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Cleo Paskal

1 year

#PLA advances in the capability to project military power beyond the #SouthChinaSea , 2000 - 2020. Images created by Capt. James Fanell (Ret.), former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations for the @USPacificFleet .

Stephen Keys

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@CleoPaskal @MHReddell @NRO @CelsusIrokwato Could you share the capability China has to project substantial military power beyond South China Sea

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

This is how you do it. After the Western elephant trampled through the Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation picnic, shows of mutual respect get it back on track.

Papua New Guinea PM James Marape touches PM Modi's feet - Times of India

South Asia News: In an exemplary gesture of respect, Papua New Guinea prime minister James Marape touched the feet of PM Narendra Modi, who arrived in the island natio

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My very rough EEZ map of Wang Yi's Pacific Islands (PI) tour. The only fully independent PIs he's skipping are ones that recognize Taiwan or have Compacts with US. Even without them, pieces are in place to try to build a 'first island chain' to hem in/interdict Australia & NZ.

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Letter making the rounds about alleged illegal PRC police activity in Solomon Islands. Developing.

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5 months

Letter from President @Surangeljr to unnamed US Senator on urgent need to #passCOFA describes China's offers to Palau to break its relationship with US and Taiwan, including "The PRC has already offered to 'fill every hotel room' in our tourism-based private sector – 'and more if

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Cleo Paskal

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4 months

PLA troops ambushed Indian troops in June 2020, killing 20 Indian soldiers. In retaliation, India banned TikTok (and 58 other PRC apps). As Congress mulls what to do about TikTok, it might be worth reexamining why India thought hitting back on the political warfare front was an

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Am deeply honoured and grateful to receive a #RepublicDay2022 letter from @PMOIndia . It is truly humbling. The deft strategic leadership, leavened with humanity, of PM Modi's India has made the world safer and better - and gives hope to all who believe in democracy. Thank you🙏

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1 year

What does PRC really want #SolomonIslands ? Within weeks of getting in its man in as Malaiata Premier, Huawei survey were on the ground scouting future tower sites. Now Chinese SOEs are working to get contracts to develop deep water Bina Harbor as an international 'fisheries' hub.

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Cleo Paskal

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5 months

Breaking: Compact renewals between U.S. & Palau/Marshall Islands/Federated States of Micronesia are NOT in today's Senate Budget Supplemental. This means that, after years of tough negotiations, key aspects of the agreements that underpin U.S. Pacific defense planning have no

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Cleo Paskal

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2 years

If you read one thing about #WangYi 's Pacific tour, make it @POTFSM letter to other Pacific leaders about the 'vision' and 'five year plan' documents China wants signed. "[This is] the single-most game-changing proposed agreement in the Pacific in any of our lifetimes." 1/2

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1 year

#SolomonIslands gov letter to former Malaita premier #Suidani disqualifying him from his elected Assembly seat. Reasons include "ongoing failure to recognize the One China Policy" & "collusion with Chinese Taipei". Will be legally challenged. Suidani's reply to allegations below.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

4 years

Our chat covered so much! #corruption #terror #China #US #Israel #Taiwan and how Russia's S400 isn't an anti-missile system, it's an anti-alliance system, designed to shoot down India-US high tech cooperation, with Chinese approval Thank you team @Swamy39 @vhsindia @FDD_CMPP

Subramanian Swamy

@Swamy39

4 years

Words Of Wisdom / ज्ञान गंगा - Corruption in India

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Cleo Paskal

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2 years

For those who asked, 🧵with some of my #SolomonIslands coverage. Bottomline: SI leaders warned about dangers of CCP elite capture since before 2019 switch. No one listened. Now they say Townsville Peace Agreement needs to be enacted. We should listen.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

. @ChinaUncensored press release on @gofundme withholding funds raised to bring former Malaita Premier #Suidani to D.C. & assist in his legal defence (in a likely first for a democratic country, he was removed from his elected seat for "failing to recognise the One-China Policy").

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

4 months

COFA HAS PASSED IN THE SENATE. Now to President Biden for signature. Well done all involved and thank you to the people of Palau, Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia for your patience with American politics.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

Update: former Malaita Premier Daniel #Suidani , received a visa and is now in the United States. Meanwhile, in possibly a world first for a democratic country, the #SolomonIslands gov has stripped him of his elected seat over "ongoing failure to recognize the One China Policy".

FDD

@FDD

1 year

Why so much attention on a visa case for a former provincial premier from a country of less than a million people? It’s because rarely does a single person come to embody the future of a region, of the battle between systems, as much as Suidani has.

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1 year

Update: After having been advised that @ChinaUncensored 's Chris Chappell is due to brief the @CECCgov at 4pm today, @GoFundMe has coincidentally sent an email saying they would release the money donated for Daniel #Suidani tomorrow.

Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

. @ChinaUncensored press release on @gofundme withholding funds raised to bring former Malaita Premier #Suidani to D.C. & assist in his legal defence (in a likely first for a democratic country, he was removed from his elected seat for "failing to recognise the One-China Policy").

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Always a pleasure to chat with @batchelorshow - this time about situation in #SriLanka . It's part of a PRC political warfare destabilization pattern, as seen in Maldives, Nepal, Solomons, etc - a pattern India is trying to help break.

#SriLanka: Disorder with IOUs in the Indo-Pacific. Cleo Paskal @FDD

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

I cover #WangYi 's two PRC-Pacific Islands proposed deals, @POTFSM incisive reply, why Australia shouldn't impose a Police Commissioner on Tonga & what can be learned from Iceland. Yes, Iceland. Oh, and the Faroe Islands. Also @paaavak prettied up the map.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Solomon Islands takes US$66 million China loan to put in Huawei telecoms towers. Sogavare's using the country's money to pay for China's intel collection infrastructure. Gov says NZ consultant 'recommended' it & Pacific Games are used again as a reason.

Government Pushes Ahead With 161 Telecom Towers USD$66 Million Loan - Solomon Times Online

The Government has confirmed that the Solomon Islands National Broadband Infrastructure Project or SINBIP for the construction of up to 161 towers has been progressed with the recent signing of a...

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

@POTFSM : "Chinese control over our security space, aside from impacts on our sovereignty, increases the chances of China getting into conflict with Australia, Japan, the United States and New Zealand, on the day when Beijing decides to invade Taiwan." 2/2

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Cleo Paskal

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3 months

Breaking: Former Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani has won his seat in the Solomon Islands elections. The Sogavare government had previously disqualified him from his seat for not recognizing China’s definition of “One China”.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

Interview with Daniel Suidani on how PRC-backed elements managed to oust him as Premier, why they did it, and what might happen next.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

4 years

And here are the links for listening in... Come join me in learning from @swamy39 about India's fight against corruption Thanks again @jagdishshetty @rameshnswamy @ArvindChaturved @vhsindia

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@vhsindia

4 years

. @CleoPaskal & Dr @Swamy39 will discuss on "Corruption in 🇮🇳 & its 🗺️impact" on 17 May @ 8 PM IST / 3:30 PM GMT / 10:30 AM EDT FB Twitter YT Insta Periscope

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Am covering the primaries. @JDVance1 beat what @Peoples_Pundit describes as “stiff upper lip, pinky in the air, croissant eating, sweater vest wearing, Romney Republicans...establishment and ‘polite losers’ managing the decline". This is what that means.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

And exactly 80 years later, Chinese proxies, already in control on the island of Guadalcanal, expand their Solomon Island's reach to Malaita province with just some tear gas and well placed bribes. It's tragic.

Military History Now

@MilHistNow

1 year

On this day in 1943, the 186-day Battle of Guadalcanal ends. 7,000 American troops have been killed in the campaign. Japan's losses are 19,000.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

4 years

Pleasure to chat with @batchelorshow and @GordonGChang about India's very smart move to ban Chinese apps. Five reasons: 1. Block espionage 2. Slow Beijing's weaponized AI development 3. Hit Chinese stock valuation 4. Give room to grow Indian apps 5. Can be done fast. Genius.

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@batchelorshow

4 years

India deploys cyber nationalism to blunt PRC aggression. @CleoPaskal via @Audioboom

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Who makes US foreign policy? It's supposed to be the President and Congress but often - thanks to excellent bareknuckle bureaucratic warfare skills - it can be a desk officer or legal advisor in the State department. I explain how.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

Former Malaita premier #Suidani - who was removed from his elected seat by #SolomonIslands gov for questioning the One China policy - is coming to DC thanks to fundraising by @ChinaUncensored supporters. This is the first publicly announced event.

China’s Influence in the Pacific Islands: A Conversation with Daniel Suidani of the Solomon Islands...

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@CleoPaskal

1 year

Letter from @POTFSM details PRC political warfare, including bribes, threats and backing secession movements and explains rationale and options for FSM to recognize Taiwan.

Micronesia’s President Writes Bombshell Letter on China’s ‘Political Warfare’

Outgoing President David Panuelo released a lengthy letter detailing Beijing’s efforts to bribe and bully Micronesian leaders – and exploring the possibility of recognizing Taiwan instead.

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@CleoPaskal

1 year

US support to Pacific Islands is quietly being blocked, likely by pro-PRC actors. Previously, a @USCG cutter couldn't refuel in #SolomonIslands . On 26 Jan, Vanuatu failed to issue timely clearance for CGC JUNIPER to enter Port Vila to start planned ship-rider IUUF operations.

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@CleoPaskal

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Without allies Palau/Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)/Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the U.S. would be in serious trouble - as would a free and open Indo-Pacific. I explain why and what the PRC is doing to try to break those ties. Without a doubt, Palau/RMI/FSM (known

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

3 years

Been room (for improvement) rated! 🥳 Congratulations to @ZackCooper for his points winning suspended globe. Well done, sir. Am just glad they weren't rating haircuts....

Room Rater

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3 years

Old books. Two pens. Tough on China. 8/10 @CleoPaskal

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Cleo Paskal

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Here it is, officially official. Compact III is now law in U.S. Done in Palau/Federated States Micronesia also, still to be ratified in Marshall Islands. Law itself refers to hundreds of pages of agreements - will need a close watch during implementation.

On the Enactment of Compact-Related Legislation - United States Department of State

The Department welcomes the enactment of legislation providing approval and funding to bring into force new assistance agreements under the Compacts of Free Association (COFA). Passage of this...

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Wrote about the importance of @narendramodi visiting PNG and India taking over the G20 Presidency. For many countries, Indian leadership in 2023 might mean having the option of shifting from non-alignment to much needed realignment.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Hello 2023. How's this for a deal? You don't be as 'interesting' as 2022, and I'll post more videos of my dog meticulously popping bubblewrap.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

3 years

Here is our full @republic debate on China, excellently moderated by @official_Arnab_ and featuring an all star panel: @General_Bakshi_ @DrLiMengYAN1 @LawrenceSellin @vaxine_news with Andrew K P Leung batting for Beijing.

China Plays The Victim Card, Deflects From COVID-19 Truth | The...

Republic TV is India's no.1 English news channel since its launch. It is your one-stop destination for all the live news updates from India and around the wo...

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@CleoPaskal

2 years

PRC FM Wang Yi reportedly visiting #SolomonIslands May 25 - days after Australian election. Indicates seriousness for Xi. Solomon Islanders don't want Sogavare's security deal. To liberate themselves from PRC, they need free election in 2023. We must help. #DemocracyFrontLine

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Concept note for the US, Australia, New Zealand, UK, France, Japan proposed Partners in the Blue Pacific coordination mechanism mentioned today by NSC Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell at CSIS event. May evolve as Pacific leaders are consulted.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

3 months

Compact of Free Association amendments (COFA) passed in Republic of Marshall Islands (27 Yes - 0 No). That means U.S., Palau, Federated States of Micronesia and Marshalls all passed. It's done. Great, patient work from all concerned. Now to implementation...

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

4 years

Daunting pleasure to be on #ChinaUnscripted - among the things we covered: India's new strategy, China's Comprehensive National Power, supply chains and poutine. Great sources on India & geopolitics: @NewsX @SundayGuardian @GatewayHouseIND @GCTCWORLD

#86 China's "5-Fingers" Approach to Strangling India | Cleo Paskal

The India China border dispute continues to spiral out of out control as clashes between both sides turn deadly. But it's part of a much bigger strategy by C...

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

While many strategists focus on kinetic conflict, PRC-linked entities focus on political warfare (PRC's 2017 National Intel Law legally obligates PRC companies to support PRC intel ops). Casino below is failing, but the destabilizing rise & fall means a PRC entropic warfare win.

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Cleo Paskal

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2 months

Latest on situation in Solomon Islands, with @NewshamGrant . Malaita Premier to be decided in next day. One of most consequential outcomes of the elections. So far, huge win for Beijing.

How China is Winning the Solomon Islands

Since 2019, Beijing has spent a considerable amount of money and effort setting up its position in the Solomon Islands and openly assisting in the crushing of dissent.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Draft 'China-Pacific Islands Five-Year Action Plan on Common Development (2022-2026)'. Sections include police, forensics, resources, medical, trade, scholarships, diplomatic training, climate, HADR & money for PIF. Wang Yi wants to get countries to sign on during his visit. 1/2

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Official Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, United States statement on 'Establishment of the Partners in the Blue Pacific'. Seems France, EU decided to observe. Very strong focus on the Pacific Islands Forum as the venue for engagement.

Statement by Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States on the...

A new initiative for more effective and efficient cooperation in support of Pacific Island priorities The Pacific Islands region is home to nearly a fifth of the Earth’s surface and many of its most...

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

4 months

Does the U.S. have a China strategy? That's not me asking, that's @MittRomney asking @StateDept at yesterday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing. Worth watching.

User Clip: State China Strategy Sen Romney

State China Strategy Sen Romney

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@CleoPaskal

5 months

President of Marshall Islands, @Senator_Heine 's letter to an unnamed U.S. Senator describes the strategic importance of passing COFAs and how time is of the essence given the PRC influence operations that previously almost resulted in toppling her government - and are ongoing.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

India's High Commissioner to Solomon Islands is in Honiara, has presented his credentials and met with PM Sogavare. He has also met Leader of the Opposition @MatthewCWale and business and civil society leaders, demonstrating India's goal of whole of society engagement.

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Cleo Paskal

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1 year

22 May Pacific Leaders met PM Modi & Sec Blinken in PNG. #SolomonIslands PM Sogavare posed for photo w/ Modi but not w/ Blinken. Seems he wants to pressure US on something. Given his ties to Beijing, whatever it is, giving in is likely not best move for people of Solomons, or US.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

4 years

I'm going to be on @StratNewsGlobal - the channel I've learned so much from !!! No, I'm not nervous. Much.

StratNewsGlobal

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On #TalkingPoint Geo strategic Analyst, Author & Journalist @CleoPaskal @CERIUdeM @FDD @ChathamHouse , @tanvi_madan Senior Fellow & Director, The India Project @BrookingsInst with @amitabhprevi Friday 9:30 AM ET/ 7 PM IST Live streaming on our YouTube channel @USI_1870

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Cleo Paskal

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1 year

A 'journalist', who is also VP of Solomon Islands-China Friendship Assoc, wrote article saying that pro-democracy leader Suidani worked w/ US to raise a hit squad to kill PM Sogavare. Suidani suing for defamation. Court filing contends judge is very close to defendant's lawyers.

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China's appointed a “special envoy of the Chinese government” to the Pacific Islands. They are for areas of particular focus. As a representative of the entire government, he can coordinate across different ministries and departments of the State Council.

China names special envoy to Pacific Islands amid growing rivalry with US

Qian Bo, the Chinese ambassador to Fiji, takes on title reserved for most pressing diplomatic issues as Beijing and Washington compete for influence in trade, investment and security.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

3 years

Chat with @JanJekielek about how the last year-and-a-half have changed perceptions in India about Western scientific institutions and multilateral organizations, and how India is reshaping the language around China. Yes, I know I need a haircut.

How Multilateral Organizations Became Proxies of China's Communist...

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@CleoPaskal

1 year

Suidani & @CTalifilu27649 say #SolomonIslands government looking at US$500m loan from China it would then give to PRC SOEs to develop and run deep water Bina Harbour. Same gov took US$66m loan to pay China for Huawei towers. Developing story. For more: ?

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Hearing Manele won Solomon Islands Prime Minister vote by a wide margin. He was Sogavare’s Foreign Minister - point person on a lot of the China deals.

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@CleoPaskal

3 years

Full interview with great @JoshJPhilipp He covered everything including Quad India Myanmar Australia TikTok AI economics and more. Closest thing to a final exam since I left school. Wish I had written notes on my cuff. Thank you team @crossroads_josh

CPAC 2021: Cleo Paskal on Trump’s Impact on Quad Alliance; China’s...

⭕️We are being censored by Big Tech. Our solution? Create our own independent platform free of censorship. Join us today on Epoch TV👉http://EpochTV.com/Cros...

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

. @GatewayHouseIND just released 'India in the Indo-Pacific' ( @USAndIndia supported. Thanks!). Stellar contributors include @bhatia_rk @AmitBhandari79 @sifralentin @nytimes1221 @SameerP_IND @AnandaramSanjay @girichaitanya19 . They let me do something too.

India in the Indo-Pacific: Pursuing Prosperity and Security - Gateway House

The Indo-Pacific has become an important part of global geopolitics in the recent past, with several great powers implementing concerted Indo-Pacific policies to create economic, social and security...

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@CleoPaskal

2 years

June 2/3 come join @BonnieGlaser @JohnBlaxland1 @DerekJGrossman @ap_lane @Lee__James Hyon Joo Yoo @sanahashmi1 @PaquinJonathan Charles-Philippe David @jeangene_vilmer @TerezaANovotna @GaelleRPiche and more (oh, incl. me). Thank you @justinmassie1 @RAS_NSA

Is War Over Taiwan Coming?

Sponsored by Canada’s Department of National Defence, this symposium brings together experts from around the world to exchange ideas on...

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1 year

#SolomonIslands PM used a PRC slush fund to pay off 39 of 50 MPs to amend constitution to 'delay' elections. Otherwise, on May 15th, parliament would have dissolved to prepare for elections. Major/voilent(?) disinformation campaign launched to cow those concerned about democracy.

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2 years

Anyone want to buy some strategic PNG islands with me? 'Conflict Islands are closer to Australian mainland than Sydney is to Melbourne with potential to provide navy/airforce footholds 940 kilometres from Cairns.' If 🇦🇺 doesn't buy, likely 🇨🇳 will.

Exclusive: Private islands sale triggers national security concern

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1 year

. @ChinaUncensored and I report how US asked Palau (a country that recognizes Taiwan) to cover over Taiwan flags when Palau hosted Our Oceans conference and also, reportedly, said John Kerry wouldn't attend if President Tsai attended. #MixedMessages

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Micronesian Presidential Summit - Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Political Dialogue Mechanism. Lists reforms to PIF that aim to keep Micronesian States (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau) from leaving the PIF. Signed by 6 of 16 as of June 7.

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4 years

My talk w @MD_Nalapat in @itsjapanforward Part of Beijing's economic war strategy: "China buying up gold in anticipation of expected reset of US dollar. If this happens, China plans to showcase its digital currency, that it will say will be gold backed."

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Cleo Paskal

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6 months

Nauru is cutting ties with Taiwan. Apart other implications, the announced next SG of the PIF was to be former Nauru President Baron Waqa, who stood up to China in the past and, at the time of his selection, was from a country that recognized Taiwan - two things that were a real

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Cleo Paskal

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2 years

From the @WhiteHouse : New Embassies for Tonga & Kiribati (subject to negotiation and Congressional notification); Possible new Peace Corps programs; First Envoy for Pacific Island Forum; First US National Strategy on Pacific Islands; and more.

Fact Sheet: Vice President Harris Announces Commitments to Strengthen U.S. Partnership with the...

On July 12, Vice President Harris will participate virtually in the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting at the invitation of the Forum Chair Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama of Fiji. As part of...

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2 years

Representatives from the six countries in the Partners in the Blue Pacific proposed coordination mechanism (US, Australia, NZ, UK, France, Japan) "to enhance cooperation with our Pacific partners" are meeting June 22-24 in DC with Pacific Heads of Mission (HOM).

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2 years

Was lucky enough to get through to #Tonga for long enough for a first hand report from @tevitamotulalo about the #volcano eruption, #tsunami , the situation on the ground, and what is needed going forward. As he said: "the people are amazing."

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Cleo Paskal

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1 year

Joined @ChinaUncensored to cover Beijing's plan to 'Hong Kong-ify' the Pacific islands. I.E. use proxies/security services/tamed judiciary/cowed media & servile governments to bring once dynamic societies under Beijing's control. We also make dumb jokes.

#196 China Is Flooding the Pacific with Money, Corruption | Cleo...

The Chinese Communist Party knows that if it can get a foothold in the Pacific islands, its rivals would have a hard time coming to Taiwan's aid. This is all...

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

5 months

Ambassadors @BedeCorry (NZ) & @AmboRudd (Australia) wrote U.S. Congressional leaders including @SpeakerJohnson warning "Failure to pass [COFA renewals] would have severe consequences", including "broader strategic impact throughout the Indo-Pacific."

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@CleoPaskal

7 months

We're fully in the PRC's "So whatdya gonna do about it?" phase of 'international relations'. If not countered, Beijing will ratchet up and see what it can get away with next. Thank you #Philippines for showing the world what we are up against.

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STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE FOR THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA 9 December 2023 Manila, Philippines The National Task Force West Philippine Sea (NTFWPS) vehemently condemns the illegal and aggressive actions carried out by the Chinese Coast Guard and Chinese Maritime Militia

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Cleo Paskal

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Former Premier of Malaita Province #SolomonIslands , Daniel #Suidani , President @LumVares of the @EastWestCenter and @CelsusIrokwato in Hawaii, April 2023.

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1 year

At Micronesian Presidential Summit, the 5 countries selected Nauru to put up the region's candidate for PIF SG, a position it's guaranteed to win if they are to stay in PIF. To its credit, Nauru recognizes Taiwan. Imagine the frantic calls currently being made to/from quislings.

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Cleo Paskal

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Why isn't isn't the Compact legislation moving in Congress even though there is more than enough support in both houses to pass it? This is a summary of what I've been hearing. A key issue is the House Republicans rule requiring that the cost of new multi-year mandatory spending

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Cleo Paskal

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1 year

The courage of FSM @POTFSM continues to astound. His March 9th letter to FSM leaders gives extensive detail on PRC political warfare/grey zone activity in FSM and outlines the rationale and terms of a potential deal to switch FSM recognition to Taiwan. ?

Cleo Paskal on LinkedIn: Panuelo Letter On Switch TO Taiwan & PRC Political Warfare

President Panuelo gives extraordinary detail on PRC political warfare in FSM and the terms of the offer to switch from Beijing to Taipei. "I am acutely aware…

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Cleo Paskal

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1 year

My @Diplomat_APAC on the bipartisan support for Suidani's visa, including @EdCaseHawaii & @RepAmata . @DrNealDunnFL2 : "Suidani displayed tremendous courage in barring CCP-linked companies from his province.. He should be welcomed to the U.S. with open arms"

Former Malaita Premier (and Noted China Critic) Gets Bipartisan Support for US Visa

Daniel Suidani became a symbol of resistance to China’s influence in Solomon Islands – until he was ousted from his post.

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Cleo Paskal

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6 years

. @rammadhavbjp at @raisinadialogue "Have to reorient strategic thinking from west thinking to east looking; from land based to ocean based"

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Cleo Paskal

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1 year

#SolomonIslands Min of Provincial Gov & Institutional Strengthening (and irony) Rollen Seleso has disqualified Suidani from Malaita Assembly for "ongoing failure to recognize the One China Policy" & "collusion with Chinese Taipei". Legal challenge likely.

SUIDANI DISQUALIFIED FROM PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY

The Minister of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening Rollen Seleso has disqualified former Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani from the Malaita Provincial Assembly in accordance with...

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Cleo Paskal

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2 years

Letter from the Ambassadors of Palau, Marshall Islands, and Federated States of Micronesia to @WHNSC 's Dr. Kurt Campbell on the Compact negotiations: "the governments we represent cannot rely on a successful outcome from what has been presented". @POTFSM @Surangeljr

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Cleo Paskal

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1 year

Got to chat in person (!) with @amitabhprevi @StratNewsGlobal in India about @PMOIndia upcoming trip to Papua New Guinea to meet with Pacific Island leaders - and how more collaboration between India and Pacific Islands could change the geopolitical map.

"India Incredibly Important In Indo-Pacific & Beyond As Organic Model...

NEW DELHI: On 'The Gist', Cleo Paskal, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, focusing on the Indo-Pacific region at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies(FDD) in c...

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Joint #MarshallIslands - US statement on first in-person meetings for the Compact of Free Association negotiations, 16 June 2022.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

Pleasure to join team @ChinaUncensored in the rural Quebec bunker. Though the episode could've been titled "America Is a Superpower Under Attack by Forces That Want to See it Fail in Order to Extinguish the Guiding Light of the 'Shining City on the Hill'". But that's too long.

China Uncensored

@ChinaUncensored

1 year

NEW PODCAST! America Is a Failing Superpower

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

To try to make Suidani toxic to US, it's being 'reported' Suidani and US colluded to assassinate Sogavare: “we got some support from (the) US. They delivered some lethal weapons like Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), SR88, Grenade Launcher, Gas Launcher". Let's see who falls for it.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

9 years

My 2011 piece on links between hawala/terrorism/corruption in India - and ongoing fight to counter it. Thoughts?

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

Statement by @kenilorea ( #SolomonIslands MP, ex-Secretary Min of Foreign Affairs & Trade, son of 1st Solomons PM) on #Suidani disqualification. "Though he has been stripped of his title, the most politically persecuted leader in Solomon Islands, still remains as a leader to me."

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

#SolomonIslands government, led by PRC-friendly PM Sogavare, rolls out red carpet for high level Chinese delegation while telling Indian diplomat 'come back later'. Why does India make China and its proxies so nervous they try to keep it out? I explain.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

The battle for press freedoms is old news. 85 years ago, in 1938, Senator Sherman Minton of Illinois proposed a bill to charge editors who didn't 'print the truth'. The Nazis approved. Literally. Minton later became a Supreme Court Justice.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Always a pleasure to chat with @amitabhprevi on @StratNewsGlobal - this time about why Wang Yi's Pacific trip may be more of a success than it seems. We also discuss "entropic warfare". What's that you ask? Watch and find out.

China Recalibrates Sweeping Pacific Island Security Pact; Why India...

New Delhi: On #TheGist, from Miami, Florida, Cleo Paskal, Non-Resident Senior Fellow for the Indo-Pacific at the Foundation for the Defence of Democracies in...

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

Testified today before @NatResources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs about China in the Pacific Islands. Great to share the table with the real experts - @AlexGrayForOK Peter Watson Emil Friberg and @DerekJGrossman . My bit starts at 30.20.

Oversight Hearing | Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

. @ChinaUncensored is crowdfunding a trip to DC for former Malaita Premier Daniel #Suidani . The video describes the process of the 'Hong Kong-ification' of the #SolomonIslands .

YOU Can Strike A Blow To the CCP!

Wow, you are INCREDIBLE! In just 24 hours, China Uncensored fans raised more than $27,000 to help with Daniel Suidani's fight against the CCP! Follow China U...

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

11 months

From Palau's National Security Coordination Office: 8 August PRC Dredging Vessel HAIYANGDIZHI12HAO departed Guangzhou and headed straight to Palau’s extended continental shelf where it conducted several anomalous movements. On 29 August 2023 at 18:14, it entered the Palau EEZ.

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Cleo Paskal

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9 years

@tavleen_singh @IICGoa2015 Millions of readers in India but haven't created systems for Indian language writers to distribute and sell books

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

My @SundayGuardian on #PIF : "Suva is turning into Vienna in the 1930s, when ‘diplomats’ from around the world spied on each other and sent cables home about who was sleeping with whom. Meanwhile, across the border, the war machine was roaring into life."

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

10 months

Welcome procession for Daniel #Suidani & @CTalifilu27649 in #SolomonIslands . Over last months they testified before @CECCgov , met US Congresspeople, Canadian MPs, visited US and Australia think tanks, spoke to global media, etc. about erosion of democracy in Solomon Islands.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Is the fentanyl crisis actually a "chemical warfare attack"? Is TikTok part of the CCP's "intelligence apparatus"? Is the Chinese Communist Party an "enemy" of the United States? Our @ChinaUncensored chat about why words matter.

Fentanyl: How China Uses Chemical Warfare Against the US

Could China stop the flow of deadly fentanyl that killed more Americans last year than car accidents? Some say yes, and that China's not even trying to becau...

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

Alleged leak of details of 2022 payouts to PRC-friendly #SolomonIslands MPs. Comes on eve of Feb 7 attempt to topple Malaita Premier Suidani. If accurate, indicates the level of dissent within SIG about political attacks on Suidani. Requires urgent corroborating investigation.

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

1 year

U.S. denied Suidani's 1st visa application. Resubmission has strong bipartisan support. @EdCaseHawaii & @RepAmata (Pacific Islands Caucus co-Chairs) to @SecBlinken "we strongly encourage the timely issuance of the visa." @DrNealDunnFL2 from @committeeonccp following closely.

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Cleo Paskal

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1 year

Pleased to co-write with Anthony Bergin from Strategic Analysis Australia about India and the Pacific Islands in the context of @PMOIndia visit to Papua New Guinea.

Modi goes to PNG - why it matters to the region and Australia - Strategic Analysis Australia

Strategic Analysis Australia Modi's PNG visit has substance because India village-scale economies, low cost yet reliable technologies

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

7 years

Condolences #Tonga on loss of HRH Queen Mother - Wife of a King, Mother of Kings. Mourning Tongans line road for miles as her cortege passes

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Cleo Paskal

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9 months

. @DrSJaishankar @HudsonInstitute On US-India: Dealing with each other not same as working with each other. Working with each other is new. On the West: World we live in today is largely a Western construct. India is non-Western, not anti-Western. On now.

India’s Role in a New Pacific Order

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Cleo Paskal

@CleoPaskal

2 years

Always fun to join @ChinaUncensored - this time in person in their secret bunker, where I got to find out if the wall is real brick (and was then sworn to secrecy). We covered entropic warfare, Solomons, Marshalls, TikTok and just about everything else.

#184 China Sows Discord, Division to Weaken Its Adversaries | Cleo...

China uses "entropic warfare" to weaken its adversaries and put it in a relatively stronger position on the world stage by amplifying division and sowing cha...

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