Adnan Rasool
@adnanrasool.bsky.social
Pol Sci prof/Higher Ed Admin - I study foreign policy of small states, smart diplomacy, & comparative democratization. I also lead the university's Center for Teaching and Learning.
Aspiring Chef/Tired Dad. Opinions my own, represent only me.
Aspiring Chef/Tired Dad. Opinions my own, represent only me.
I for one, believe that we have to spend a lot more time understanding and writing about how UAE, Saudia and Qatar absolutely nailed diplomacy with the US in the last ten years.
Trump on climate change: "The world was gonna burn up, but it actually got much cooler. It's a little conspiracy. We have to investigate them immediately. They probably are being investigated."
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I for one, believe that we have to spend a lot more time understanding and writing about how UAE, Saudia and Qatar absolutely nailed diplomacy with the US in the last ten years.
One of my favorite questions to ask folks these days is - are you better off than you were a year ago? And then just wait for the uneasy mental gymnastics some folks have to do while others just give a quick answer.
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One of my favorite questions to ask folks these days is - are you better off than you were a year ago? And then just wait for the uneasy mental gymnastics some folks have to do while others just give a quick answer.
While I understand the need to panic and freak out, I plead with you all to just sit down and read in depth the following articles because this is the blueprint for whats coming. It will help folks prepare themselves, those around them and their communities.
Three key initiatives -
Three key initiatives -
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
While I understand the need to panic and freak out, I plead with you all to just sit down and read in depth the following articles because this is the blueprint for whats coming. It will help folks prepare themselves, those around them and their communities.
Three key initiatives -
Three key initiatives -
With all due respect, their constituents voted for them to make sure ACA was gutted. They are literally just sticking to the commitments they made to their constituents.
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
With all due respect, their constituents voted for them to make sure ACA was gutted. They are literally just sticking to the commitments they made to their constituents.
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🚨Special issue on Global Politics of Cultural Heritage edited by @elifkalay.bsky.social and yours truly for @risjnl.bsky.social is now fully out! The project is about placing cultural heritage at the core of IR. Here is the intro, individual articles in thread👇
Global politics of cultural heritage: Status, authority, and geopolitics | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Global politics of cultural heritage: Status, authority, and geopolitics
www.cambridge.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🚨Special issue on Global Politics of Cultural Heritage edited by @elifkalay.bsky.social and yours truly for @risjnl.bsky.social is now fully out! The project is about placing cultural heritage at the core of IR. Here is the intro, individual articles in thread👇
It is good to have data for something all of us have known from the start. One of the ramifications for this is that programs out of the top 20 keep trying to train students for R1/R2 jobs, but realistically the jobs they will end up getting are at teaching institutions. They need training for that
Important—and sobering—findings about the state of the discipline and the academy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It is good to have data for something all of us have known from the start. One of the ramifications for this is that programs out of the top 20 keep trying to train students for R1/R2 jobs, but realistically the jobs they will end up getting are at teaching institutions. They need training for that
I was in #Pakistan during the wave of terrorism about 15 years ago. I was a journalist back then, and I cannot stress this enough, the way it desensitizes you to violence because it would just not stop. It was relentless, and I am scared that time is coming back with rising tensions w/ #Afghanistan
Deadly terror attack in Islamabad puts Pakistan in ‘state of war’, says minister
Deadly terror attack in Islamabad puts Pakistan in ‘state of war’, says minister
Twelve people were killed and 27 injured in a suicide bombing outside district court buildings in the capital
At least 12 people have been killed in a suicide blast in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, as the defence minister said a deadly surge in terror attacks had put the country in a “state of war”.
The explosion, which was described as a suicide attack by several government ministers, took place outside the district court buildings in Islamabad on Tuesday at about 12.30pm. The area is usually heavily crowded with lawyers and litigants attending trials. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I was in #Pakistan during the wave of terrorism about 15 years ago. I was a journalist back then, and I cannot stress this enough, the way it desensitizes you to violence because it would just not stop. It was relentless, and I am scared that time is coming back with rising tensions w/ #Afghanistan
So, one of the things I have been busy with over the last year or so of my social media hiatus is administration and rural development. This month, our institution is having campus visits for three finalists each for the Provost position, the Dean of Business and the Dean of Ed/Behavioral Sciences
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
So, one of the things I have been busy with over the last year or so of my social media hiatus is administration and rural development. This month, our institution is having campus visits for three finalists each for the Provost position, the Dean of Business and the Dean of Ed/Behavioral Sciences
Given that I rarely interact on social media any more, it feels like walking into a conference after not attending for years. Ngl, it's a weird and kinda nice feeling. Does not change the fact the world is still on fire...
August 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Given that I rarely interact on social media any more, it feels like walking into a conference after not attending for years. Ngl, it's a weird and kinda nice feeling. Does not change the fact the world is still on fire...
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Horrific murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in the middle of DC. This kind of violence is illegal, immoral, inexcusable and of course - if the chant of ‘free Palestine’ by the alleged shooter is true - solves nothing and helps zero Palestinians.
Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum
Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Horrific murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in the middle of DC. This kind of violence is illegal, immoral, inexcusable and of course - if the chant of ‘free Palestine’ by the alleged shooter is true - solves nothing and helps zero Palestinians.
This is just disturbing. I have no other words to say on this. This is just disturbing.
Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, who were killed by a gunman outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday, met while working at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, her father said. Lischinsky had just bought an engagement ring and planned to propose next week, an official said. nyti.ms/43AqG0i
May 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is just disturbing. I have no other words to say on this. This is just disturbing.
I see a lot of communities dealing with the "Sunk Cost Fallacy" in terms of their choice of President. Hey, y'all voted for this. You knew this would happen and wanted it. I am personally here to remind folks of the choices they made.
May 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I see a lot of communities dealing with the "Sunk Cost Fallacy" in terms of their choice of President. Hey, y'all voted for this. You knew this would happen and wanted it. I am personally here to remind folks of the choices they made.
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Appeasement, as Churchill warned, is like feeding a crocodile and hoping to be the last one eaten.
Levitsky, Way, and me today in New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Levitsky, Way, and me today in New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Appeasement, as Churchill warned, is like feeding a crocodile and hoping to be the last one eaten.
Levitsky, Way, and me today in New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Levitsky, Way, and me today in New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Also for the record, from what I remember, the US would not sign a trade deal with the UK till it hammered out a trade deal with the EU. So, all of this is pretty vibes to me, plus frankly 99.9% of Americans have no idea about what a trade deal is and what it should look like, so you can make it up
May 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Also for the record, from what I remember, the US would not sign a trade deal with the UK till it hammered out a trade deal with the EU. So, all of this is pretty vibes to me, plus frankly 99.9% of Americans have no idea about what a trade deal is and what it should look like, so you can make it up
The India - Pakistan conflict is not a joke. I genuinely do not think people are fully understanding the seriousness of this mess. This current flare up started with the hostage taking of the Jaffar Express and since then it has devolved to a full blown conflict. South Asia cannot sustain a war.
May 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The India - Pakistan conflict is not a joke. I genuinely do not think people are fully understanding the seriousness of this mess. This current flare up started with the hostage taking of the Jaffar Express and since then it has devolved to a full blown conflict. South Asia cannot sustain a war.
Also, one other life change I have made in the last few months is I have no filter now. I just stopped having a filter sometime in December, and since then it's been great.
May 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Also, one other life change I have made in the last few months is I have no filter now. I just stopped having a filter sometime in December, and since then it's been great.
So ever since I backed off social media a while back, I have honestly not missed it. I have a lot more time on my hands to do things and actually spend time on stuff that needs to be done. But crucially, I feel just better and not stuck in a cycle of doom scrolling. It is so nice.
May 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
So ever since I backed off social media a while back, I have honestly not missed it. I have a lot more time on my hands to do things and actually spend time on stuff that needs to be done. But crucially, I feel just better and not stuck in a cycle of doom scrolling. It is so nice.
Y'all that Hawk Tuah girl was on to something... rug pulling a coin is not a crime anymore
The Justice Department has directed prosecutors to stop pursuing litigation against people committing fraud with digital currency, the latest example of the Trump administration easing up on white-collar crime enforcement.
Justice Dept. says it will pull back on litigating cryptocurrency fraud
In a memo sent to the Justice Department on Monday night, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department will largely stop bringing cases that violate the Bank Secrecy Act or contain unregis...
www.washingtonpost.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Y'all that Hawk Tuah girl was on to something... rug pulling a coin is not a crime anymore
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I celebrate the 80% of Germans who did not vote for the far right. Do not make 19.6% of German voters into "the" German people (again).
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
February 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I celebrate the 80% of Germans who did not vote for the far right. Do not make 19.6% of German voters into "the" German people (again).
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
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Yes. Going after the courts is a top priority of would-be autocrats: not just Turkey, but Poland, Hungary, Mexico, Israel, etc.
It's always about "bringing the courts under the people's control" and "reforming" by limiting judicial constraints and making courts answerable to the incumbent only.
It's always about "bringing the courts under the people's control" and "reforming" by limiting judicial constraints and making courts answerable to the incumbent only.
So the way this whole thing works out is, courts need to be discredited. So expect a lot more aggressive attacking on courts, and then reconstruction of what courts are good and what are not. And then call for purges and what not. This is like Turkey all over again after 2016. But this is way worse.
February 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Yes. Going after the courts is a top priority of would-be autocrats: not just Turkey, but Poland, Hungary, Mexico, Israel, etc.
It's always about "bringing the courts under the people's control" and "reforming" by limiting judicial constraints and making courts answerable to the incumbent only.
It's always about "bringing the courts under the people's control" and "reforming" by limiting judicial constraints and making courts answerable to the incumbent only.
So the way this whole thing works out is, courts need to be discredited. So expect a lot more aggressive attacking on courts, and then reconstruction of what courts are good and what are not. And then call for purges and what not. This is like Turkey all over again after 2016. But this is way worse.
February 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So the way this whole thing works out is, courts need to be discredited. So expect a lot more aggressive attacking on courts, and then reconstruction of what courts are good and what are not. And then call for purges and what not. This is like Turkey all over again after 2016. But this is way worse.
In the America they are creating, Vance does not stand a chance for obvious reason.
President Trump replies "no" when asked by Fox News if he sees VP Vance as his successor, adding "it's too early." www.foxnews.com/video/636861...
Trump reveals whether he sees JD Vance as his successor | Fox News Video
President Donald Trump sits down with Fox News anchor Bret Baier for an exclusive interview.
www.foxnews.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In the America they are creating, Vance does not stand a chance for obvious reason.
I genuinely do not think even the GOP Congress people fully realize what they have done. This is essentially an authoritarian regime in the making whether congress becomes rubber stamp. They are about to be completely devalued and I do not believe they get that part.
NEW -- GOP lawmakers have nothing but public praising Elon.
In private letters to their constituents, however, they're pledging to be a guardrail on DOGE, and even acknowledging the stress Musk is causing
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-gop-sa...
In private letters to their constituents, however, they're pledging to be a guardrail on DOGE, and even acknowledging the stress Musk is causing
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-gop-sa...
The GOP Says They Love Elon. Privately, They’re Expressing Concerns.
Letters Republican members are sending letters to constituents promising oversight and limits on DOGE.
www.thebulwark.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I genuinely do not think even the GOP Congress people fully realize what they have done. This is essentially an authoritarian regime in the making whether congress becomes rubber stamp. They are about to be completely devalued and I do not believe they get that part.
Thank you everyone at the APSA TLC this weekend. I don’t think I have ever gone to a more productive conference. All the folks I met are absolute heroes for what they are doing. I am grateful to have the chance to learn and talk abt ideas.
February 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Thank you everyone at the APSA TLC this weekend. I don’t think I have ever gone to a more productive conference. All the folks I met are absolute heroes for what they are doing. I am grateful to have the chance to learn and talk abt ideas.
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For early career political scientists based in Asia the Southeast Asia Research Development Group is accepting applications for a $1,000 grant to help cover travel to APSA.
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2025 Southeast Asia RDG
The Southeast Asia Research Development Group provides an opportunity to advance current research towards publication, participate in the APSA Annual Meeting, and develop scholarly networks with colle...
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February 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
For early career political scientists based in Asia the Southeast Asia Research Development Group is accepting applications for a $1,000 grant to help cover travel to APSA.
You can apply here:
apsa.wufoo.com/forms/2025-s...
You can apply here:
apsa.wufoo.com/forms/2025-s...