Paul Staniland
@pstaniland.bsky.social
UChicago political scientist, amateur bee photographer, Carnegie South Asia nonresident scholar, despairing Bulls fan, public school parent, etc. http://www.paulstaniland.com
huge sale on Cornell University Press books:
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November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
huge sale on Cornell University Press books:
I could spend my life just watching camera release videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMXV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMXV...
Welcoming the EOS R6 Mark III
YouTube video by CanonUSA
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I could spend my life just watching camera release videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMXV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMXV...
Really important survey from @ChicagoCouncil:
“the bipartisan embrace of US-China competition no longer holds among the public, with partisan differences in perceived threats from China and disagreements on current US-China trade policy”
globalaffairs.org/research/pub...
“the bipartisan embrace of US-China competition no longer holds among the public, with partisan differences in perceived threats from China and disagreements on current US-China trade policy”
globalaffairs.org/research/pub...
Americans Reverse Course on US-China Competition
While Republicans remain focused on limiting China's rise, a majority of Americans now favor a policy of cooperation and engagement with Beijing.
globalaffairs.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Really important survey from @ChicagoCouncil:
“the bipartisan embrace of US-China competition no longer holds among the public, with partisan differences in perceived threats from China and disagreements on current US-China trade policy”
globalaffairs.org/research/pub...
“the bipartisan embrace of US-China competition no longer holds among the public, with partisan differences in perceived threats from China and disagreements on current US-China trade policy”
globalaffairs.org/research/pub...
From Brooklyn Heights
November 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
From Brooklyn Heights
Pakistani general's Dhaka visit explores stronger defence ties www.thedailystar.net/news/banglad...
Pakistani general's Dhaka visit explores stronger defence ties
General Sahir Shamshad Mirza meets Bangladesh’s three service chiefs
www.thedailystar.net
October 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Pakistani general's Dhaka visit explores stronger defence ties www.thedailystar.net/news/banglad...
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Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.
Chicago's SkyDeck is pretty awesome (first time I've been here despite living in Chicago 19 of the past 25 years):
October 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Chicago's SkyDeck is pretty awesome (first time I've been here despite living in Chicago 19 of the past 25 years):
Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes:
www.dawn.com/news/1948219...
www.dawn.com/news/1948219...
23 troops martyred, 200 Taliban and affiliated terrorists killed in border skirmishes with Afghanistan: ISPR
21 hostile positions on Afghan side of border were briefly captured and multiple terrorist training camps were rendered inoperative, says ISPR.
www.dawn.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes:
www.dawn.com/news/1948219...
www.dawn.com/news/1948219...
Can't say I am loving the "Donald Trump sends combat forces to Chicago on an obvious pretext" experience.
October 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Can't say I am loving the "Donald Trump sends combat forces to Chicago on an obvious pretext" experience.
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
October 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
October 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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current draft syllabus for my Political Violence lecture class:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8swsa...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8swsa...
www.dropbox.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
current draft syllabus for my Political Violence lecture class:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8swsa...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8swsa...
current draft syllabus for my Political Violence lecture class:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8swsa...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8swsa...
www.dropbox.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
current draft syllabus for my Political Violence lecture class:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8swsa...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8swsa...
Fun video on assessing US cities' "Majorness":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrj-...
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
October 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Fun video on assessing US cities' "Majorness":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrj-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrj-...
vintage Canon FD 50/1.4: surprisingly sharp in the middle, weird, fun bokeh in the background
September 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
vintage Canon FD 50/1.4: surprisingly sharp in the middle, weird, fun bokeh in the background
A cool find for the 6 people on earth (including me) with overlapping interests in photography and Chicago politics:
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A cool find for the 6 people on earth (including me) with overlapping interests in photography and Chicago politics:
Reposted by Paul Staniland
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...
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
September 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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...
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
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
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...
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
September 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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
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):
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...
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
September 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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):
Reposted by Paul Staniland
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...
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
September 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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...
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
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...
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
September 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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...
provost.uchicago.edu/announcement...
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...
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
September 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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...
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
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
September 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
An H-Diplo/ISSF Jervis Forum Roundtable on Roger Petersen's "Death, Dominance, and State-Building" (I wrote the introduction): issforum.org/roundtables/...