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Meera Venkatachalam

@___meerkat

South-South relations; Afro-Asia; India in Africa; Africans in India; Vodun/ Voodoo. Cat person. Retweets โ‰  endorsements.

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The China-Global South Project (@chinagsproject) 's Twitter Profile Photo

China's top diplomat for Africa, Du Xiaohui, was very blunt this week in his assessment of China's foreign policy for the continent compared to that of "some other country." via CHINA MFA Spokesperson ไธญๅ›ฝๅค–ไบค้ƒจๅ‘่จ€ไบบ: tinyurl.com/27h98upf

China's top diplomat for Africa, Du Xiaohui, was very blunt this week in his assessment of China's foreign policy for the continent compared to that of "some other country." 

via <a href="/MFA_China/">CHINA MFA Spokesperson ไธญๅ›ฝๅค–ไบค้ƒจๅ‘่จ€ไบบ</a>: tinyurl.com/27h98upf
Vincent Duclos (@vincentbduclos) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My book Life at a Distance is now out! Many thanks to colleagues, friends, and the press for the support along the way. cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/978150178โ€ฆ

The China-Global South Project (@chinagsproject) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tesla expands to Africa via Morocco as Chinese EV makers deepen their footprint across the continent. From Kenya to Ethiopia, Africaโ€™s EV race is heating up. chinaglobalsouth.com/analysis/teslaโ€ฆ

William Dalrymple (@dalrymplewill) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nearly half of UK adults say Israel's actions in Gaza amount to genocide, but Labour's stance is out of step with its supporters middleeasteye.net/opinion/britisโ€ฆ

Centre for Asian Studies in Africa (@casiansafricaup) 's Twitter Profile Photo

CASA Research Associate Haidar Eid on Israel's genocidal war of extermination: "... we Palestinians are tested between the jaws of death by starvation or death by bombing ... aid is transformed into a tool of collective torture ..." thecitizen.in/opinion/a-new-โ€ฆ

Ilias Alami (@iliasalami) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wrote a piece for LPE Blog "We may remember Trump 2.0 as the great accelerator of 21st Century state capitalism, a historically specific form of capitalism where the fusion of private and state capital reaches new heights" lpeproject.org/blog/state-capโ€ฆ Politics and International Studies Cambridge Cambridge Centre of Development Studies

Africa Is a Country (@africasacountry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As global powers debate alternatives to the dollar, Nigerian traders, Chinese exporters, and everyday crypto users are already reshaping the rules of currency exchange, as the hosts of the Nigerian Scam find out in the latest episode of the AIAC podcast. africasacountry.com/2025/06/de-dolโ€ฆ

๐—”๐—น๐—ณ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป (@alfgunvald) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's publication day for "Southern Interregnum" today - a comparative conjunctural analysis of hegemonic projects across four emerging powers in the global South. This labour of love has been underway since 2017, and it's SO GREAT to finally see it out! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179791/

LeidenGlobal (@leidenglobal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐‘ซ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’? โžก๏ธ๐‘จ๐’”๐’Š๐’‚ Join this hybrid workshop on 3 July IIAS which explores the aspirations, trajectories & infrastructures in #migration towards #Asia. With Meera Venkatachalam Department for Migration and Globalisation IOM Europe and Central Asia Association for Asian Studies ICAS ๐Ÿ”บ iias.asia/events/asian-mโ€ฆ

๐‘ซ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’? โžก๏ธ๐‘จ๐’”๐’Š๐’‚

Join this hybrid workshop on 3 July <a href="/AsianStudies/">IIAS</a> which explores the aspirations, trajectories &amp; infrastructures in #migration towards #Asia.
With <a href="/___meerkat/">Meera Venkatachalam</a>

<a href="/demigkrems/">Department for Migration and Globalisation</a> <a href="/IOM_ECA/">IOM Europe and Central Asia</a> <a href="/AASAsianStudies/">Association for Asian Studies</a> <a href="/asiascholars/">ICAS</a> 
๐Ÿ”บ iias.asia/events/asian-mโ€ฆ
Emmanuel Siaw๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ (@eksiaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This one took time - and a bit more time to actually post - but hereโ€™s my article in thirdworldq (May 2025): "Ideology & the Question of Agency in Africaโ€™s IR: The Case of Ghana" Open Access copy here:๐Ÿ”— doi.org/10.1080/014365โ€ฆ #Ghana #AfricanAgency #ForeignPolicy

This one took time - and a bit more time to actually post - but hereโ€™s my article in <a href="/thirdworldq/">thirdworldq</a> (May 2025):
 "Ideology &amp; the Question of Agency in Africaโ€™s IR: The Case of Ghana"

Open Access copy here:๐Ÿ”— doi.org/10.1080/014365โ€ฆ

#Ghana #AfricanAgency #ForeignPolicy
Barry Malone (@malonebarry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is prominent Palestinian journalist Bayan Abusultan after miraculously survived an Israeli strike on a cafe that, with one of Gaza's last reliable wi-fi connections, is widely known as somewhere journalists gather to work. Early reports indicate 33 civilians were killed.

This is prominent Palestinian journalist Bayan Abusultan after miraculously survived an Israeli strike on a cafe that, with one of Gaza's last reliable wi-fi connections, is widely known as somewhere journalists gather to work. Early reports indicate 33 civilians were killed.
Cheri (@cheriche) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The definitive biography of Visvesvaraya, the ur-model for Indian technocrats, is also a history of our infatuation with high-industrial modernity.

Africa Is a Country (@africasacountry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

From Congo to Gaza, the machinery of empire hides behind the language of aid and development. africasacountry.com/2025/07/the-woโ€ฆ

Seema Chishti (@seemay) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Daring, Fearless and Kind, Father Stan Swamy Remains a Beacon of Resistance. On the fourth anniversary of Father Stan's death due to alleged medical negligence in prisonโ€ฆ thewire.in/politics/rightโ€ฆ

Surbhi Kesar (@surbhikesar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

India is not the 4th most equal country in the world. We re-did correct & comparable calculations: India ranks 176 (& not 4) out of 216 on income inequality. On calorie consumption inequality, it ranks 102 out of 185. I explain this in The Wire m.thewire.in/article/economโ€ฆ