Why India Won’t Recognise the Taliban India faces a strategic dilemma in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Recognition risks legitimising extremism, while engagement helps counter China-Pakistan influence.

I have written an opinion piece on why India shouldn't recognise the Taliban regime yet in the @frontline magazine, the Hindu.
#Afghanistan
#internationalrelations
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How Israel’s war on Iran saved the “West” from its own humanity After Israel’s genocide became untenable for even Israel’s staunchest allies to support, the West needed a more “perfect villain” to keep backing Israel. And there was no better villain for an indoctr...

After Israel's genocide became untenable for even Israel's staunchest allies to support, the West needed a more “perfect villain” to keep backing Israel. And there was no better villain for an indoctrinated mind than Iran. mondoweiss.net/2025/06/how-...

EU President Should Be Tried for Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes, Says Top UN Expert on Palestine “I’m not someone who says, ‘History will judge them’ — they will have to be judged before then,” Francesca Albanese said in an exclusive interview.

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The Taliban Courts and Legal System - with Adam Baczko - Negotiating Ideas Omar Sadr and Adam Baczko discuss the Taliban courts and how their legal outlook provided them a breakthrough in the conflict. Originally published in French and recently translated into English by Ox...

I was invited by Omar Sadr on his podcast Negotiating Ideas to discuss how the Taliban courts allowed them to institute Sharia law and establish social control while waging an insurgency against the third republic of Afghanistan (2004-2021). negotiatingideas.com/podcast/the-...

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Rebel rule in Idlib hints at what the rest of Syria can expect The Islamist group that now runs Syria has led everyday life for people in Idlib for seven years.

The Idlib Model of Ahmad Al-Sharra for whole Syria. Inclusive and moderate.
#RebelGovernance
#Idlib #Syria
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Interesting set of panel on Pakistan's music and fashion sensibilities at the first Annual Pakistan Conclave in Pondicherry University, India.
#southasiasky #Pakistan

And now we get the news that the Assad regime is withdrawing from Daraya :)

If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.

Having a modern morning — ie both on phones. Me: "Martial law in Korea!" Robin: "I don't see that anywhere" Me: "It's on Bluesky"

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#Syria MAP UPDATE: the situation in Syria as of 01/12/2024. After almost five years of frozen frontlines the #Assad regime has collapsed all over the northwest.

Rebel forces captured #Aleppo city and advanced as far south as N Hama

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Hurt Sentiments — Harvard University Press An insightful history of censorship, hate speech, and majoritarianism in post-partition South Asia.At the time of the India-Pakistan partition in 1947, it was widely expected that India would be secul...

Hello! I am a historian of modern South Asia, with a growing interest in foreign policy in the South Asian neighborhood.

My most recent book is “Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia.” It’s now 30% off with the code HOL24 on the HUP website:
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Africa is breaking away from France. After Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, today both Chad and Senegal have ended defence agreements and called for the removal of French soldiers.

My PhD student @ryanswan.bsky.social is researching NGOs and third sector organisations that work with Arab refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. If you have contacts who work in this field, please get in touch with Ryan - details below 👇

A tale of two sovereigns: the responsibility to protect and the competing notions of responsible sovereignty At the 2005 United Nations World Summit, member states unanimously acknowledged the principle of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Despite this apparent unity, states have remained divided over ...

🎓 New journal article on the responsibility to protect and the competing notions of responsible sovereignty by Mari Huttunen:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The Maldives presses reset on ties with India After a year of antagonism, financial and strategic realities have forced Maldivian President Mohammed Muizzu to pursue a new course of relations with India.

I write for East Asia Forum that the India-Maldives reset shows, that the anti-India populism subsides when regional actors face economic and governance challenges and India needs to shift from a personalised FP approach to investing in institutions.

eastasiaforum.org/2024/11/26/t...

India, Pakistan, and the ICC: The Champions Trophy Saga India’s politicization of its cricket board is having an outsized impact on international tournaments.

I write for @thediplomat.com about India's refusal to play in Pakistan reflects more than just fraught ties. It opens up questions for the ICC regarding the future hosting rights and its ability to treat the member states equally.

thediplomat.com/2024/11/indi...

The JMM-led INDIA bloc was leading in 46 of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand while the BJP-headed NDA was ahead in 29 as the counting of votes was underway on Saturday, according to trends available on the Election Commission’s website. T

This is a big victory for BJP coming out as the largest party to dictate the terms. Fadnavis is going to get big rewards here.
Massive loss for Uddhav Thakrey!

Once a month, we will feature a book from a member of the International Sociological Association RC48.

This month, we proudly share “A People's History of the Farmers' Movement, 2020-2021” edited by Shamsher Singh and Sabah Siddiqui.

#Sociology #SocialMovements #India

My biography of V.P Menon, Reforms Commissioner to India's last three Viceroys & the man who, along with Sardar Patel, got 565 princely states to sign on India's dotted line, goes into print yet again(!!!). ✨

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