Mohd. Sinan Siyech

PhD @Edinburgh Uni:Salafism in India. Non-Resident Associate Fellow at ORF Delhi : South and West Asia Politics, Security and Terrorism.

[Mohd. Sinan Siyech @sinansiyechmd]

My newest journal article published in the @southasiajsas. I take a deep dive into why India produced so few foreign fighters joining conflicts abroad (both with IS And AQ) despite having 150 million+ Muslims. Reach out for the full paper. 1/n

https://t.co/q354LHwrYo

[Sambhavi Ganesh @SambhaviGanesh]

UK Global Talent Visa:

I switched streams between school and undergrad.

At the time, it felt confusing. Looking back, it was the most clarifying thing I did.

I didn't have a plan. I had a subject of interest and a vague sense that studying the social sciences mattered.

[Mohd. Sinan Siyech @sinansiyechmd]

Join us for what should be an exciting and thought provoking course with lots of critical thinking and case studies from across the world.

[Mohd. Sinan Siyech @sinansiyechmd]

For anyone interested I will be teaching this weekend course on Islam and Modernity where I explore modern ideologies such as nationalism, secularism etc. from an Islamic epistemology drawing on critical, post colonial and Islamic view points.
https://t.co/DSMDsd49Nv

[Keji Mao (毛克疾） @kejimao]

Since the late 1990s, the United States has adopted a position of “strategic altruism” towards India, assuming that a rising democratic India would balance China.

Washington paid real diplomatic costs to back New Delhi—most notably, carving out a special exception to global non-proliferation norms.

Trump’s second term breaks sharply with that logic: steep tariffs, visa-fee hikes, tighter limits on Indian outsourcing, and consistently disparaging rhetoric towards New Delhi.

Many Western observers treat this as a temporary “Trump anomaly”, blame India’s weak capability, or point to a shift in how Trump conceives competition with China (less geopolitics, more economics).

These takes miss the structural pattern—both across Trump’s ally policy and in why India is being targeted. The root driver is US anxiety over its declining strength, which now outweighs concern about external geopolitical threats.

This decline-anxiety makes Trump more cautious towards hard retaliators like China and Russia—heavy rhetoric, restrained action—to avoid costly conflicts that could drain resources and accelerate US weakening.

In this frame, allies become “blood bags” (血包), the US preferring to squeeze partners for immediate gains over paying uncertain costs for long-run strategic contests.

India, meanwhile, has enjoyed US indulgence but lacks the industrial/economic heft of Japan, Europe or Korea to make major concessions—and is less willing to bend—so it is cast as “conspicuously ungrateful”.

US-India tensions are likely to worsen as service-sector competition hardens and, amid anti-immigration politics, the visibility of the Indian diaspora makes India an easier target for populist pressure.

Looking ahead, America’s relative decline alongside India’s rise—and a dominant China—might even allow Beijing’s structural tensions with Washington and New Delhi to mutually unwind, triggering a fundamental geopolitical realignment in China’s favour.

https://t.co/bqKu81XI5M

[Mohd. Sinan Siyech @sinansiyechmd]

Brilliant thread on DeepSeek and the faulty argument of scaling. I like that it was correctly characterised as a business logic and not a scientific logic.

[Karen Hao @_KarenHao]

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

[Revant Himatsingka “Food Pharmer” @foodpharmer2]

Most podcasts would get a delivery company CEO as their guest, but instead I decided to get 3 delivery boy guests on my show instead.

The first is Imran, who works at a quick-commerce company (10-min delivery).

The second is Raj, who works at a food-delivery company (30-45 mins delivery).

The third is Azhar, who works at an e-commerce company (2-3 days shipping).

I asked the delivery riders the below questions:

1)        How does 10 minute delivery work?
2)        How much tips do they get on average? Do companies take commissions from tips?
3)        What is the income difference for riders between quick commerce vs food delivery vs ecommerce?
4)        How do dark stores work?
5)        Where do they use the bathroom?
6)        Why do they ask for 5 star rating?
7)        Do they get health insurance?

This is most raw conversation you will find on the internet. These delivery riders have no PR team, no camera training, and don’t have any agenda besides speaking the truth.

I request all of you to watch and share!

The "Rethink Delivery" full episode is out now here-> https://t.co/moY6R3dNwa

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

We invite applicants from all socioeconomic backgrounds for this unpaid internship in the most expensive city in the world

[Sajid Farid Shapoo @sajidshapoo]

The paper @JCSI15 investigates the historical and ideological roots of modern Salafism by exploring various proto-Salafi movements that emerged as localized responses to distinct socio-political, colonial, and theological contexts during the 18th and 19th centuries.

[Mohd. Sinan Siyech @sinansiyechmd]

@noratjaber I'm assuming you have Wael Hallaq s readings somewhere ?

[Happymon Jacob @HappymonJacob]

In a jointly authored article, C. Raja Mohan & I argue that “Manmohan Singh’s years in office shows that he had an expansive foreign policy vision” but his “bold visualisation of India’s new possibilities ran headlong into a hostile political class, a status quoist bureaucracy, and a foreign policy community stuck in the past.”

[Jacobin @jacobin]

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) says it promotes a class interest, not identity politics. Its anti-Muslim talking points make a mockery of this claim — and show how electoral calculations have buried core Marxist principles. https://t.co/UWTz8Tl1Ga

[Kabir Taneja @KabirTaneja]

As the civil war in #Syria of 13 years returns from hibernation this week, a short thread on what India's position on the conflict and the Assad government has been since then. 🧵

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

First person in the family to become an academic:

Cons:
- No money
- No investments
- Questionable career prospects
- Wearing a backpack

Pros:
- more peer-reviewed articles than siblings

[Arnaud Dyevre @ArnaudDyevre]

I just read the paper in full; it is even more spectacular than I initially thought.
A short thread about the results and their significance.

[Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten]

Yeah. Not good.

https://t.co/s3pyrv16rR

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Academia is like, “congrats on the book, no one read it, we need you to write another”

[Mohd. Sinan Siyech @sinansiyechmd]

Conceptual innovation .

[Bairdric @Bairdric1]

Genuinely can’t believe that Wales has beaten us to this. I’ve never been more ashamed to be Scottish in my fucking life!!!

[Mohd. Sinan Siyech @sinansiyechmd]

I co wrote this short piece on Pakistan s position towards Palestine breaking down its decision making process.

[ORF Mumbai @ORFMumbai]

Nuclear-armed, world's second-largest Muslim state, and the bridge between Middle East & South Asia, how does Pakistan perceive its role amid the escalating Middle East crisis? Read the analysis by @sinansiyechmd & Ambar Khawaja https://t.co/AkOCOy5gwP

[Avinash Paliwal अविनाश पालीवाल @PaliwalAvi]

“…required reading  for those looking to understand the complexities and competing foreign and domestic tensions that underpin India’s foreign policy.”

Thank you for the thoughtful review of #Indiasneareast @max_morch @BookReviewsAsia @HurstPublishers
https://t.co/Pvc5mc5bN7

[Mohd. Sinan Siyech @sinansiyechmd]

What an incredible indictment.

[Kaidi Wu, Ph.D. @kaidi_wu]

👵 I went on the academic job market for 5 years.

📑 18 pubs
📝 256 applications
💬 19 interviews
🗣️ 10 job talks
🫱 6 offers (1 faculty, 5 postdoc)

😈 Here's a candid look at the job market hellscape:🧵