Mujeeb
@iambarbarossa.bsky.social
I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of International Relations at the South Asian University. Critical War Studies / Counterinsurgency
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Mujeeb
@iambarbarossa.bsky.social
· Aug 20
🚨New Article🚨
“Ordering the Post-Colonial Oceanic Space(s): K. M. Panikkar and the Origins of India’s Maritime ‘Resurgence’” by Mujeeb Kanth
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“Ordering the Post-Colonial Oceanic Space(s): K. M. Panikkar and the Origins of India’s Maritime ‘Resurgence’” by Mujeeb Kanth
Read OPEN ACCESS here:
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Ordering the Post-Colonial Oceanic Space(s): K. M. Panikkar and the Origins of India’s Maritime “Resurgence”
Abstract. The aim of this paper is to situate the attempted recalibration of India’s strategic thinking and quest for security, from the continental South
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I am happy to share my recently published article in the GSQ. Do have a read if it interests you.
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Newish article which we haven't posted yet: "A Liquid State of Exception: The Shifting Boundaries of Violence in the Czech Lands, 1944–1945" by Jaromír Mrňka
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A Liquid State of Exception: The Shifting Boundaries of Violence in the Czech Lands, 1944–1945
This article explores the persistence and transformation of violence in the Czech lands during the transition from Nazi occupation to post-war retribution, with a focus on role reversals and shifti...
www.tandfonline.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Newish article which we haven't posted yet: "A Liquid State of Exception: The Shifting Boundaries of Violence in the Czech Lands, 1944–1945" by Jaromír Mrňka
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Today is (print!) publication day!
My book ‘Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime’ is finally out in the world as an actual object - author-posing picture to follow ASAP, stay tuned!
Buy the book at: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
My book ‘Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime’ is finally out in the world as an actual object - author-posing picture to follow ASAP, stay tuned!
Buy the book at: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
December 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Today is (print!) publication day!
My book ‘Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime’ is finally out in the world as an actual object - author-posing picture to follow ASAP, stay tuned!
Buy the book at: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
My book ‘Military Victory Beyond the Battlefield: Outside Wartime’ is finally out in the world as an actual object - author-posing picture to follow ASAP, stay tuned!
Buy the book at: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Assad family live in Russian luxury as Bashar ‘brushes up on ophthalmology’
Assad family live in Russian luxury as Bashar ‘brushes up on ophthalmology’
Family friend, sources in Russia and Syria, and leaked data help give rare insight into life of dictator’s reclusive household
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Assad family live in Russian luxury as Bashar ‘brushes up on ophthalmology’
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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New chapter by Kim McGrath: "Whatever It Takes – Australia's Ruthless Quest for Sovereignty in the Timor Sea" from an interesting volume on "The Political Economy of Dissent"
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Whatever It Takes – Australia's Ruthless Quest for Sovereignty in the
The United States’ diplomatic and military support for Indonesia’s invasion and occupation of East Timor is well documented and analysed (e.g., Dunn, J. [1977].
www.taylorfrancis.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
New chapter by Kim McGrath: "Whatever It Takes – Australia's Ruthless Quest for Sovereignty in the Timor Sea" from an interesting volume on "The Political Economy of Dissent"
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
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Hamas has confirmed the killing of its senior commander in an Israeli strike in Gaza in the highest-profile assassination of a senior Hamas figure since the October ceasefire deal aje.io/trzhu4
December 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Hamas has confirmed the killing of its senior commander in an Israeli strike in Gaza in the highest-profile assassination of a senior Hamas figure since the October ceasefire deal aje.io/trzhu4
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Israeli media have reported that the United States has barred senior European diplomats accredited to the Palestinian Authority from entering a US-run coordination centre linked to President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251212-us-...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251212-us-...
December 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Israeli media have reported that the United States has barred senior European diplomats accredited to the Palestinian Authority from entering a US-run coordination centre linked to President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251212-us-...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251212-us-...
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🇸🇩🧵We’re kicking off a detailed thread to help you catch up on the catastrophic violence & humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan. If you haven’t been following closely, this will give you the essential context.
➤ Up to 400,000 people have been killed since the civil war broke out in April 2023...
➤ Up to 400,000 people have been killed since the civil war broke out in April 2023...
December 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
🇸🇩🧵We’re kicking off a detailed thread to help you catch up on the catastrophic violence & humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan. If you haven’t been following closely, this will give you the essential context.
➤ Up to 400,000 people have been killed since the civil war broke out in April 2023...
➤ Up to 400,000 people have been killed since the civil war broke out in April 2023...
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In 1865 the undersecretary for the colonies admitted that British colonial governments were “obstructing rather than promoting commerce” as the solution to slave-trading in Africa. Why? Because they were intent on backing a white men’s monopoly.
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
Antislavery and the Original ‘Scramble for Africa’, 1807-1879
Keynote Lecture for 140 Years Beyond the Berlin Conference, Africa Centre and SOAS Friday 12 December and Saturday 13 December 2025 Alan Lester Most British imperial historians have tended t…
alanlester.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
In 1865 the undersecretary for the colonies admitted that British colonial governments were “obstructing rather than promoting commerce” as the solution to slave-trading in Africa. Why? Because they were intent on backing a white men’s monopoly.
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
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In response to the events of 9/11, the National Security Agency built the most extensive surveillance system in history. Episode 4 of our podcast ‘Aftershock’ explores what happened when what was sold as a counterterrorism measure was turned on American citizens.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Episode 4: More than a Million Names
Podcast Episode · Aftershock: The War on Terror · EP4 · 50m
podcasts.apple.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In response to the events of 9/11, the National Security Agency built the most extensive surveillance system in history. Episode 4 of our podcast ‘Aftershock’ explores what happened when what was sold as a counterterrorism measure was turned on American citizens.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
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Avi Shlaim - a British historian of Iraqi Jewish descent
“This Genocide is unusual because countries that commit genocide usually try to conceal it, while Israeli leaders keep announcing that they want to wipe Gaza off the earth”
“This Genocide is unusual because countries that commit genocide usually try to conceal it, while Israeli leaders keep announcing that they want to wipe Gaza off the earth”
December 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Avi Shlaim - a British historian of Iraqi Jewish descent
“This Genocide is unusual because countries that commit genocide usually try to conceal it, while Israeli leaders keep announcing that they want to wipe Gaza off the earth”
“This Genocide is unusual because countries that commit genocide usually try to conceal it, while Israeli leaders keep announcing that they want to wipe Gaza off the earth”
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December 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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The Jervis Forum Review 153
Michael P.M. Finch’s Making Makers: The Past, the Present, & the Study of War
“offers a return to the basics in our understanding of strategy and its evolution since the end of World War II.” –Nathaniel L. Moir
wp.me/p2Insd-7DF
Michael P.M. Finch’s Making Makers: The Past, the Present, & the Study of War
“offers a return to the basics in our understanding of strategy and its evolution since the end of World War II.” –Nathaniel L. Moir
wp.me/p2Insd-7DF
Jervis Forum Review 153: Moir on Finch,Making Makers
H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Review 153 Michael P.M. Finch. Making Makers: The Past, the Present, & the Study of War. Oxford University Press, 2024. ISBN: 978-0-19…
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December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Jervis Forum Review 153
Michael P.M. Finch’s Making Makers: The Past, the Present, & the Study of War
“offers a return to the basics in our understanding of strategy and its evolution since the end of World War II.” –Nathaniel L. Moir
wp.me/p2Insd-7DF
Michael P.M. Finch’s Making Makers: The Past, the Present, & the Study of War
“offers a return to the basics in our understanding of strategy and its evolution since the end of World War II.” –Nathaniel L. Moir
wp.me/p2Insd-7DF
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H-Diplo AR 1256
Steven Crawford Grundy’s “Mission Impossible: Explaining the Failure of Ho Chi Minh’s Mediation Efforts Inside the Marxist-Leninist World, 1960–1961”
“explores Hồ Chí Minh’s attempts...to act as a mediator between the [PRC] and the Soviet Union”–Martin Grossheim
hdiplo.org/to/AR1256
Steven Crawford Grundy’s “Mission Impossible: Explaining the Failure of Ho Chi Minh’s Mediation Efforts Inside the Marxist-Leninist World, 1960–1961”
“explores Hồ Chí Minh’s attempts...to act as a mediator between the [PRC] and the Soviet Union”–Martin Grossheim
hdiplo.org/to/AR1256
hdiplo.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
H-Diplo AR 1256
Steven Crawford Grundy’s “Mission Impossible: Explaining the Failure of Ho Chi Minh’s Mediation Efforts Inside the Marxist-Leninist World, 1960–1961”
“explores Hồ Chí Minh’s attempts...to act as a mediator between the [PRC] and the Soviet Union”–Martin Grossheim
hdiplo.org/to/AR1256
Steven Crawford Grundy’s “Mission Impossible: Explaining the Failure of Ho Chi Minh’s Mediation Efforts Inside the Marxist-Leninist World, 1960–1961”
“explores Hồ Chí Minh’s attempts...to act as a mediator between the [PRC] and the Soviet Union”–Martin Grossheim
hdiplo.org/to/AR1256
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Next Monday, the Prize Papers Talk is hitting new waters, as Eleonora Rohland's talk dives into climate history: The Doldrums is a belt-shaped weather phenomenon near the equator, where winds are very weak, trapping sailing ships inside. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Next Monday, the Prize Papers Talk is hitting new waters, as Eleonora Rohland's talk dives into climate history: The Doldrums is a belt-shaped weather phenomenon near the equator, where winds are very weak, trapping sailing ships inside. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
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Reminder that 12/16 is the deadline to submit to @sasemeeting.bsky.social in Bordeaux 2026. Be sure to submit to our Network on Postcolonialism and Legacies of Empire:
sase.org/networks/u-p...
sase.org/networks/u-p...
Network U: Postcolonialism and Legacies of Empire | SASE Networks
Network U is devoted to engaging the connections between imperialism, colonialism, racism, slavery, and capitalist expansion and global socio-economic development.
sase.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Reminder that 12/16 is the deadline to submit to @sasemeeting.bsky.social in Bordeaux 2026. Be sure to submit to our Network on Postcolonialism and Legacies of Empire:
sase.org/networks/u-p...
sase.org/networks/u-p...
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Some excellent, open access, analyses here of History Reclaimed’s counterpart right wing public history campaigns around the world:
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
International Public History Volume 8 Issue 2
Volume 8, issue 2 of the journal International Public History was published in 2025.
www.degruyterbrill.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Some excellent, open access, analyses here of History Reclaimed’s counterpart right wing public history campaigns around the world:
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
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From the current issue: “The Atmosphere in Spatial History: Digital Evidence and Visual Argument”
by @lscholz.bsky.social (@manchester.ac.uk)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @lscholz.bsky.social (@manchester.ac.uk)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
The Atmosphere in Spatial History: Digital Evidence and Visual Argument*
Abstract. Taking its cue from the weather wars that unfolded around the Alps in the eighteenth century — conflicts between neighbouring towns and polities
doi.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
From the current issue: “The Atmosphere in Spatial History: Digital Evidence and Visual Argument”
by @lscholz.bsky.social (@manchester.ac.uk)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @lscholz.bsky.social (@manchester.ac.uk)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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bad times make simple arguments appealing but giving in to simple arguments is one of the things that gave us bad times
December 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
bad times make simple arguments appealing but giving in to simple arguments is one of the things that gave us bad times
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In absolutely shocking news, it turns out that it’s difficult to have your cake and eat it too.
Top US official berates Europe over cutting American industry out of defense buildup
Washington is unhappy that some European arms programs limit U.S. participation.
www.politico.eu
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In absolutely shocking news, it turns out that it’s difficult to have your cake and eat it too.
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The US military says it killed four people in an air strike on a suspected drug boat in in the Eastern Pacific.
The attack was ordered by US War Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is under scrutiny over a previous attack in which survivors were killed in a follow-up strike.
The attack was ordered by US War Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is under scrutiny over a previous attack in which survivors were killed in a follow-up strike.
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The US military says it killed four people in an air strike on a suspected drug boat in in the Eastern Pacific.
The attack was ordered by US War Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is under scrutiny over a previous attack in which survivors were killed in a follow-up strike.
The attack was ordered by US War Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is under scrutiny over a previous attack in which survivors were killed in a follow-up strike.
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this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this shit is just beyond parody, man
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Just published (free access) in European Journal of Sociology: "The Return of War in Europe: Contemporary Sociology and Organised Violence":
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Just published (free access) in European Journal of Sociology: "The Return of War in Europe: Contemporary Sociology and Organised Violence":
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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1/2 In 1865 the undersecretary for the Colonies raised the tantalising prospect of West African societies developing within a capitalist world economy on their own terms. Very shortly though, their post-slave trade adaptation was nipped in the bud by British imperialism:
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
1/2 In 1865 the undersecretary for the Colonies raised the tantalising prospect of West African societies developing within a capitalist world economy on their own terms. Very shortly though, their post-slave trade adaptation was nipped in the bud by British imperialism: