MAGA IMPLOSION 🤦🤦🤦 And Trump has not even started his second term yet..

New Episode 🎙️ @zsuzsettte.bsky.social & @richheydarian.bsky.social talk 2025 with Manali Kumar & @macsdavid.bsky.social. - ASEAN response to a Middle East ceasefire - India’s growing importance - Filipino Christmas! In partnership with European Parliament in ASEAN Listen: buff.ly/4gOcxRU

Merry Christmas folks from the Heydarians ❤️🙏🎄

“Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping has reportedly instructed the PLA to be in a position to conduct a successful invasion of Taiwan by 2027, if necessary.” asiatimes.com/2024/12/bide...

Biden’s arms dump won’t ease Taiwan’s Trump trepidation - Asia Times

China has strongly protested outgoing US President Joe Biden’s approval of as much as US$571.3 million worth of defense material and services for Taiwan,

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"The stage is now set for a particularly vicious showdown between the Dutertes, backed by China, and the Marcoses, supported by the West." Read this #free #onlineexclusive "Welcome to Manila’s Game of Thrones" by Richard Javad Heydarian: www.journalofdemocra...

Welcome to Manila’s Game of Thrones | Journal of Democracy

The struggle between the Marcos and Duterte clans isn’t just a battle between two houses. It is becoming a proxy fight between the United States and China for the future of the Indo-Pacific.

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Hier en daar wordt wel beargumenteert dat de Filipijnse tactiek van 'transparantie' en publiciteit (naming & shaming) m.b.t Chinese agressie in de Zuid-Chinese Zee faalt. Richard Heydarian denkt daar anders over. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

South China Sea: The “transparency initiative” success is plain to see

But pressure on the Philippines means that its key partners must step up more.

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New episode 🎙️ In partnership with European Parliament in ASEAN. @hmarston.bsky.social joins @zsuzsettte.bsky.social, and Richard Heydarian to explore how a second Trump presidency could reshape relations across Europe and the Indo-Pacific. Subscribe and never miss an episode. buff.ly/48XljdB

What a Second Trump Presidency Could Mean for Europe and Southeast Asia (Plus, Pygmy Hippo Divas)

The Bridge: Europe's Indo-Pacific Podcast · Episode

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🎙️Episode 4 of The Bridge is out, our podcast connecting Europe & the Indo-Pacific, in partnership with @9dashline.bsky.social and EPinASEAN. With my co-host Richard Heydarian, we discuss Trump 2.0 & implications for the two regions, joined by the brilliant @hmarston.bsky.social buff.ly/48XljdB

What a Second Trump Presidency Could Mean for Europe and Southeast Asia (Plus, Pygmy Hippo Divas)

The Bridge: Europe's Indo-Pacific Podcast · Episode

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Good to back in the OG twitter… will continue fighting on both fronts though! ✊