Working your way through the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize long list for the 2026 award seems like a pretty good use of reading time. I've read at least parts of three of these and look forward to digging into several others.

The US undergraduate student body is ~57% women and ~50% non-white incl. Latino. The demographics of tenured faculty in poli sci are meaningfully unrepresentative of our "customer" base. I feel like this mismatch isn't always foregrounded in the hiring discussion.

Pleased to see recent Albany PhD Poyung Lin's co-authored article on leader reputation and the credibility of US commitments is out now in Contemporary Security Policy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

When leaders rock the boat: Leader reputation and the credibility of US commitments

Do allies translate negative assessments of a patron state’s leader into doubts about the credibility of the patron state? Recent work suggests that they do, but this article argues otherwise. It d...

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Pleased to have a chance to moderate this panel last week on how generational change in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka might affect politics broadly and foreign policy specifically. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZh...

South Asia’s Generational Shift: Foreign Policy Futures

YouTube video by The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)

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Has anyone used MacWhisper Pro to transcribe Youtube files? I've been stripping out the audio from Youtube videos and then transcribing but this purports to free you from that first (create an mp3) step.

Pleased that @neerajprsd.bsky.social will be writing several pieces over the coming months for us at @goodauth.bsky.social . The first is out now!

Neeraj Prasad@neerajprsd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My first piece as a Good Authority Fellow is out: "Good to Know: Why people support political violence." Thanks to @goodauth.bsky.social; and to @claryc.bsky.social and Vanessa Lide for substantive feedback and sharp editing. goodauthority.org/news/good-to-know-why-people-support-political-violence/

I'm teaching the graduate-level international relations field seminar this year. In building the syllabus, I consulted 6 other syllabi for similar courses. Including recommended readings, these syllabi had ~1,600 distinct readings. 1,368 appeared on just one syllabus. 0 readings appeared on all 6.

Please join NBR for a virtual event examining how the emerging cohort of political leaders in #Bangladesh, #India, and #SriLanka are navigating new geopolitical landscapes. Presentations to be followed by Q&A moderated by @claryc.bsky.social. Learn more & register: eventbrite.com/e/south-asia...

Seems like this might be useful for instructor's teaching about the spiral model or tit-for-tat. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

See How the U.S. and Iran Cycle Between War and Cease-Fire

War. Cease-fire. Somewhere in between. The United States and Iran can’t stop cycling between conflict and negotiation.

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My co-edited book, with Sameer Lalwani, Insecurity and Ambition: Understanding Pakistan's Strategic Debates, forthcoming at @georgetownup.bsky.social, is now available for pre-order. press.georgetown.edu/Book/Insecur...

Today, July 6, is the submission deadline for ISA-APSA International Security Studies Conference! We welcome paper, panel, roundtable, & author-meets-critics submissions from across security studies www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

International Studies Association@isanet.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are delighted to announce that the 2026 ISA/APSA International Security Studies Conference will take place 3-5 October 2026, at the UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center in Los Angeles, CA. Proposals are due 6 July 2026. buff.ly/kV51kIW

In looking at population numbers recently in South Asia, one thing that jumps out is that India's youth bulge is passing through into prime age now, Bangladesh's youth bulge has plateaued (to mix metaphors), while Pakistan's is still growing.

Have any of my followers done content analysis with sentiment analysis? I'm doing something now where I'd love the chance to get a sanity check.

Maybe it was a silly idea to rename the Combatant Command to add “Indo-“ but once you made that decision you’ve really got to stick with it unless there is a very good policy reason (which there isn’t). www.pacom.mil/Media/Press-...

NEW: Our visual analysis suggests the U.S. hit two drinking-water facilities overnight in southern Iran with precision-guided munitions. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. w/ @ckoettl.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...

Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility

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Last week I had the chance to chat with @catworsnop.bsky.social about the Trump administration, global public health, and the Ebola and Hantavirus outbreaks. goodauthority.org/news/hantavi...

Hantavirus and Ebola strain post-Trump global health system

These recent disease outbreaks show how U.S. aid cuts and withdrawals from international organizations weaken global health responses.

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It was my pleasure to moderate this podcast discussion of Sri Lanka's contemporary politics as it navigates great power competition and a global energy crisis. Please take a listen. 🎧 www.nbr.org/publication/...

"street prices for cocaine remain between $60 to $100 per gram in many U.S. cities, about where they were before the boat strikes began, according to Nabarun Dasgupta, an addiction scientist at the University of North Carolina." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/w...

Boat Strikes Have Failed to Curb Flow of Cocaine to U.S., Experts Say

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Really enjoyed learning over these last few months from Rajni Gamage & @bhagyas.bsky.social in a series of discussions about contemporary Sri Lanka, where domestic demands for change are heavily constrained by international structural realities. Two essays by them out now at @nbr.org .

A trend that unless arrested will deeply shake higher education.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“.. Recent college graduates, aged 22 to 27 years, .. have a higher unemployment rate (in blue) than the national average .. “.. This is not the usual situation.” - DRW

Last month I was pleased to have a chance to participate in this roundtable discussion alongside other scholars of Phil Haun's book, Tactical Air Power and the Vietnam War. My takeaway: how hard it is for tactical air power to achieve decisive effects. networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

I clicked "buy". You should, too. Important book at a crazy low price. I think I already own the physical book, but at this price I thought, "Why not the digital one, too?"

Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My and @abenewman.bsky.social Underground Empire is on sale at $1.99 for the Kindle edition. If you've been sitting on it, this is the time to buy it. If you've read it and liked it, would love it if you shared this post, and be more grateful than I can say if you starred/reviewed it on Amazon.

Trump putting his picture on the US passport. Trump's political enemies getting prosecuted. Communications regulator pressures television network because of a joke. Big 2025 energy today from the personalist regime.

Doing some prep to talk about the Arab Spring in the intro to global politics undergrad class. Sometimes it's really helpful to make a graph, I find.

Countries are often attracted to the idea of using secret diplomacy to sideline hardliners. That makes sense up to a point. But at some point moderates have to have enough authority within their systems for the hardliners to learn the truth & be unable to stop them.

My year-in-review article, examining India's 2025, is now out at Asian Survey journal. 2025 buffeted Modi's India with some of the most severe geopolitical & economic challenges of his long tenure as prime minister. Yet India perseveres despite global headwinds. online.ucpress.edu/as/article-a...

"This perusal of Iran’s options [in the face of Trump's blockade] should make it clear that if Tehran makes concessions, we should expect them soon. But if the coercive campaign drags on, U.S. hawks may underestimate Iran’s staying power," I argue.

Good Authority@goodauth.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Yes, Iran has options, despite the U.S. blockade. Here’s why economic coercion is tough to implement – and could spur further escalation. Read the latest from @claryc.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/yes-ira...

One thing I've learned from war gaming over the years is that the other side gets to react. So my piece channeling that here: "Yes, Iran has options despite the U.S. blockade." In @goodauth.bsky.social . goodauthority.org/news/yes-ira...

Yes, Iran has options, despite the U.S. blockade

Here’s why economic coercion is tough to implement – and could spur further escalation.

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Kabul is running out of water and infrastructure projects that might alleviate the problem are long-delayed. apnews.com/article/afgh...

Afghanistan's capital is in the grip of a water crisis

Nestled in a high-altitude valley in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountain range, Kabul is rapidly running out of water.

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🚨🎧NEW episode of @chalkboardpolitics.bsky.social on the surprising global ramifications of the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, incl. Pakistan’s role in the US-Iran talks. A rich conversation w/ @niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social @sushantsingh.bsky.social & student team. goodauthority.org/news/how-did...

How did the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict change global politics? 🎧

Explore the unexpected fallout – and Pakistan’s role in the Iran war ceasefire – in this episode of Chalkboard Politics.

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