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Pleased to share that my article on the theological justifications of Jihad in contemporary India has been published in Politics, Religion and Ideology. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
India and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, fought a 4-day war in May 2025. Pakistan signalled nuclear risk. Still, conflict ensued.
Why didn’t nuclear deterrence stop it?
My new paper argues the answer lies in how nuclear signals are read — not just sent.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
With the May 2025 India–Pakistan conflict, these questions are no longer just theoretical. How signals are read may matter more than how many warheads either side holds.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
#NuclearDeterrence #SouthAsia #IndiaPakistan #NuclearStrategy #IRTheory
My answer: perception dissonance — the gap between how India and Pakistan each read the nuclear balance at any given moment. How each side interprets the other’s nuclear signals. The paper is now published.
India also mobilised 500,000 troops after the 2001 Parliament attack — and still backed down.
Same nuclear dyad. Similar provocations. Three completely different outcomes.
Something structural was driving this. But what?
A student once asked me: Why did India strike back after Pulwama but do nothing after Mumbai — an attack ten times worse?
“Political will” wasn’t good enough. I spent three years researching to find a better answer.
I argue that from the killing of the Iranian leadership on the first day of the US- Iran war to an alleged plot to assassinate Trump, the norms around leadership assassination are unraveling to devastating diplomatic effect. asiatimes.com/2026/09/open-s…
A century-old taboo on assassinating leaders is unraveling with devastating diplomatic effects.
Open season: killing the norm against leadership assassination asiatimes.com/2026/09/open-s… via @asiatimesonline
Sajid Farid Shapoo retweeted
Sajid Farid Shapoo: Distinguished Service and Vigilance Leadership in National Security thenewsmanofindia.com/sajid-… @BEMLltd @DefenceMinIndia @SpokespersonMoD @DefProdnIndia @IPS_Association @mp_ips @MPDial112 @CMMadhyaPradesh @home
Thanks to @BEMLltd
𝗗𝗿. 𝗦𝗮𝗷𝗶𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 (𝗣𝗦𝗠)
Dr. Sajid Farid Shapoo, Chief Vigilance Officer, BEML LTD., has been conferred the prestigious President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) on the occasion of Independence Day 2026, in recognition of his distinguished service and exceptional commitment to duty.
A 1998-batch IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, Dr. Shapoo has made significant contributions to national security and public service. He has served in key leadership positions, including as Superintendent of Police in Bhind, Satna, Shivpuri and Dewas districts of Madhya Pradesh.
Dr. Shapoo was among the pioneering officers to join the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2009. During his tenure, he led the Investigation Branch and subsequently headed the Intelligence & Operations Division as Deputy Inspector General, overseeing several high-profile investigations relating to terrorism and national security.
The President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) is awarded in recognition of a special and distinguished record of service, marked by exceptional dedication and commitment to duty.
@DefProdnIndia @DefenceMinIndia @MIB_India
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𝗗𝗿. 𝗦𝗮𝗷𝗶𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 (𝗣𝗦𝗠)
Dr. Sajid Farid Shapoo, Chief Vigilance Officer, BEML LTD., has been conferred the prestigious President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) on the occasion of Independence Day 2026, in recognition of his distinguished service and exceptional commitment to duty.
A 1998-batch IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, Dr. Shapoo has made significant contributions to national security and public service. He has served in key leadership positions, including as Superintendent of Police in Bhind, Satna, Shivpuri and Dewas districts of Madhya Pradesh.
Dr. Shapoo was among the pioneering officers to join the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2009. During his tenure, he led the Investigation Branch and subsequently headed the Intelligence & Operations Division as Deputy Inspector General, overseeing several high-profile investigations relating to terrorism and national security.
The President’s Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM) is awarded in recognition of a special and distinguished record of service, marked by exceptional dedication and commitment to duty.
@DefProdnIndia @DefenceMinIndia @MIB_India
Western policy can keep waiting for a captive nation to rise up and be rescued, or it can start dealing with Russia’s reality. Right now, it’s doing the former, mistaking its own bad diagnosis for the Russian public’s failure to see something obvious. asiatimes.com/2026/07/why-th…
Russians carry an unsentimental view of their government’s failures alongside a stubborn sense that Russia’s separateness from the West is worth defending. The West keeps expecting the first belief to erode the second. So far, it hasn’t. asiatimes.com/2026/07/why-th…
It’s a comforting theory as it lets them explain Russian conduct without ever asking why millions of Russians might actually consent to the arrangement. It obscures the uncoerced, genuinely popular foundation of the post-Soviet Russian state. asiatimes.com/2026/07/why-th…
For decades, standard Western vocabulary for Russia has settled on words like fascist and totalitarian. These terms assume that the Russian state survives on coercion alone, that ordinary Russians are essentially a captive audience waiting to be freed. asiatimes.com/2026/07/why-th…
Washington and Brussels keep calling the Kremlin fascist and totalitarian. It’s the wrong read on Russia and it’s a big part of why five years of diplomacy have gone nowhere.
asiatimes.com/2026/07/why-th…
I write that Washington and Brussels keep calling the Kremlin fascist and totalitarian. It's the wrong read on Russia, and it’s a big part of why five years of diplomacy have gone nowhere
Why the West keeps missing the point on Russia asiatimes.com/2026/07/why-th… via @asiatimesonline
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Xi Jinping’s Thucydides Warning And How a U.S.-China Hegemonic War Can Be Avoided?
by Sajid Farid Shapoo
countercurrents.org/2026/06/…
Xi Jinping’s recent invocation of the “Thucydides Trap” has renewed debate over whether rivalry between a rising China and an established United States must end in conflict. Examining theories of power transition and historical examples ranging from Britain’s accommodation of American ascendancy to Cold War restraint, Sajid Farid Shapoo argues that hegemonic wars are not predetermined. The article also considers how ongoing tensions in the Middle East complicate U.S. strategic priorities and highlights the need for restraint, accommodation, and disciplined competition if the world’s two most powerful states are to avoid a catastrophic confrontation.
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When the West Found Jihad Useful
by Sajid Farid Shapoo
countercurrents.org/2026/05/…
Sajid Farid Shapoo examines how Western powers, particularly the United States and Britain, treated Islamic identity and jihad as strategic tools during the Cold War. Tracing developments from the Middle East to Afghanistan, the article argues that anti-communist policies helped expand the global reach of militant Islamist networks. It situates Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and other regional actors within a broader geopolitical framework rather than portraying them as passive instruments of the West. The essay reflects on how Cold War alliances, covert operations, and ideological calculations contributed to long-term consequences that later reshaped global politics and security debates.
When the West Found Jihad Useful.
During the Cold War, the US and UK often found Islamic identity a useful counterweight to Soviet influence. In doing so, they repeatedly drew on the language of jihad for strategic purposes. @ColinPClarke @yashoazad
countercurrents.org/2026/05/…
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'Mohenjo-daro city is not older than Egyptian cities. Here’s what the recent dig really shows'
Disha Ahluwalia @ahluwaliadisha, archaeologist and junior research fellow, Indian Council of Historical Research, writes
#ThePrintOpinion
theprint.in/opinion/mohenjo-…
