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Christopher Clary

@claryc.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University at Albany; Nonresident Fellow, Stimson Center

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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The US undergraduate student body is ~57% women and ~50% non-white incl. Latino. The demographics of tenured faculty in poli sci are meaningfully unrepresentative of our "customer" base. I feel like this mismatch isn't always foregrounded in the hiring discussion.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Pleased to see recent Albany PhD Poyung Lin's co-authored article on leader reputation and the credibility of US commitments is out now in Contemporary Security Policy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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When leaders rock the boat: Leader reputation and the credibility of US commitments
Do allies translate negative assessments of a patron state’s leader into doubts about the credibility of the patron state? Recent work suggests that they do, but this article argues otherwise. It d...
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Pleased to have a chance to moderate this panel last week on how generational change in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka might affect politics broadly and foreign policy specifically. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZh...
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South Asia’s Generational Shift: Foreign Policy Futures
YouTube video by The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Has anyone used MacWhisper Pro to transcribe Youtube files? I've been stripping out the audio from Youtube videos and then transcribing but this purports to free you from that first (create an mp3) step.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Pleased that @neerajprsd.bsky.social will be writing several pieces over the coming months for us at @goodauth.bsky.social . The first is out now!
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm teaching the graduate-level international relations field seminar this year. In building the syllabus, I consulted 6 other syllabi for similar courses. Including recommended readings, these syllabi had ~1,600 distinct readings. 1,368 appeared on just one syllabus. 0 readings appeared on all 6.
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The National Bureau of Asian Research @nbr.org · 31/07/2026
Please join NBR for a virtual event examining how the emerging cohort of political leaders in #Bangladesh, #India, and #SriLanka are navigating new geopolitical landscapes. Presentations to be followed by Q&A moderated by @claryc.bsky.social. Learn more & register: eventbrite.com/e/south-asia...
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Seems like this might be useful for instructor's teaching about the spiral model or tit-for-tat. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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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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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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...
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Kai Thaler @kaimthaler.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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/...
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ISA/APSA International Security Studies Conference, Los Angeles
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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-...
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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...
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Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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...
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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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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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/...
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"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...
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Boat Strikes Have Failed to Curb Flow of Cocaine to U.S., Experts Say
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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 .
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A trend that unless arrested will deeply shake higher education.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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...
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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?"
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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...
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"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.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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...
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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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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Kabul is running out of water and infrastructure projects that might alleviate the problem are long-delayed. apnews.com/article/afgh...
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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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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🚨🎧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...
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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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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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...
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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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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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”.)
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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...
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
What is the best theory you've heard about why the Trump administration has relaxed (very modestly) the embargo on Cuba?
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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.
Excerpts from a story regarding an interview with Trump where the President expresses his interest in taking Iran's oil.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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...
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I don't think it gets acknowledged enough how funny it is that Pam Bondi testifying that the rule of law wasn't a big deal since the Dow was over 50,000 is almost exactly when the Dow peaked and she inadvertently called the top.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
There are about a dozen mines *that we know of.*
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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I keep seeing this framing like Bremmer's. It is wrong. Instead: 1. Iran was developing an ICBM when Khamenei imposed a 2,000-km range limit. 3. The programs shifted to space launch. 4. Khamenei lifted the restriction in October 2025 after the June attacks. 5. Now he's dead, and here we are.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Lord, let me never be so close to an incoming round that someone taking a picture of me can get a clear picture of the munition.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I think readers interested in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and US policy toward the region will want to stick around to the end of this conversation with Asfandyar Mir.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Yale Law class of 2016 questioning Yale Law class of 2009.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
In general, I find, it is a good rule of thumb if you find yourself saying dialogue that could be in a movie script for a villain to perhaps reconsider one's rhetorical approach. The Secretary of Defense does not share my rule of thumb it appears.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10
A line graph showing NSF grant awards made through 2/27/26 for fiscal year 2026 compared with grant awards for fiscal years 2021-2025.
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Pleased my article, "Hindu Nationalism, Akhand Bharat, and Foreign Perceptions of India," is now out in the journal Indian Politics & Policy (without a paywall). www.ippjournal.org/hindu-nation...
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Hindu Nationalism, Akhand Bharat, and Foreign Perceptions of India
national politics? This essay considers two ideological initiatives closely associated with the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. First, it examines how Indian efforts to cultivate a ...
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
. @hbanai.bsky.social on what's next in Iran. "The question that will dominate moving ahead is not the one the administration has been asking... It is this: what comes after the Islamic Republic, and who decides?"
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This is practically an endorsement of Iranian proliferation www.axios.com/2026/02/28/t...
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
“The prevailing grammar of anti-imperial critique has a habit of allowing the indictment of external aggression to crowd out the indictment of internal tyranny, as though the two were in competition rather than in parallel.“
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Christopher Clary @claryc.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I think it’s likely that the US military can bring about the downfall of the Islamic Republic. But to do so without any authorization to use military force from the US Congress is clearly a lawless act, contrary to every vision of national defense offered in the constitution.
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