Atul Keshap

diplomatist, pizza connoisseur

[Atul Keshap @atulkeshap]

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[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Ok, we laughed at first. I mean, if you want scandal, you better have a scandal of elephant size proportions. But…then it doesn’t get funny. There’s so many questions here about the background investigation when he was first hired, repeated background investigations along the way, the multiple polygraphs, his performance appraisal reports, who authorized whatever he needed this absurd amount of money for in gold (never heard of such alternative payment methods), who were those in power that mentored him to the top (he made SIS-that takes sr level juice, he had rabbis, one always does, to make it that high up)- that the consensus amongst all of my friends in the community is that the agency will cover this up in ever glorious and expected fashion because it’s gotta be pretty fucking bad on multiple levels how this happened.

[Jeremy Dicker 🌏 @Dicker_JJ]

"travel is barbaric for the body"
=
why we diplomats look like shit

(ps welcome to Aus, Bryan)

[Jeremy Dicker 🌏 @Dicker_JJ]

Interview with Australian ex-spymaster / top diplomat, Dennis Richardson:

It is a national disgrace, he argues, that Jewish schools and childcare centres require armed guards, while those a block away do not.

“I’ve argued with highly intelligent, well-meaning people who’ve said to me that every Jewish Australian carries moral responsibility for Gaza, and they do not see that as being antisemitic. I’ve spoken to a lot of Australians who’ve said to me, ‘Oh yeah, there were 15 people killed at Bondi, but look at all the people who’ve been killed in Gaza.’ Sorry, what are you saying? Are you saying it’s legitimate to kill 15 innocent people because of Gaza or because they’re Jewish then that’s somehow understandable?”

[Jeremy Dicker 🌏 @Dicker_JJ]

diplomat still heading into work bc the national interest cannot wait

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

Nepal it seems now has World’s Youngest Government Leaders in Power!! Most of the Ministers are in 30s and 40s. Only Finance Minister is above 50. The new Government in Nepal is led by 36 year old @ShahBalen as the Prime Minister.

[Nitin Pai @acorn]

I will stop using “as much chance as of snow in Chennai” in my conversations.

[Dennis Wilder偉德寧 @dennisw5]

Leave it to Fareed to come up with one of his headline grabbing, superficial historical analogies. Britian was an imperialist power which subjugated people all over Asia.

[K Singh @KSingh_1469]

The deplorable state TATA inherited air India in can never be overstated. VT-ALL’s history tells you everything about state ownership, cannibalised and grounded

TATA deserves at least a decade to turn everything around and anyone already writing them off is a complete idiot

[Dennis Wilder偉德寧 @dennisw5]

I'll bet dollars to donuts there is a heck of a lot more shock in Beijing at the success of US/Israeli operations than this article, only quoting Chinese factotums, suggests. It will be similar to the Chinese complete overhaul of strategy and command after Gulf War I.

China’s military has been studying Trump’s war on Iran for lessons that could prove helpful in any future conflict of its own https://t.co/jKRykaho0J

[Yudhanjaya Wijeratne @yudhanjaya]

If you think about, Sri Lanka has been through so many Black Swan events recently, nonstop

Easter Sunday 2019
Pandemic after that
Total economic collapse 2022
Aragalaya
and now downstream consequences of the US-Iran war

No wonder so many of us feel exhausted

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

NEW: Following the embarrassing lapses of Unit 29155, the GRU created a new, bespoke assassination and sabotage unit known as Center 795, meant to be "air-gapped" against compromise. Its top operative, Denis Alimov, is now in a jail cell in Colombia awaiting extradition to the U.S. because he used Google Translate to task his Serbian hitman. The FBI had everything in real time. And we've just burned the rest of Putin's brand new black ops squad. https://t.co/F30rcdRE0Z

[Tanvi Madan @tanvi_madan]

Friendly reminder:

S̶t̶r̶a̶i̶t̶s̶ of Hormuz -> Strait of Hormuz
Taiwan S̶t̶r̶a̶i̶t̶s̶ -> Taiwan Strait
Malacca S̶t̶r̶a̶i̶t̶s̶ -> Malacca Strait

[Jeremy Dicker 🌏 @Dicker_JJ]

“Get them to join the foreign service. Then make them spend most of their career in capital.”

[Jeremy Dicker 🌏 @Dicker_JJ]

😍

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

U.S.-India Business Council (@USIBC) posts, "It was an honor for the U.S.-India Business Council Board Delegation to meet with U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor and receive his congratulations on our Council's Golden Jubilee 50th anniversary. Our Board was grateful for his strong commitment to further strengthening the India–U.S. partnership. We look forward to our continuing friendship and shared effort to take business relations to new heights."

[Jeremy Dicker 🌏 @Dicker_JJ]

they got promoted from second secretary to first secretary

[Jeremy Dicker 🌏 @Dicker_JJ]

when diplomat returns to MFA after brief and unsuccessful stint in private sector

[Jeremy Dicker 🌏 @Dicker_JJ]

govt calculating how much to spend on diplomacy

[Jeremy Dicker 🌏 @Dicker_JJ]

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[Ambassador Sergio Gor @USAmbIndia]

Hosted a warm reception at home tonight with dear friends from India, the diplomatic community, business leaders and partners from the US. Amid our nations' renewed trade framework and deepening strategic ties, the real magic happens in these personal moments—where trust, ideas, and shared futures spark. A special thank you to @DrSJaishankar @PiyushGoyal and over 75 Ambassadors who attended. Here's to the boundless potential between India & America! 🇮🇳🤝🇺🇸