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 · 2mo 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 · 2mo 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 · 3mo 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 · 4mo 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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Trump "has made a catastrophic mess of this confrontation and appears to care only about his own self-image. That is, in the end, what makes this moment different from other moments of great-power recklessness..." writes @hbanai.bsky.social . newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

The Last Temptation of Trump at the End of a Failed War

The president has backed himself into a corner where making a deal with Iran risks appearing, in his eyes, like a humiliating failure

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I was happy to host this conversation on the issues likely to confront the next generation of Indian leaders. Available wherever fine podcasts are streamed. (Search for “Asia Insight”.)

The National Bureau of Asian Research@nbr.org · 4mo ago

Christopher Clary (@claryc.bsky.social) moderates a conversation with Rohan Mukherjee (@rohanmukherjee.bsky.social) and Bashir Ali Abbas on #India’s rising leaders and #foreignpolicy outlooks in this first episode of a new miniseries from NBR's Asia Insight podcast: www.nbr.org/publication/...

Degrading Iran’s drone and missile capabilities to the point they are not a meaningful threat may take longer than two more weeks. www.cnn.com/2026/04/02/p...

Minor methods point, but good example of how much an explicit "don't know" option can shift survey results on a question about which the respondent might not have thought very much about.

What is the best theory you've heard about why the Trump administration has relaxed (very modestly) the embargo on Cuba?

I hope the President knows (& is merely bullshitting here) that seizing Kharg Island doesn't actually seize Iran's oil. The island is fed by pipes from elsewhere in Iran that the Iranians will just turn off. Kharg Island is an embargo play. There are easier ways to embargo Iran.

Edward Luce@edwardluce.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Spoke to Trump again. www.ft.com/content/3bd9...

For the last few months, I've been pleased to be a small part of a new @nbr.org project examining the foreign policy consequences of generational change in South & Southeast Asia. The first 2 essays by Bashir Ali Abbas & @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social are out now on India. www.nbr.org/program/trac...