June 2025
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The Mughals Were Not an Indian Dynasty — They Were a Dynasty in India
X.T.M argues, drawing on Richard Eaton, that the Mughals were a dynasty in India rather than an Indian dynasty, anchored in Persianate high culture and Turko-Mongol kingship, and contrasts them…
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Zohran Mamdani and the Question of Civilizational Belonging
X.T.M answers Kabir’s comment on Zohran Mamdani, arguing that speaking Hindi-Urdu and quoting Bollywood are surface markers, that Indian identity is anchored in Dharma, and that Mamdani therefore reads as…
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What Was the Point of Israel’s Iran Strike?
X.T.M argues that Israel’s strike on Iran achieved little strategically, that Trump unexpectedly acted as a brake and brokered a ceasefire, and that MAGA fatigue with foreign wars exposes a…
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Genocide by any other name
A news report, reproduced without a named source, on a Palestinian woman whose stored IVF embryos were destroyed at a Gaza City fertility centre during Israel’s military campaign, with casualty…
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The West’s War of Decline
X.T.M argues that the American attack on Iran, met with little response, fits a Western pattern of seeking relevance through war in its twilight, and quotes a commenter on how…
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What did Asim Munir talk with Trump
The author speculates on what Asim Munir and Donald Trump discussed over lunch, from Iran back-channels to weapons purchases, and says the BrownCast episode on Op Sindoor was marred by…
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🕊️ On Iran, Israel, and the Right to Self-Defense
The author opposes the Iranian regime but argues that Iran has a right not to be bombed, and condemns Israel’s strikes on its nuclear facilities. The post is a teaser…
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🧠 Inside the Mind of Trump: Empire, Restraint, and the Hemispheric Gamble
The author asks what kind of world Donald Trump wants to rule, arguing that the MAGA worldview is hemispheric and restrained, and that pushing regime change in Iran would mean…
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Why Iran Is Not Iraq
The author argues that Iran is not Iraq: a unified, largely Shia ‘fortress civilisation’ whose legitimacy lets it adapt under attack. He holds that foreign regime change or a Pahlavi…
