#sukanyabali (蘇家娜)

2024-25 @HES Scholar, MOE Taiwan(ROC) 🇹🇼| Doctoral Scholar @OPJindalGlobalUniversity 2021 | NASC Scholar @Takshashila 2024 | @AAS Dissertation Workshop 2024

[Megh Updates 🚨™ @MeghUpdates]

🚨 BIG DIPLOMATIC BREAKING

Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic, the Visegrad Four, have collectively SUPPORTED India’s bid for a PERMANENT SEAT on the UN Security Council. 🔥

[Sanjay Srivastava @Sanjay_Sriv]

$30 billion invested. 72 million tonnes of cargo. Zero reliance on the Strait of Hormuz. 🚢

Oman’s Sohar Port just laid out India’s new trade flank into West Asia.🇮🇳⚓️🇴🇲

The Sohar Port and Freezone held high-level expositions in New Delhi to position the deep-sea hub as India’s primary gateway to the GCC and East Africa.

For Indian supply chains, this is not merely an alternate shipping route, it is an exercise in de-risking maritime trade architecture:

1. The Hormuz Bypass & Freight De-risking
* Transiting the Strait of Hormuz exposes commercial shipping to asymmetric security risks, soaring war-risk insurance premiums, and potential naval blockades.

* Located on the Sea of Oman, outside the strait, Sohar allows Indian exporters to discharge cargo safely on the Arabian Sea coast, insulating regional supply chains from maritime chokepoints.

2. The UAE Green Corridor & Land-Bridge Velocity.
* Maritime security works best when linked to seamless land transport. Sohar’s planned "green corridor" with the UAE’s Jebel Ali Port unlocks accelerated customs clearances and direct highway transit.

* Indian goods can dock outside the conflict theater and reach UAE and GCC retail markets within hours over modern road networks, avoiding contested waters entirely.

3. Beyond Transshipment: The 21-Million Sqm Freezone Moat
* Sohar isn't just a container jetty; it is an industrial platform hosting dedicated clusters in metals, petrochemicals, logistics, and agro-processing.

* With Oman’s first dedicated agricultural terminal operational, Indian exporters can process, value-add, and re-export food and industrial goods directly into the Gulf under preferential trade frameworks.

4. The Wider Oman Maritime Arc: Duqm, Salalah, and Sohar
* India already maintains strategic maritime access at the Port of Duqm and deep logistics connections through Salalah.

* Integrating Sohar creates a tri-port logistical umbrella along the Arabian Sea, cementing India’s trade connectivity across the Indian Ocean Region, the Gulf, and East Africa.

As global trade corridors fragment, geographic proximity must be backed by institutional resilience and logistics sovereignty.

Watching how Indian exporters and industrial conglomerates re-engineer their Gulf distribution hubs from traditional inside-the-gulf ports to Arabian Sea bypass clusters.

cc: @CimGOI @MEAIndia
@Oman_GC @PortandFreezone

By @DipanjanET
@EconomicTimes
#Geopolitics #MaritimeTrade #SupplyChain #Oman #IndiaOman #WestAsia #TradePolicy

[Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar]

India formally launches its campaign for United Nations Security Council 2028-2029.

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

Indian Military documentary on First anniversary of #OperationSindoor against Pakistan sponsored terrorism.

Every Indian must watch and share it!

Salute all Indian forces! Jai Hind! 🇮🇳

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

"Indian civilisation has been able to take on any attack because our ability to sacrifice is unlimited. We can wait 5, 50 or 500 years until we win. India's security forces take more casualties than anywhere else but you don't hear a whimper about it," said Ajit Doval in 2014

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

A year ago, during #OperationSindoor, our armed forces showcased their valour and gave a firm response to those who attacked our people. Every Indian is proud of our armed forces. As a mark of respect to our forces and their success during #OperationSindoor, let us all change our display pictures on social media, including X, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to the picture shared below.

[Netram Defence Foundation @NetramDefence]

THREAD 🧵

History of Naxalism

As India approaches the March 31, 2026, deadline for a "Naxal-free" nation, the Lok Sabha is set to review the 60-year history of an insurgency that once claimed to represent the "wretched of the earth" but evolved into the country's greatest internal security challenge. Here is the complete story:

@crpfindia @HMOIndia @LokSabhaSectt @AmitShah @CISFHQrs @itbp_offi

1/11

[Dr. S. Jaishankar @DrSJaishankar]

🇮🇳 Champions once again 🏆🏆🏆

[#sukanyabali (蘇家娜) @sukanyabali]

What a match 😍
#IndiaVsNewZealand #india2026 ♥️

[#sukanyabali (蘇家娜) @sukanyabali]

“don’t get to be sentimental about “soft power” as a substitute for hard intelligence.”

[Mahesh Jethmalani @JethmalaniM]

One detail from this Iran war should make every serious state sit up: credible reporting says Israeli leaders were shown an image of Khamenei’s body after it was recovered by Mossad agents - and that Israel had visibility on his fate faster than Iran could even confirm the death of it's supreme leader and shape the narrative. That’s not “tech”. That’s HUMINT + penetration.

Satellites don’t tell you who is in which room at what time. Signals don’t always survive encryption and discipline. What wins you wars and prevents surprises is human access so-urces, moles, defectors, recruited assets - the messy, thankless work of being inside the enemy’s bloodstream.

Israel has no luxury of being lazy at intelligence. It sits in a hostile neighbourhood with actors who openly want it erased. So it builds networks that aren’t “near the border.” They’re near the decision-makers. That’s what survival looks like when geography is unforgiving.

Now bring that lens to India. When you live next to Pakistan’s terror ecosystem and a Bangladesh theatre that keeps throwing up radical modules, you don’t get to be sentimental about “soft power” as a substitute for hard intelligence. You need early warning, deep penetration, counter-infiltration, and ruthless disruption - before the plot becomes a headline.

And this is exactly where the armchair moralists fail India. They love questioning operations after the fact. They hate the boring investments before the fact: intel budgets, source protection, language capability, field tradecraft, inter-agency fusion, and the political spine to back covert work without leaking it for TRPs.

Pop culture and superhit movies like Dhurandhar tells the story really well but makes it look stylish - one hero, one mission, one punchline. Real HUMINT though is the opposite: years of patience, ugly risks, zero credit, and often no medal because the best outcome is “nothing happened.”

This is not about chest-thumping. This is about statecraft. The world is moving into an age where wars are decided by who sees first, knows first, and shapes first. Israel gets that. India must get that - permanently. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and our intelligence apparatus, NEW INDIA definitely gets it.

Because 'terrorist harbouring neighbours' don’t send calendar invites before they strike. They send handlers, money, propaganda, and sleepers. The only answer is being inside that machinery early enough to break it.

If you want deterrence, stop thinking intelligence is an accessory. It’s the foundation.

[#sukanyabali (蘇家娜) @sukanyabali]

😂😂

[Smita Prakash @smitaprakash]

China takes the lead in 'ending a war' from the person who ends all wars
https://t.co/PVXAMgR1Vd

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi with Assam Regiment singing the iconic BadluRam Ka Badan. Love this video! https://t.co/EbuTS79Eey

[Sriparna Pathak @Sriparnapathak]

Also means the PRC will export more to the world, while imports from other countries will shrink because the robots and the taxis and trains, will not consume goods and services. Instead of foolishly opening up economies, the world needs to brace for more dumping and more disruptions from China.

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

India’s Firm Message to China

“Arunachal Pradesh is and always will be a part of India. These kinds of tactics are not going to change anything on the ground” - India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar.

[#sukanyabali (蘇家娜) @sukanyabali]

Seeing everyone share their achievements from 2025 has sparked reflection for me. It’s inspiring to see all the growth and success, and I realize I still have a lot of potential to unlock. I’m excited for what lies ahead and can’t wait to create my own list for 2026!!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Exactly

[#sukanyabali (蘇家娜) @sukanyabali]

Wishing everyone a prosperous and joyful New Year 2026! 🎆🎆

[Isabella Anderson @IsabellaAn67]

A pilot flying over the Pacific Ocean took these photos of an eerie red glow in the sky.

The mysterious red glow were the clusters of Chinese fishing vessels using Red LED Lights to hunt giant squids.

Just imagine the size of Chinese fishing fleets, scrapping the oceans all across the world!

Over the past few decades, the Chinese distant water fishing fleet has become the world’s largest and ranks first in the prevalence of illegal fishing by fishing countries. Its focus on squid fishing is a recent phenomenon, driven by the decline of finfish species.

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

#BREAKING: As per US Intelligence both terrorists who attacked Jewish Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia were #Pakistani nationals - 50 year old father (killed) and 24 year old son Naveed Akram. Pakistan is the epicentre of global terrorism from India to Europe to Australia.