मुस्लिम देशों की दोस्ती क्यों चाहते हैं ट्रंप?
- ट्रंप की अपील से धर्मसंकट में कैसे फंसा पाकिस्तान?
- अब्राहम अकॉर्ड्स को ईरान डील से क्यों जोड़ रहे ट्रंप?
- रूस ने यूक्रेन की राजधानी पर बड़े हमले की धमकी दी

Full Episode: https://t.co/JxA1AUbGR8

@ankur5inghh @NikitaAgarwal__ @navdeepsuri

[Navdeep Suri @navdeepsuri]

Coming soon after similar comments from IDF Chief Eyal Zamir, this is a belated and long overdue acknowledgement by @IsraelPresident of the terror being wrought by Jewish settlers in the Occupied West Bank and the shame it brings on Israel. The police are either passive bystanders or actively abetting the violent dispossession of Palestinians.
"...he reserved particular condemnation for extremist settlers in the West Bank, describing them as a lawless, anarchistic mob whose attacks “defile our home and depart from every basic norm — moral, legal or Jewish.”

https://t.co/6XxoLX7W0Y

[Navdeep Suri @navdeepsuri]

Fascinating!

[asad abukhalil أسعد أبو خليل @asadabukhalil]

Ben Gurion (in Tom Segev’s biography) admitting what American Zionists continue to deny.

[Navdeep Suri @navdeepsuri]

@hahellyer That last bit is brilliant

[Navdeep Suri @navdeepsuri]

@ahramonline Absolutely! This entire argument of psychological threshold is overhyped. Don’t throw good money chasing a mirage. Follow the fundamentals.

[Dan Shapiro @DanielBShapiro]

Making an extremist like Itamar Ben Gvir a minister in any government - much less a minister in charge of the police and prisons - was always a gross, irresponsible, and immoral choice. His presence contributes to the unacceptable wave of extremist Jewish terrorism against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, and the failure to put a stop to it. He is doing great damage to Israel and its relations with key partners. His recent outrageous conduct toward international detainees only confirms that.

[Navdeep Suri @navdeepsuri]

@gidonsaar You protest against Ben Gvir only because he has harmed Israel’s image. Not because of his monstrous actions against Palestinians on a daily basis. Keep him!

[Kabir Taneja @KabirTaneja]

It was a pleasure to work on this year’s @orfonline Foreign Policy Survey which specifically studies how young India is looking at the Middle East from crisis to opportunity.

5,000 urban Indian youth across 19 cities weighed in on key questions shaping India’s foreign policy, with a special focus on the Middle East and its growing role in India’s future calculus from security to connectivity.

Read this critical annual exercise here: https://t.co/xR2XLYOyqu

[Navdeep Suri @navdeepsuri]

@the7424 Thank you

[Navdeep Suri @navdeepsuri]

The targeting of the Al Barakah nuclear power station in #UAE is dangerous and reprehensible. It provides UAE with 25% of its electricity consumption. Clean power in a country with abundant oil and gas reserves.

[Dr. Sultan Al Jaber @SultanAlJaber]

The targeting of Barakah is a terrorist attack on a peaceful project, built to the highest safety standards, that powers homes, hospitals, and industries across the UAE, and on the right of every nation to build, to progress, and to deliver clean energy to its people. Barakah will keep running. The UAE will keep building. Our resolve only grows stronger.

[Smita Sharma @Smita_Sharma]

https://t.co/qaQAbZTCEv Link to the conversation with Amb @navdeepsuri
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[Navdeep Suri @navdeepsuri]

My conversation with @Smita_Sharma about the visit of PM @narendramodi to #UAE and the economic crisis staring at us as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues.

[Smita Sharma @Smita_Sharma]

Full discussion- Youtube- Smita Sharma Journalist (Link in thread) Even if the war stops today, will take months for global supply chain disruptions to stbilise. And if the Hormuz Strait crisis is not resolved, the next few months will inflict heavy pain with countries running out of their inventories. But there cannot be a military solution stresses former Amb to UAE @navdeepsuri in this conversation. Also weighs in on the PM visit to Abu Dhabi and the long term Indian insurance in investing into the Fujairah energy pipelines.

[Navdeep Suri @navdeepsuri]

The targeting of the Al Barakah nuclear power station in #UAE is dangerous and reprehensible. It provides UAE with 25% of its electricity consumption. Clean power in a country with abundant oil and gas reserves.

[Geeta Mohan گیتا موہن गीता मोहन @Geeta_Mohan]

MEA Statement on the attack targeting Barakah Nuclear Facility, UAE

"India is deeply concerned at the attack targeting the Barakah nuclear facility in the UAE. Such actions are unacceptable and represent a dangerous escalation. We urgently call for restraint and a return to dialogue and diplomacy."