Andrew Stokols
@astoks.bsky.social
Digital urban futures, politics of infrastructure China/SE Asia. Phd, postdoc at @MITDusp fmr @FulbrightPrgrm @cal+ @HarvardGSD lived in PEK, ICN, XIY, SIN, BOS, BKK. 实事求是
high pants: another thing Trump and Xi have in common.
April 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
high pants: another thing Trump and Xi have in common.
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Tanking a 10+ year gaining economy in only 6 weeks has to be a record for any President
March 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Tanking a 10+ year gaining economy in only 6 weeks has to be a record for any President
While Trump and Vance were berating Zelensky for not wanting to make peace, Russia was busy attacking Odessa
kyivindependent.com/russian-miss...
kyivindependent.com/russian-miss...
Russian missile attack on Odesa damages civilian foreign vessel, casualties reported
A Russian ballistic missile struck the Odesa port on the evening of March 1, damaging port infrastructure as well as a foreign civilian ship flying the flag of Panama, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper...
kyivindependent.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
While Trump and Vance were berating Zelensky for not wanting to make peace, Russia was busy attacking Odessa
kyivindependent.com/russian-miss...
kyivindependent.com/russian-miss...
My article on China's coordination of AI and energy infrastructure for Jamestown Foundation #China #AI #data #cloud
jamestown.org/program/ener...
jamestown.org/program/ener...
Energy and AI Coordination in the ‘Eastern Data Western Computing’ Plan
Executive Summary: The “Eastern Data Western Computing” plan is a multiagency strategy that coordinates cloud computing data centers and energy infrastructure across the People’s Republic of China. Th...
jamestown.org
March 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My article on China's coordination of AI and energy infrastructure for Jamestown Foundation #China #AI #data #cloud
jamestown.org/program/ener...
jamestown.org/program/ener...
How splitting Russia and China is unrealistic and unlike situation faced by Nixon in 1970s
1. There is currently no real animus between Russia /China
2. Putin and Xi have agreed on strategic objective of weakening U.S hegemony
3. There's no ideological tension between Russia/China as in 1970s
1. There is currently no real animus between Russia /China
2. Putin and Xi have agreed on strategic objective of weakening U.S hegemony
3. There's no ideological tension between Russia/China as in 1970s
March 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
How splitting Russia and China is unrealistic and unlike situation faced by Nixon in 1970s
1. There is currently no real animus between Russia /China
2. Putin and Xi have agreed on strategic objective of weakening U.S hegemony
3. There's no ideological tension between Russia/China as in 1970s
1. There is currently no real animus between Russia /China
2. Putin and Xi have agreed on strategic objective of weakening U.S hegemony
3. There's no ideological tension between Russia/China as in 1970s
X locked me out of my account while I was posting an article criticizing Trump/Elon. I think this is the last straw with X. Everyone delete your accounts and boycott X!!
March 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
X locked me out of my account while I was posting an article criticizing Trump/Elon. I think this is the last straw with X. Everyone delete your accounts and boycott X!!
Disgusted by this as a Fulbright alum. But not surprised as the Trump admin systematically destroys every program that strengthens the U.S. and its relations with the world. For what? tax cuts for the wealthiest .001%
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program invites graduate students from abroad to come study in the US and guarantees funding for them to do so paid in a monthly stipend. Yesterday, some FFSP scholars received notification that they're only getting a week of their stipend.
March 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Disgusted by this as a Fulbright alum. But not surprised as the Trump admin systematically destroys every program that strengthens the U.S. and its relations with the world. For what? tax cuts for the wealthiest .001%
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Over the weekend Steve Bannon:
- Proclaimed support for Israel
- Did a sieg heil salute
- Issued threats against progressive American Jews.
Bannon and his actions epitomize what it means to be an antisemitic supporter of Israel in our government.
- Proclaimed support for Israel
- Did a sieg heil salute
- Issued threats against progressive American Jews.
Bannon and his actions epitomize what it means to be an antisemitic supporter of Israel in our government.
February 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Over the weekend Steve Bannon:
- Proclaimed support for Israel
- Did a sieg heil salute
- Issued threats against progressive American Jews.
Bannon and his actions epitomize what it means to be an antisemitic supporter of Israel in our government.
- Proclaimed support for Israel
- Did a sieg heil salute
- Issued threats against progressive American Jews.
Bannon and his actions epitomize what it means to be an antisemitic supporter of Israel in our government.
For all his claims that he is a "builder" Trump can only destroy. Instead of actually building infrastructure Trump has decided to try to kill existing infrastructure projects. So much for infrastructure week!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
Trump Administration Questions Funding for California High-Speed Rail
The transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, said the government would conduct a “compliance review” on a $3.1 billion grant, potentially threatening the viability of the troubled project.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
For all his claims that he is a "builder" Trump can only destroy. Instead of actually building infrastructure Trump has decided to try to kill existing infrastructure projects. So much for infrastructure week!
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
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Some more talking points for those that may find themselves in conversation with a Muskite
February 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Some more talking points for those that may find themselves in conversation with a Muskite
You can't just get rid of a government agency without congressional approval, how is Musk getting away with this?
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
www.cnn.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
You can't just get rid of a government agency without congressional approval, how is Musk getting away with this?
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
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DC peeps, and all eastern seaboarders that can make it, get in here
Indivisible/MoveOn/WFP also promoted this protest at Treasury on Tuesday at 5 p.m., organized by what appears to be a new group supporting federal workers www.instagram.com/p/DFl2CETtrSy/
February 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
DC peeps, and all eastern seaboarders that can make it, get in here
An important post by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social --Trump has no strategy other than to overwhelm and move as fast as possible, and the failure to think strategically or act slowly could be their undoing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
Opinion | Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
An important post by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social --Trump has no strategy other than to overwhelm and move as fast as possible, and the failure to think strategically or act slowly could be their undoing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
New article: I propose the concept of "landscapes of state capitalism" theorizing unique spatial & aesthetic qualities of industrial/ innovation zones built by state-owned developers, based on research in Singapore, China (Xiong'an), and Thailand.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Landscapes of state capitalism: Reconciling the vernacular, national development imaginaries, and green capital accumulation
This article theorizes ‘state capitalist landscapes’ as a unique spatial form shaped by state-owned developers that reconcile economic goals with national development imperatives and symbolic nationa....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:39 AM
New article: I propose the concept of "landscapes of state capitalism" theorizing unique spatial & aesthetic qualities of industrial/ innovation zones built by state-owned developers, based on research in Singapore, China (Xiong'an), and Thailand.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How does a new four branch archival project of Xi Jinping aim to rewrite Chinese history--find out in my new Sinocities post:
sinocities.substack.com/p/xi-jinping...
sinocities.substack.com/p/xi-jinping...
Xi Jinping's Archival Project to Rewrite Chinese History
The National Archives of Publications and Culture is Xi's version of previous Imperial archival projects like Qianlong's Four Treasuries or the Yongle Dictionary.
sinocities.substack.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:50 AM
How does a new four branch archival project of Xi Jinping aim to rewrite Chinese history--find out in my new Sinocities post:
sinocities.substack.com/p/xi-jinping...
sinocities.substack.com/p/xi-jinping...
Anyone interested in why the Ukraine war happened should listen to this talk by @luciankim.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb2p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb2p...
Book Talk | Putin's Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine
YouTube video by WoodrowWilsonCenter
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Anyone interested in why the Ukraine war happened should listen to this talk by @luciankim.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb2p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb2p...
Announcing a recent article on "extended state infrastructure power" in Environment and Planning A, how do countries caught between U.S. and China (in this case Thailand and Taiwan) navigate networked competition through their own infrastructure projects?
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November 22, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Announcing a recent article on "extended state infrastructure power" in Environment and Planning A, how do countries caught between U.S. and China (in this case Thailand and Taiwan) navigate networked competition through their own infrastructure projects?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....