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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 2d

Can't say I am loving the "Donald Trump sends combat forces to Chicago on an obvious pretext" experience.

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 5d

Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 5d

Based on his track record at UChicago, there is truly no one I would less want to be in a foxhole with than Daniel Diermeier, so very unsurprising news here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 6d

current draft syllabus for my Political Violence lecture class:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8swsa...

www.dropbox.com

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 6d

current draft syllabus for my Political Violence lecture class:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8swsa...

www.dropbox.com

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 7d

Fun video on assessing US cities' "Majorness":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrj-...

Can We Agree On the 4 Major U.S. Cities?

YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd

www.youtube.com

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 13d

vintage Canon FD 50/1.4: surprisingly sharp in the middle, weird, fun bokeh in the background

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 14d

A cool find for the 6 people on earth (including me) with overlapping interests in photography and Chicago politics:

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 18d

Molten water

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Hari/ഹരി/हरि/هري @hariprasad.bsky.social · 19d

South Asia has seen 3 governments fall due to mass protests in as many years. But returning to the status quo or simply holding elections isn't enough, real change is needed, @pstaniland.bsky.social on the current wave of protests impacting the region.
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...

Why South Asia’s Regimes Keep Falling | Journal of Democracy

The government of Nepal has become the third South Asian government to collapse amid mass protests in three years. It will take more than elections to restore stability. Young protesters want to see…

www.journalofdemocracy.org

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 19d

Plus more info from university yesterday suggests a lot of the internet coverage of this stuff - "UChicago goes bankrupt in MAGA-inspired self-immolation aimed at annihilating human knowledge while becoming nothing more than a start-up incubator" - was not correct

Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 21d

Some clarification from UChicago admin about finances; the most amusing bullet point is the "No, the University has not lost money on cryptocurrency" one:
provost.uchicago.edu/announcement...

Information about the University’s finances | Office of the Provost

To: All Faculty, Other Academic Appointees, Staff and PostdocsFrom: Katherine Baicker, Provost, and Ivan Samstein, Enterprise Chief Financial OfficerSubject: Update on University Actions and BudgetDat...

provost.uchicago.edu

Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 20d

A key takeaway, including from the budget town hall today, is that the UChicago debt situation is getting better rather than worse, plus some of the spicier internet claims appear to be hyperbolic/inaccurate. Still challenges, but not a cataclysm (i.e. my dept is hiring 2 lines):

Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 21d

Some clarification from UChicago admin about finances; the most amusing bullet point is the "No, the University has not lost money on cryptocurrency" one:
provost.uchicago.edu/announcement...

Information about the University’s finances | Office of the Provost

To: All Faculty, Other Academic Appointees, Staff and PostdocsFrom: Katherine Baicker, Provost, and Ivan Samstein, Enterprise Chief Financial OfficerSubject: Update on University Actions and BudgetDat...

provost.uchicago.edu

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 21d

I have a new article out in the Journal of Democracy comparing mass protests and government collapse in 2025 Nepal, 2024 Bangladesh, and 2022 Sri Lanka:
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...

Why South Asia’s Regimes Keep Falling | Journal of Democracy

The government of Nepal has become the third South Asian government to collapse amid mass protests in three years. It will take more than elections to restore stability. Young protesters want to see…

www.journalofdemocracy.org

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 21d

Also, this remarkably-restrained rebuttal is why not posting Cliff Ando op-eds (admittedly, and almost anything not about S/SE Asia) is a policy of this twitter feed:
chicagomaroon.com/48362/viewpo...

A Bet Worth Placing: Computing and Data Science at UChicago

The Department of Computer Science and Data Science Institute hold indispensable roles at the University, enriching the broader intellectual environment while offering meaningful benefits to both stud...

chicagomaroon.com

Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 21d

Some clarification from UChicago admin about finances; the most amusing bullet point is the "No, the University has not lost money on cryptocurrency" one:
provost.uchicago.edu/announcement...

Information about the University’s finances | Office of the Provost

To: All Faculty, Other Academic Appointees, Staff and PostdocsFrom: Katherine Baicker, Provost, and Ivan Samstein, Enterprise Chief Financial OfficerSubject: Update on University Actions and BudgetDat...

provost.uchicago.edu

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 21d

I have a new article out in the Journal of Democracy comparing mass protests and government collapse in 2025 Nepal, 2024 Bangladesh, and 2022 Sri Lanka:
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...

Why South Asia’s Regimes Keep Falling | Journal of Democracy

The government of Nepal has become the third South Asian government to collapse amid mass protests in three years. It will take more than elections to restore stability. Young protesters want to see…

www.journalofdemocracy.org

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 22d

An H-Diplo/ISSF Jervis Forum Roundtable on Roger Petersen's "Death, Dominance, and State-Building" (I wrote the introduction): issforum.org/roundtables/...

The Jervis Forum Roundtable 17-3 on Petersen, Death, Dominance, and State-Building

Roger D. Petersen, Death, Dominance, and State-Building: The US in Iraq and the Future of American Military Intervention. Oxford University Press, 2024. ISBN: 9780197760741. 15 September 2025 | PDF…

issforum.org

Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 26d

Excited to be joining the @global-affairs.bsky.social as a nonresident senior fellow in Asia Studies:

Chicago Council on Global Affairs @global-affairs.bsky.social · 28d

We are pleased to welcome cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social , Suzanne Nossel, pstaniland.bsky.social, and Ambassador Julián Ventura as nonresident fellows. They join the Council's roster of esteemed experts contributing to the Council's thought leadership, programming, and research. ⤵️ brnw.ch/21wVEhw

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Chicago Council on Global Affairs @global-affairs.bsky.social · 28d

President Trump’s recent levying of tariffs has prompted India to reassess its relationship with the US. The Council was pleased to host a roundtable discussion led by @pstaniland.bsky.social and @kfriedhoff.bsky.social on what shifting US-India relations mean for the US, China, and the region.

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 28d

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · 29d

Nepal's government steps down in face of spiraling protests and police violence, unclear who is running the show and what comes next.

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · Sep 2

unclear whether Trump hates India or Chicago more.

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · Sep 2

a thoughtful op-ed from the computer science/data science part of UChicago:
"These are challenging times for higher education. The right response is not to pit disciplines against one another but to work together to serve our students and the public."
chicagomaroon.com/48362/viewpo...

A Bet Worth Placing: Computing and Data Science at UChicago

The Department of Computer Science and Data Science Institute hold indispensable roles at the University, enriching the broader intellectual environment while offering meaningful benefits to both stud...

chicagomaroon.com

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Paul Staniland @pstaniland.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/u...

The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled

www.nytimes.com

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