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Apr 2025
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Signals from the Signal Chat Leak

Takshashila Institution
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On 24 March 2024, The Atlantic's editor published a story that broke the internet. He revealed being accidentally added to a Signal chat group called 'Houthi PC small group' in which the who's who of senior US national security leadership discussed striking the Houthis in Yemen. After the White House tried to downplay the issue, The Atlantic published another story, this time revealing more details about the bombing timeline.
In this episode of All Things Policy, Lokendra Sharma sits down with Manoj Kewalramani and Tannmay Kumarr Baid from the Takshashila Institution to unpack the issue, discuss the highlights from the leaked chat, and discuss the lessons for India.

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