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Tanisha Fazal

@tanishafazal.bsky.social
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Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. Specializing in sovereignty, armed conflict, international law, and military medicine. Plus LEGOs & chocolate.

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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Usually, I write in the hope that it will be useful to others. This new piece, now live on APSA Educate, is an exception. It's a reflection on teaching during Operation Metro Surge. I genuinely hope no one else has to deal with these circumstances. educate.apsanet.org/navigating-a...
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Navigating an Icy Semester
Tanisha M. Fazal, University of Minnesota Most of the many challenges of teaching Political Science during the Trump Administration have been intellectual and traditionally pedagogical. But what happe...
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Folks, Minnesota keeps going, including with work on climate change/environment. Please apply to the IonE postdoc - they are definitely interested in social scientists! sites.google.com/umn.edu/ione...
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Overview
IonE Postdoctoral Fellowship Overview
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Friends: University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment is hiring...and definitely looking for social scientists. Apply!
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Folks, I'm very pleased to share a trio of recent, open-access, papers that investigate - and demonstrate - the relationship between military medicine and military effectiveness:
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Just got my copy of @erinsikorsky.bsky.social 's new book and am excited to dig in! www.bloomsbury.com/us/climate-c...
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Climate Change on the Battlefield
What do rising temperatures and increasing extreme weather events mean for military readiness? How will climate hazards affect the conflicts of today and tomorr…
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Hot off the presses...one of three new articles on military medicine and military effectiveness.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
So many thanks to @ryangrauer.bsky.social for organizing this roundtable and to @jcaverley.bsky.social, Neta Crawford, Karin Warner, and Peter White for their extraordinarily thoughtful reviews.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Something I really appreciated about this conversation with @carnegiecouncil.org was the focus on values and agency in a time when it is all too easy to feel overwhelmed by the workings of the world.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Congratulations to this year's Carnegie Fellows. Gratitude to @carnegiecorp.bsky.social for supporting research on democracy and polarization. www.carnegie.org/news/article...
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Carnegie Corporation of New York Awards Fellowships to 26 Scholars Researching Political Polarization | Carnegie Corporation of New York
The philanthropic foundation’s three-year, $18 million initiative supports interdisciplinary research into the causes of polarization and ways to mitigate it
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
An obituary of sorts for the norm against territorial conquest. I’d be happy to be wrong. www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/conqu...
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Conquest Is Back
A peace deal in Ukraine could further normalize what was once taboo.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Crowdsourcing: what literature do you recommend on democratic backsliding & armed conflict (intra or intrastate)? (am thinking of an analog to the democratization and war literature, but in reverse, but focusing on the process of regime change rather than "democracies & war" or "autocracies & war")
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Insightful piece from @profsaunders.bsky.social. This bit caught my eye: "We also know what is unlikely to happen: GOP pushback." Leadership matters in both its presence and its absence. goodauthority.org/news/trump-a...
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Trump’s verbal attack on Zelenskyy was shocking – and predictable
In bullying Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, Trump showed his core beliefs.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I'm looking forward to reading the final version of Lemke's book, especially in this time when the prospect of violent state death has (unfortunately) been in the news.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Folks, @angietorres.bsky.social is on 🔥 *Three* ISA paper awards! "Punishment Preferences in Gendered Settings: Evidence from Mexico." - Women’s Caucus Graduate Student Best Paper Award - Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Best Graduate Student Paper Award plus
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I'm trying to put together a session for Intro IR on foreign aid and development, using the jigsaw method, where each student in a group brings a different piece of the "puzzle." What undergrad-friendly readings/podcasts/videos etc would you recommend that cover a range of contemporary cases?
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
For a thumbnail of @profmichaelross.bsky.social new @worldpolitics.bsky.social review essay on climate, see 👇🏾
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Folks, @worldpolitics.bsky.social has joined @iojournal.bsky.social and @apsrjournal.bsky.social on Bluesky!
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Folks: does anyone know of any studies on whether academics move more than people in other professions? TIA.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Bookmarking. I've been trying to get students to work on this question for years. Delighted that @oonahathaway.bsky.social is tackling it.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Postdoc opportunity! The University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment postdoc application is open. It's a terrific program, and I'd love to see more social scientists apply. sites.google.com/umn.edu/ione...
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Applications open December 2, 2024 - February 2, 2025 Apply Now
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Long-shot request: Does anyone have daily (weekly? monthly?) casualty reports for Russia and Ukraine since the start of the 2022 invasion that they can share?
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Why (why why) do we need a different login/password for each journal on editorial manager?
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Interesting article about the politics - and challenging mechanics - of counting casualties (with a focus on deaths) in war. We still don't know much about the wounded. Underlines importance of military medicine for Ukrainians bc many fewer Ukrainians than Russians. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/w...
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Is the Russian Army Depleted From Fighting in Ukraine?
Researchers and journalists have found innovative ways to measure Russia’s ability to keep fighting.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
This looks like a cool project.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
Our local wine store has announced a 10% discount on all alcohol for today only. I'm not entirely sure how to read that.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
I love voting.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
A good-news(ish) climate change story, just in time for Halloween: www.usgs.gov/news/science...
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Ghost forests: Learn more as Halloween sneaks up! | U.S. Geological Survey
Have you ever walked through a forest and felt a little spooked? Well, that’s definitely the vibe of ghost forests!
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
"Unusual signs of autumn in the Twin Cities" (from reddit)
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
At @goodauth.bsky.social, Campbell & I show that Black adolescent girls consider @kamalaharis.bsky.social a role model, and that exposure to Black women politicians leads both Black and white girls to express more interest in running for office themselves. goodauthority.org/news/kamala-...
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Why role models like Kamala Harris matter for the next generation.
We surveyed teenagers to understand why role models like Kamala Harris are so important for future political engagement.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Really interesting thread about the “Norwayfication” of the US economy (but not in a way that gives us all health care)
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
I just had the nicest TSA agent at MSP. Good APSA omens.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
Report on COVID shot (Pfizer, in combination with flu shot), in case helpful: Got the shot on Saturday afternoon. Started to feel a little worn down and achy by Saturday evening. Lasted through Sunday evening, by which time I was feeling much better. Basically, my typical rxn, maybe a bit shorter
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
Asking for a syllabus: Might be too early, but can anyone point me to the climate platforms/plans for the two major presidential candidates?
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 06/08/2024
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 05/08/2024
Friends - if you're looking for something to distract you from the Veepstakes, please register for - and attend (virtually or in person) - Wednesday's even on my new book at the Library of Congress. loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 17/07/2024
Hello DMV Civil War buffs! I'll be giving a book talk at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine on July 26. Please do spread the word. I'd love to see some familiar faces in the audience! www.civilwarmed.org/event/milita...
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Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War
Author and university professor Tanisha M. Fazal discusses her book, Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 27/06/2024
Polisky methods q: does anyone know of software that compares large batches of documents and scores them in terms of similarities/differences? I feel like this kind of thing must exist….
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
DC folk: I’ll be giving a book talk at Women in International Security on Wednesday at 11am eastern. Can also join via zoom! Register here: ow.ly/63ME50Slf53
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 09/06/2024
At National History Day Finals with my kiddo and it’s such a heartening vibe.
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
Read a free chapter here: academic.oup.com/book/56295/c... And, discount code for the whole book! AAFLYG6
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Bad Air and Boiled Horsehair: The US Civil War
AbstractThis chapter analyzes Civil War military medicine in two parts. The first part focuses on the role of disease, which was the primary killer in the
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 03/06/2024
Just *occasionally* gross...
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 12/05/2024
Wordle 1,058 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 (Broken clocks and all that...)
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 11/05/2024
There is a recent article on differences in retention packages/offers by race/gender. Can someone point me to it please?
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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · 09/05/2024
IR Book of the Week! "Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War" by @tanishafazal.bsky.social. War is violence resulting in not only death, but serious injuries. The latter would seem obvious, but it is an often overlooked aspect of war and war-making decisions.
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Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War (Bridging the Gap): Fazal, Tanisha M.: 9780190057473: Amazon.com: Books
Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War (Bridging the Gap) [Fazal, Tanisha M.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War (Bridging the Gap)
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 09/05/2024
Hear @smsaideman.bsky.social & me chat about the ins and outs of military medicine!
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
So many thanks to @labdelaaty.bsky.social for inviting me on the New Books podcast (see next post for discount code for book): newbooksnetwork.com/military-med...
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Tanisha M. Fazal, "Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War" (Oxford UP, 2024) - New Books Network
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Tanisha Fazal @tanishafazal.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
Tomorrow!
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