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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · Jul 18

Last week, someone asked me whether Trump and Russia pursue similar goals in Europe. This strategy paper provides a partial answer 👇

Trump is working on regime change in Europe — fact, not conspiracy theory

On 27 May, an official document, The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe, calling for regime change in European countries was published, written by a senior adviser for the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the US State Department, writes Caroline de Gruyter.

euobserver.com

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Umut Ozguc @umutozguc.bsky.social · Mar 31

As Australian Critical Border Studies Network @acbsnetwork.bsky.social, we are pleased to have Henk van Houtum present his new book Free the Map. Join us on the 16th of April. @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social @kayatbarry.bsky.social events.humanitix.com/free-the-map...

Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration

Get tickets on Humanitix - Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes, towards a new cartography of borders and migration . Online. Wednesday 16th April 2025. Find event information.

events.humanitix.com

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Ari Jerrems @arijerrems.bsky.social · Feb 12

I've neglected this for a while but have made a couple of new additions to the Critical Border Studies starter pack go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN Shout out to our friends @polgeographygroup.bsky.social who are now on Bluesky

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · Feb 4

Thanks @hmberents.bsky.social ! I’ve been thinking a lot about this article since the election…

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · Jan 29

In February I commence a new position in thr Dept of Political Science at Swedish Defence University @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social Super excited to be in Stockholm and working with so many great colleagues here and across Sweden!

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Political Geography @politicalgeography.bsky.social · Nov 24

Guest editorial. Far-right translocalism: Towards a new research agenda, by Mark Chou, Rachel Busbridge and @bjmoffitt https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096262982400129X

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · Dec 20

I totally fail to see a downside of OpenAI going bust and out of "business". Next.

Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · Dec 19

'I can't make money without breaking the law and therefore you should let me break the law' is one helluva flex. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...

OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free

OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.

futurism.com

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Umut Ozguc @umutozguc.bsky.social · Nov 22

Our special Issue on #borders #criticalborderstudies with @chrisagius13.bsky.social @arijerrems.bsky.social and Samid Suliman.

The world-making power of borders: Asia-Pacific perspectives

www.sciencedirect.com

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · Nov 19

Which looks highly dubious after yours @nikiemarston.bsky.social

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · Nov 19

a close up of a man 's face with the name chris below it

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the name chris below it

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · Nov 19

Ha!

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · Nov 19

Is there a starter pack for all things security studies? Critical security studies?

a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a hospital room .

ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a hospital room .

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Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick.bsky.social · Nov 15

Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · Nov 15

Ha! Highly suspect

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · May 21

Kudos to Milly the Wondercat, who solved today’s very difficult wordle that had her human stumped for nearly an hour. As you can see here, she clearly thinks I’m a less superior life form

Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · May 18

Congrats!

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EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · May 17

In her new EJIR article, Joanna Tidy examines the military violence of land use and infrastructure.

Read the full article here: t1p.de/lla4t

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · May 17

I know, right? How can they not see that their dashboards are DARK and they are IN THE DARK?

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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · May 16

Article Brent Steele and I wrote on icons in international relations now has a volume, issue and page numbers! It also has Mohammed Ali, flight attendants falling from the sky and other stories for your enjoyment!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Icons and ontological (in)security | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core

Icons and ontological (in)security - Volume 9 Issue 2

www.cambridge.org

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · May 17

I saw at least three cars with NO lights on at all at night yesterday 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Anne 🩵🩷🤍 [נעמי יעל] @tranniehathaway.bsky.social · Apr 26

Israel’s genocide of Gaza has created 37m tonnes of debris, much of it laced with unexploded bombs, which could take fourteen years to remove, a top UN demining official said
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/a...
Salting the earth

Gaza’s 37m tonnes of bomb-filled debris could take 14 years to clear, says expert

Top UN demining official outlines scale of devastation as Egypt officials fly into Israel in attempt to revive ceasefire talks

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Agius @chrisagius13.bsky.social · Apr 10

Crazypants is a word I am now adopting, thank you for your service 👖

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Karl Gustafsson @profgustafsson.bsky.social · Mar 8

Beyond excited to see my co-authored, with the one and only Maria Mälksoo, article ‘Memory Political Deterrence: Shielding Collective Memory and Ontological Security through Dissuasion’ finally published in International Studies Quarterly academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

Memory-Political Deterrence: Shielding Collective Memory and Ontological Security through Dissuasion

Abstract. Traditionally used within the context of hard military power in interstate relations, the concept of deterrence has been progressively extended to non

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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · Feb 6

I *beg* reviewers not to recommend revise&resubmit, promise to review the revision, and then when that revision is in, decline to review it. This is grossly unfair to the author who tailored revisions to the existing reviews and exponentially increases delays while editors scramble to find new eyes.

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Tiina Hyyppä @hyyppati.bsky.social · Feb 4

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